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January 20, 2025, 7:30 AM

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Wes Davis / The Verge:
TikTok restores its service in the US after reaching an “agreement with our service providers” and thanks Donald Trump “for providing the necessary clarity”  —  The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Donald Trump says he will sign an EO on Monday to delay enforcing the TikTok 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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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
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 …
Politico:
CoinGecko: despite tanking, Trump's memecoin, with a $55B+ market cap, is the 21st most valuable cryptocurrency; some in crypto call the coin 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 …
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 …
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) …
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.
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
An interview with Broadcom's Hock Tan on backlash from VMware customers, positioning VMware as a “sovereign” alternative to Big Tech's cloud services, and more  —  Hock Tan is positioning the tech group's $69bn software acquisition as a ‘sovereign’ alternative to Big Tech's cloud services
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.
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