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CoinGecko: Trump's memecoin, with a $9B+ market cap, is still in the top 25 most valuable cryptocurrencies; some in crypto call Official Trump a “horrible look” — Trump's memecoin has taken off since debuting late Friday night. Not everyone in crypto is thrilled.| Alan Suderman / Associated Press: |
Bitcoin passes $108K ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, after hitting $100K in December 2024 before dropping to around $90K — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration … | Axios: |
Melania Trump launches her own Solana coin, MELANIA, offered by MKT World, a company associated with Melania Trump; TRUMP fell ~36% on the news — It's not clear how many are on the market now. — According to the token's site, the team is only setting aside 35% for themselves …
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Bluesky: @tyleraking.com and @gateklons
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties” — The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …
More: NBC News, 9to5Mac, Punchbowl News, Daring Fireball, 9to5Mac, New York Times, Joe.My.God., Tech Wire Asia, Interesting Engineering, TechSpot, Wired, Android Headlines, RTÉ, The Verge, Business Standard, MEDIANAMA, Information Age, The Colorado Sun, Africanews, Digital Music News, Yeni Şafak, Nairametrics, NPR, The Standard, Yahoo Finance, Pajhwok Afghan News, Cryptopolitan, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Howie Town, ANI News, Financial Times, Bloomberg, New Yorker, HotNewHipHop, Boing Boing, The Boston Globe, BellaNaija, ABC News, New York Post, Fortune, Us Weekly, Adweek, New York Sun, CBSSports.com, Washington Examiner, AppleInsider, NewsNation, Times of India, BGR, The Wrap, Teen Vogue, The Hill, Althouse, Politico, Livemint, Mediaite, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC
Bluesky: @drewharwell.com, @noupside, @thefred, @bobbyallyn, @karaswisher, @davidakaye, @davidakaye, @taylorlorenz, @mehdirhasan, @socialmedialab.ca, @harrymccracken.com, @ebakerwhite, @markey.senate.gov, @proptermalone, @chancemiller.me, @mjsdc, @davidpierce.xyz, @salvagni.org, @chancemiller.me, @pwnallthethings, @fraying, @jessmaddox, @junlper.beer, @caseynewton, @reckless, and @reckless
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
Threads: @jbillinson, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, and @bobbyallyn
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| Avery Lotz / Axios: |
Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order on January 20 to delay enforcing the TikTok US ban and argues for a TikTok joint venture 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,
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
More: @realDonaldTrump …, Apple Support, Tech Wire Asia, MacRumors, Polygon, DNyuz, CNN, The Economic Times, GSMArena.com, NewsBytes, Engadget, MacRumors, MacRumors, The Week, The Sun, Variety, TechCrunch, USA Today, 9to5Google, CBS News, iClarified, The Verge, Livemint, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, and CNBC
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X: @aaronp613, @kyurieff, @timsweeneyepic, @markgurman, @markgurman, @dylanmcd8, @macrumors, @business, @rakeshsfnyc, @aaronp613, @tomwarren, @jwsherrod, @aaronp613, @paytondev, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Jay Cuthrell
Forums: r/democrats, r/Fauxmoi, and r/apple
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and soon on Android, after app stores removed CapCut as part of the US divest-or-ban law — Meta today announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDance's video editing app CapCut was removed from Apple's App Store …
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Threads: @mosseri, @reneeroaming, @chriswelch, @wongmjane, @mosseri, @mosseri, @reneeroaming, @lissettecalv, @austinnotduncan, @mosseri, @tb_99999, @karissabe, and @benedictevans. Instagram: Adam Mosseri
X: @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @pitdesi
| CBS News: |
Source: DOGE co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy is set to step away from the task force and plans a campaign for Ohio governor; sources: Musk associates undercut Ramaswamy — Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
More: Can We Still Govern?. Bluesky: @sethabramson and @carnage4life. Threads: @kolchak
X: @timhannan, @realpatrickwebb, @bakari_sellers, @davidgross_man, @jonahdispatch, and @alexnowrasteh
Forums: r/AnythingGoesNews, r/Law_and_Politics, r/centrist, r/Fauxmoi, r/thebulwark, r/VaushV, r/ABCDesis, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/politics
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky launches a custom feed for TikTok-style vertical videos in its mobile app, saying “we had to get in on the video action too” — It is the product shipping time for all social networks with TikTok's services in the restoration phase, and the app still unavailable in the App Store and the Play Store.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X rolls out a dedicated video tab in the US, letting users scroll through short videos, accessible via the app's bottom bar — Social network X is trying to capitalize on the removal of ByteDance apps like TikTok and Lemon8 from U.S. app stores by launching a dedicated vertical video feed.| Megan Sauer / CNBC: |
An interview with Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, which was acquired by Prosus for $1.8B in 2021, on his plans to donate half his net worth and more — Plenty of wealthy people plan to donate most of their fortunes to philanthropic causes. Jeff Atwood says he'll actually do it within the next five years.| Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: |
A look at the CIA's AI use, including a chatbot that lets analysts talk to virtual versions of foreign presidents and prime ministers to predict their behaviors — The spy agency is trying to give its teams better tools and make it easier for the private sector to develop technology for their secretive work.
Forums: r/artificial
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
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