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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
TikTok says it's restoring its service in the US after reaching an “agreement with our service providers” and thanks Trump “for providing the necessary clarity” — The company posted on X 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 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 …, Associated Press, The Verge, New York Times, Gizmodo, Associated Press, Gulf News, The Information, The Hill, Reuters, TechCrunch, USA Today, U.S. Senator Cotton …, Reuters, Washington Post, Hindustan Times, RedState, Benzinga, Nikkei Asia, KTVU-TV, Deutsche Welle, The Independent, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News, BuzzFeed, BBC, Fox Business, BroBible, The Guardian, The Wrap, Gizchina.com, NZ Herald, The Mirror, NBC News, Shore News Network, DNyuz, pravda.com.ua, RNZ, NBC Connecticut, Politico, Cord Cutters News, The Post Millennial, Consequence, The North West Star, WAtoday, LADbible, Raw Story, Times of India, Business Insider, LBC, ANI News, Daily Post Nigeria, Yahoo Finance, Media Play News, The i Paper, India Today, SPIN, Mediaite, South China Morning Post, Associated Press, Election Law Blog, Metro.co.uk, UPI, Just Jared, Semafor, Scripps News, New York Post, Newser, Hypebot, Associated Press, and Just The News
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Threads: @carnage4life, @jw, and @luvvie
X: @ezraklein, @ezraklein, @barbmcquade, @pkafka, @mcuban, @realsaavedra, @pblest, @seangarrette, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @timsweeneyepic, @brianstelter, @danprimack, @levie, @igorbobic, @mattturck, @david_ingram, @mgsiegler, @chrismurphyct, @mattgertz, @danprimack, @marcacaputo, and @samstein
| 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: PC Gamer, Engadget, Android Police, Polygon, Forbes, Gizmodo, Washington Post, Pocket Gamer, Mashable, TweakTown, Game File, IGN, The Hollywood Reporter, Gamereactor UK, PocketGamer.biz, Game Rant, Variety, PCGamesN, TheGamer, Livemint, SVG, Neowin, Mobilegamer.biz, Screen Rant, Wired, Shacknews, and Eurogamer.net
Bluesky: @reckless, @tyleraking.com, @tomwarren.co.uk, and @mmasnick
X: @seconddinner, @acozygamer, @derpkage, @charalanahzard, @automatontorch, @tomwarren, @regiskillbin, @mmmmmmmmiller, and @wario64
Forums: r/apple, r/neoliberal, and r/technology
| 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 …
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X: @sentomcotton, @aaronp613, @markgurman, @rakeshsfnyc, @macrumors, @aaronp613, @aaronp613, @jwsherrod, @timsweeneyepic, @paytondev, and @business. LinkedIn: Jay Cuthrell. Forums: r/apple
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
TikTok is not available for download on the App Store and Play Store in the US as the divest-or-ban law takes effect — Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.
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Bluesky: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @firstadopter. Forums: r/google and r/technology
| 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: @thomasschulzz, @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: |
More: The Verge, The Hill, New Jersey Online, CNBC, Inc, Echo, Neowin, Forbes, UNILAD, Small Business Trends, Appleosophy, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, MediaPost, AV Club, and CNBC
| Politico: |
Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of Chinese-owned apps Xiaohongshu 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: WUSA and Financial Times
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Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon …, @pixel@oldbytes.space, and @1br0wn@eupolicy.social
X: @milkkarten and @dtrinh
| Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
| 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 …
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Benzinga, Neowin, 9to5Mac, and Digital Trends
Bluesky: @virginiafrog and @mychaelp
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Axios: |
Sources: a breakthrough in AI super-agents for complex human tasks may be announced soon; Sam Altman set up a closed-door briefing for US officials on Jan. 30 — - Build from scratch: Imagine telling your agent, “Build me new payment software.” … - Make sense of chaos …
More: The Decoder. Bluesky: @prietschka. X: @cszabla, @yuanyi_z, @joshgondelman, @shakeelhashim, @zachweinberg, @garymarcus, @maxwelltani, and @jimvandehei. LinkedIn: Ram Krishnan
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, and r/singularity
| 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 …
More: Decrypt, Crypto Briefing, CoinGape, CryptoPotato, Cryptopolitan, and Inc.com
X: @ezraklein, @howardlindzon, and @scaramucci
| Axios: |
More: New York Times, Digby's Hullabaloo, Forbes, Cointelegraph, The Block, Consequence, Cryptopolitan, Lawyer Monthly, and CNBC
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X: @moonshot, @moonshot, @jconorgrogan, @nikitabier, @0xaporia, @bubblemaps, @stoolpresidente, @lukeyoungblood, @nathanpmyoung, @0xkarmatic, @willguyatt, @teroterotero, @tszzl, @ashcryptoreal, @nic__carter, @teroterotero, @samanthawyap, @jeffjohnroberts, @arrington, @ashcryptoreal, @teddi_speaks, @arrington, @nftdavie, and @teroterotero
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
More: Forbes, @realDonaldTrump …, The Block, GetTrumpMemes, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, Bitcoinist.com, BetaNews, Tech Xplore, crypto.news, CryptoPotato, The Crypto Times, ZyCrypto, CoinDesk, Coinmonks, Decrypt, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, Cryptopolitan, MarketWatch, and Politico
Bluesky: @muralive, @carnage4life, @paleofuture, and @mmasnick
X: @realdonaldtrump, @scaramucci, @erictrump, @naiivememe, @cryptohayes, @balajis, @kobeissiletter, @solanafloor, @coffeebreak_yt, @frankluntz, @0xcygaar, @0xcygaar, @chooserich, @pitdesi, @ashleymayer, @turnernovak, @luke_metro, @tszzl, @patio11, @solanalegend, @0xsmac, @jconorgrogan, @0xmert_, @bennpeifert, @rampcapitalllc, @teroterotero, @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/neoliberal, r/USNewsHub, r/economicCollapse, r/Economics, r/conspiracy, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/Buttcoin, and r/Destiny
| 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 … | 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| 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
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