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January 20, 2025, 4:01 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,
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 …
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
TikTok's service providers are risking billions in fines for keeping the app online, as Trump's assurances that it's safe to support TikTok are legally flimsy  —  Trump seems to want TikTok available for his inauguration on Monday, because “Americans deserve” to see the event.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google Play and Apple's App Store still aren't offering TikTok in the US; Senator Tom Cotton warns of “ruinous liability”, as Trump says there's “no liability”  —  TikTok announced on Sunday that it's “in the process of restoring service,” but the app is still unavailable in the App Store and Google Play.
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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.
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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 …
Axios:
Sources: a top AI compay may soon unveil a breakthrough in AI super-agents for complex human tasks; Sam Altman set up a briefing for US officials on January 30  —  - Build from scratch: Imagine telling your agent, “Build me new payment software.” … - Make sense of chaos …
David Marchese / New York Times:
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
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