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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Donald Trump is promoting a Solana memecoin called TRUMP from his social media accounts, with 200M $TRUMP available now and growing to 1B “over three years” — Talk about a Friday night surprise. President-elect Donald Trump's social media accounts shared what appears …
More: @realDonaldTrump …, GetTrumpMemes, Decrypt, CoinDesk, The Hill, Forbes, The Verge, The Coin Republic, The Crypto Basic, ZyCrypto, Blockchain News, Bitcoinist.com, The Crypto Times, ZeroHedge News, Cointelegraph, Web3 is Going Just Great, CoinGape, Yahoo Finance, Cryptopolitan, Coinpedia Fintech News, DL News, Raw Story, Türkiye Today, The Independent, Cryptonews, The Daily Hodl, and Crypto Briefing
Bluesky: @muralive, @carnage4life, @paleofuture, and @mmasnick
X: @realdonaldtrump, @solanafloor, @0xcygaar, @0xcygaar, @tszzl, @jconorgrogan, @patio11, @0xsmac, @0xmert_, @bennpeifert, @rampcapitalllc, @teroterotero, @biancoresearch, @jstein_wapo, @sherlock_hodles, @krishnanrohit, @teroterotero, @intern, @arrington, @gestaltu, @teroterotero, @scaramucci, @naiivememe, @teroterotero, @frankdegods, @coffeebreak_yt, @timodc, @solanalegend, @kobeissiletter, @teroterotero, @gametheorizing, @damidefi, @autismcapital, @geiger_capital, @silvermanjacob, @kobeissiletter, @zerohedge, @sawcruhteez, and @krassenstein
Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/Destiny, and r/NewsOfTheStupid
| Axios: |
CoinGecko: $TRUMP rose more than 600% overnight and was trading just over $32 as of 11AM ET, giving it a fully diluted market capitalization of $32B+ — - It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement — TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …
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Bluesky: @marizaga, @pwnallthethings, @conorsen, @nycsouthpaw, @rgoodlaw, and @brianfung.me
Threads: @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @tomgara, @mike_isaac, @wongmjane, @tomgara, @mwi.invest, and @ronaldfilipkowski
| NBC News: |
Trump says he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve after he takes office on Monday “because it's appropriate” — Trump spoke to NBC News' Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.
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| Ana Faguy / BBC: |
The White House says TikTok's threat to shut down is a “stunt” as there is “no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions” before Trump takes office — The White House has said a threat by TikTok to shut down in the US on Sunday unless tech firms get assurances …
More: Mercury News, Gizchina.com, and 9to5Mac
| Politico: |
Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of RedNote and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban — The Chinese apps RedNote and Lemon8 have exploded in popularity as TikTok faces an imminent ban and the Supreme Court upheld the law forcing its sale.
More: China Digital Times and PCMag
| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
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Bluesky: @mmasnick, @cyberciti.biz, @mattdpearce.com, @timmarchman, @mattdpearce.com, @nytceciliakang, @makenakelly, @petersterne.com, @lucas.meyerperin.org, @zeyiyang, @trevor, @caseynewton, @authormattrouse.hookdm.com, @ebakerwhite, @menaganey, @willoremus.com, @thedextriarchy, @willoremus.com, @klonick, @christopherterry, @mjsdc, @mjsdc, and @mjsdc
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
| CNN: |
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Threads: @documentingmeta. Forums: r/Enough_Sanders_Spam, r/ConservativeKiwi, r/China, and r/politics
| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Vitalik Buterin outlines “large changes” to Ethereum Foundation leadership structure, after fellow Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin called for new EF leadership — - Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in a post on X, said “large changes” to the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) are underway.
More: Coinpedia Fintech News, Crypto Briefing, and The Crypto Times
X: @vitalikbuterin, @vitalikbuterin, and @owocki
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Zuckerberg says there's a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work” — Well, specifically, they want me to know. — On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story …
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Threads: @zuck, @robaeprice, @iskasaric, @kurtwag8, @zuck, @fidjissimo, @emmyloop, @parkert, @dantley, @mike_isaac, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @lgoler, @lgoler, @annekornblut, @iskasaric, @sherylsandberg, @sairarahman, @mwi.invest, @judithpakosinski, @karissabe, @karissabe, @larakate14, @thebrianpenny, and @katieharbath. X: @borrowed_ideas
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Instagram now lets users upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit, as TikTok is set to go dark on Sunday — Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
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Bluesky: @wraithtek, @jamespmcleod.ca, and @youcaughtscott.com. Threads: @parkerortolani. Instagram: Adam Mosseri
| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
OpenAI worked with Retro Biosciences to develop GPT-4b micro, an AI model that it says can engineer proteins capable of turning regular cells into stem cells — When you think of AI's contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned its creator a Nobel Prize last year.
More: WinBuzzer, The Decoder, The Indian Express, and Gamereactor UK
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X: @slow_developer, @artirkel, @kimmonismus, @marcosarrut, and @deryatr_
Forums: r/immortalists, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/technews, r/longevity, and Slashdot
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of smart ring maker Oura, which was founded in 2013 in Oulu, Finland and has grown to a $5.2B company by focusing on overall health than fitness alone — Headquartered 5,000 miles from Silicon Valley, Oura's smart ring measures heart health and can predict when you may be getting sick
More: CNET
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Character.AI is testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to boost engagement, available to paid subscribers and a limited set of users on its free plan — Character AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop … | BBC: |
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