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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark — Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a rare move, Apple published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible …
More: Apple Support, MacRumors, The Verge, MacRumors, The Verge, TheSixthAxis, New York Times, USA Today, 9to5Mac, Forbes, Livemint, Business Standard, The Independent, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Tuko.co.ke, NewsBytes, and Cult of Mac
X: @sentomcotton, @aaronp613, @macrumors, @business, @rakeshsfnyc, @aaronp613, @jwsherrod, @aaronp613, @paytondev, @markgurman, and @timsweeneyepic
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Avery Lotz / Axios: |
Donald Trump says he will sign an EO on Monday to delay enforcing the TikTok ban and argues for a TikTok JV with 50% US ownership — President-elect Trump said he will sign an executive order Monday to delay enforcing the U.S. ban on TikTok, just hours after the popular app went dark,
More: @realDonaldTrump …, The Verge, Reuters, New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, Associated Press, Times of India, CNBC, Hindustan Times, India Today, Mediaite, Semafor, Nikkei Asia, South China Morning Post, KCRG-TV, Just The News, Irish Independent, The Independent, and Bloomberg Law
Bluesky: @denisehowell.info, @mmasnick, and @ebakerwhite
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Card game Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance-owned Nuverse, cuts off access for US gamers, as the TikTok divest-or-ban law impacts other ByteDance-linked apps — The divest-or-ban law aimed at TikTok is also taking down other ByteDance-linked apps, including the popular card game Marvel Snap.
More: Gizmodo, Engadget, Forbes, Polygon, Livemint, The Hollywood Reporter, Game File, SVG, Screen Rant, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, PocketGamer.biz, TheGamer, Game Rant, Variety, PCGamesN, Neowin, Mobilegamer.biz, Wired, and Eurogamer.net
Bluesky: @tyleraking.com, @tomwarren.co.uk, and @mmasnick
X: @seconddinner, @derpkage, @charalanahzard, @automatontorch, @mmmmmmmmiller, @tomwarren, and @wario64
Forums: r/technology, r/apple, and r/neoliberal
| NBC News: |
ByteDance's TikTok and CapCut suspend service in the US, telling users “Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok” — Users reported being unable to access TikTok Saturday after a pop-up message from the company came up on their screens saying “a law banning TikTok has been enacted.”
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Bluesky: @coreypieper.com, @reckless, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @karaswisher, @shellen.com, @kattenbarge, @rusty.todayintabs.com, @devawo, @joshtpm, and @kevinrothrock.me
X: @samleecole, @chrismurphyct, @rokhanna, @paulg, @tvietor08, @courtneyknorris, @mtracey, @noahpinion, @yashar, @goodvibepolitik, @agoldmund, @nomorezon, @iamnjera, @daysevermore, @turnernovak, @indaltonwetrvst, @normalmadeline, @jugwoos, @ryb_311, @tomzohar, @616impulse, @thomas_violence, @danisgfs, @jeremiahdjohns, @jason, @srirachachau, @chrisfralic, @greynovember019, @lactosefreemom, @rnaudbertrand, @theserfstv, @dieworkwear, @pinkfr1day, @radishharmers, @mattbinder, @laurenontour, @jrocjarvis, @kheumani, @atrupar, @kendaipaige, @helllojojo, @kirawontmiss, @korectiion, @mattlech, @soulkhan, @populismupdates, @max_fisher, @ycsm1n, @chrisbrennan7, @katewillett, @mikeisaac, @isaacfeldberg, and @mikenellis. Forums: r/technews
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
TikTok is not available for download in the App Store and Play Store in the US, as the app halts service in the country to comply with the divest-or-ban law — Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest …
More: USA Today, The Week, The Sun, Music Business Worldwide, 9to5Google, India Today, Livemint, Engadget, CBS News, Android Authority, Anadolu Ajansı …, AzerNews, and Associated Press
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
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Bluesky: @brijsingh, @hrbrmstr.dev, @mgsiegler.com, @johnmass, and @davelee.me
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @ianb@mastodon.well.com
X: @levie, @maxwinebach, and @haydenfield
LinkedIn: Marty Swant and Pramod Gosavi
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/news, r/perplexity_ai, r/StockMarket, and r/technology
| Ana Faguy / BBC: |
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| Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five years has shown that lawmakers are as spineless and skittish as everyone suspects them to be — Well, that escalated slowly over the course of four years. — It is 2020. The United States government threatens to forbid access … | Financial Times: |
More: The Guardian and Livemint
| Politico: |
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Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon … and @pixel@oldbytes.space
X: @milkkarten and @dtrinh
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit — The woes of speaker maker Sonos have raised the prospect of a takeover, but who might want to buy it? Also: iPhone SE inventory shrinks ahead … | Financial Times: |
Apple CFO Kevan Parekh tells a London court it is impossible to accurately determine the App Store's standalone profitability and disputes claims of 75% margins — Kevan Parekh disputed claims the iPhone maker enjoys profit margins of about 75% on its App Store| Forbes: |
Collate, which is developing tech to automate paperwork for life science companies, emerges from stealth with a $30M seed led by Redpoint at a $100M+ valuation — Surbhi Sarna sold her last startup, nVision Medical, for $275 million. Now she's leaving a partner role at Y Combinator to launch Collate … | Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase and Binance plan to list the TRUMP token, with Binance opening trading on Jan. 19; CoinGecko: $TRUMP is trading on Bitget, Kraken, and other exchanges — The ‘official’ memecoin of the second Donald Trump administration will be listed on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase …
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
More: @realDonaldTrump …, GetTrumpMemes, The Crypto Times, CryptoPotato, BetaNews, Cointelegraph, The Information, ZyCrypto, The Verge, Forbes, Tech Xplore, crypto.news, CoinDesk, Coinmonks, Decrypt, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, MarketWatch, Inside Bitcoins, Washington Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, CoinJournal, Kevin Drum, UPI, New York Post, The Block, The Coin Republic, CryptoSlate, Benzinga, Blockchain News, CryptoNinjas, CBS News, Metro.co.uk, The Crypto Basic, CNBC, Bitcoinist.com, NewsBTC, ZeroHedge News, Hindustan Times, Türkiye Today, Scripps News, Web3 is Going Just Great, CCN.com, DL News, Cryptonews, Bitcoin News, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoin Insider, Yahoo Finance, Crypto Briefing, Axios, and Politico
Bluesky: @muralive, @carnage4life, @paleofuture, and @mmasnick
X: @realdonaldtrump, @scaramucci, @erictrump, @kobeissiletter, @solanafloor, @coffeebreak_yt, @frankluntz, @chooserich, @pitdesi, @0xcygaar, @0xcygaar, @ashleymayer, @turnernovak, @luke_metro, @tszzl, @patio11, @solanalegend, @0xsmac, @0xmert_, @bennpeifert, @rampcapitalllc, @teroterotero, @jconorgrogan, @biancoresearch, @jstein_wapo, @sherlock_hodles, @krishnanrohit, @intern, @teroterotero, @arrington, @gestaltu, @teroterotero, @naiivememe, @teroterotero, @frankdegods, @timodc, @teroterotero, @silvermanjacob, @kobeissiletter, @krassenstein, @sawcruhteez, @gametheorizing, @autismcapital, @zerohedge, @damidefi, and @geiger_capital
Forums: r/USNewsHub, r/economicCollapse, r/Economics, r/conspiracy, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/Buttcoin, and r/Destiny
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
TikTok bans in countries around the world have played out quite differently; Instagram Reels largely replaced TikTok in India, following TikTok's ban in 2020 — India's 2020 crackdown helped give rise to Instagram Reels, which has largely replaced it there. But TikTok has proved more resilient elsewhere.
More: Times of India, indy100, Android Headlines, AfroTech, Time, and User Mag
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
| Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: |
A close look at some privacy implications of AI interfacing with messaging apps and other E2EE systems, Apple's approach to “Private Cloud Compute”, and more — Recently I came across a fantastic new paper by a group of NYU and Cornell researchers entitled “How to think about end-to-end encryption and AI.”
More: Werd I/O. Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, @w0bb1t@tldr.nettime.org, and @osman@hachyderm.io
Forums: Hacker News and r/privacy
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
US officials have struck binding deals for 85% of the CHIPS Act funding; sources: Gina Raimondo said her successor, Howard Lutnick, is committed to the program — - Officials have struck binding contracts for 85% of grant money — Trump Commerce pick told Raimondo he's committed to program| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
A whistleblower complaint claims Amazon paid $380M for licensing robot maker Covariant's tech and hiring its staff, and the deal merits antitrust scrutiny — Filing details $400 million license for smart robot system and claims retail giant's “reverse acquihire” contract limits competition and merits antitrust scrutiny.
Bluesky: @ceodonovan and @kostyack
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