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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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| 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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| 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: PCMag
| 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 …
| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
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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 …
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| 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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| 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.
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| 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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| 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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| 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.
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| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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