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TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, are suing the U.S. government over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it’s sold to an approved buyer. The lawsuit filed Tuesday might set up what could be a protracted legal fight over its future in the United States. The companies argue that the new law vaguely paints ByteDance's ownership of TikTok as a national security threat in order to circumvent the First Amendment, despite no evidence that the company poses a threat. It also says the law is so “obviously unconstitutional” that its sponsors are instead portraying it as a way to regulate TikTok’s ownership.

Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs — lineups that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system. The showcase at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, comes after the company disclosed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset, deepening a slump that’s increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products.

Russia has defended its veto of a U.N. resolution calling on all nations to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space. Moscow is challenging the U.S., Japan and their Western allies to support Russia’s rival resolution calling for a ban on all weapons in space “for all time.” Russia’s U.N. ambassador on Monday accused the West of planning for the military exploration of outer space, including the deployment of weapons. The U.S. deputy ambassador countered by telling the U.N. General Assembly that “Russia currently has several conventional anti-satellite weapons already in orbit." A U.N. spokesman warned that the “current nuclear risks are at an alarmingly high level.”

Sure, she was a royal princess and all. But there’s no way Sleeping Beauty ever had quite the fabulous wardrobe that’s been assembled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” is the Costume Institute exhibit that debuts at Monday’s Met Gala. It's centered on 16 fragile garments that have been slumbering and cannot be displayed upright. But there are 220 items in total in the huge nature-themed, multisensory show that curator Andrew Bolton says is one of the museum's most ambitious yet. The show opens to the public Friday and runs through Sept. 2.