|
January 20, 2025, 9:01 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| 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, Daring Fireball, Punchbowl News, 9to5Mac, New York Times, Joe.My.God., Tech Wire Asia, Interesting Engineering, TechSpot, Wired, RTÉ, Business Standard, MEDIANAMA, Information Age, The Colorado Sun, Africanews, Digital Music News, Yeni Şafak, Android Headlines, Nairametrics, The Verge, NPR, Pajhwok Afghan News, The Standard, Cryptopolitan, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Howie Town, Yahoo Finance, ANI News, Financial Times, Boing Boing, Bloomberg, New Yorker, HotNewHipHop, 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
X: @tiktokpolicy, @sentomcotton, @micsolana, @elonmusk, @alexeheath, @drjessmaddox, @stevesi, @drjessmaddox, @drjessmaddox, @lindseygrahamsc, @drjessmaddox, @brianstelter, @luke_metro, @blakeir, @litcapital, @joshrogin, @luke_metro, @esaagar, @rushdoshi, @mikeisaac, @tahrajirari, @nikitabier, @hasanthehun, @genepark, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @zamaan_qureshi, @jason_kint, @alexeheath, @wexler, @arozenshtein, @alexeheath, @anothercohen, @levie, @oknox, @luke_metro, @luke_metro, and @maxwinebach
| Wall Street Journal: |
China suggests it is willing to work with Trump to keep TikTok operating in the US, after previously saying it would block any forced TikTok sale — Founder of app's parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, met with Elon Musk last year — SINGAPORE—China suggested it was willing to work … | Avery Lotz / Axios: |
More: @realDonaldTrump …, The Register, The Verge, Associated Press, U.S. Senator Cotton …, Business Hallmark, CCN.com, en.ain.ua, TechNode, KWTX-TV, Outlook India, Reuters, ddnews.gov.in, News18, NewsDiaryOnline, Cryptonews, USA Today, NewsBytes, New York Times, The Verge, Fox Business, Digiday, RedState, Cautious Optimism, Axios, Daily Sabah, Hypebot, Raw Story, Gizmodo, The Gateway Pundit, Tech in Asia, Benzinga, iClarified, Washington Post, Yahoo Finance, The Independent, Politico, Reuters, Semafor, and NBC News
Bluesky: @matholemeu, @sahilkapur, @anupamchander, @rgoodlaw, @reckless, @denisehowell.info, @mmasnick, @ebakerwhite, @nycsouthpaw, and @mmasnick
Threads: @carnage4life, @jw, and @luvvie
X: @jeremiahdjohns, @zachweinberg, @mattgertz, @ezraklein, @ezraklein, @barbmcquade, @pkafka, @mcuban, @realsaavedra, @pblest, @seangarrette, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @timsweeneyepic, @brianstelter, @danprimack, @levie, @igorbobic, @mattturck, @david_ingram, @mgsiegler, @mattgertz, @marcacaputo, @samstein, @danprimack, and @chrismurphyct
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/TheMajorityReport, r/politics, r/moderatepolitics, r/NewsAndPolitics, and r/WeirdGOP
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
More: TechRadar, Silicon Republic, The Standard, The Guam Daily Post, MySmartPrice, Jakarta Globe, Wall Street Pit, Hindustan Times, RTTNews, Luxembourg Times, Livemint, Spyglass, Lynxotic, Breitbart, Forbes, Proactiveinvestors UK, PYMNTS.com, New York Times, Music Ally, AllHipHop, Tech in Asia, LBC, Screen, Android Headlines, AV Club, and TechCrunch
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
More: BGR, Music Business Worldwide, Android Authority, Digital Music News, Raw Story, WinBuzzer, and Mediaite
X: @sentomcotton, @jessicalessin, @senatorricketts, and @wexler
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
More: @realDonaldTrump …, Apple Support, Tech Wire Asia, MacRumors, Polygon, CNN, DNyuz, 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
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @aaronp613, @kyurieff, @markgurman, @markgurman, @dylanmcd8, @timsweeneyepic, @macrumors, @business, @rakeshsfnyc, @aaronp613, @tomwarren, @jwsherrod, @aaronp613, @paytondev, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Jay Cuthrell
Forums: r/democrats, r/Fauxmoi, and r/apple
| Alan Suderman / Associated Press: |
Bitcoin passed $108K hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, after topping $100K for the first time in December 2024 before falling to ~$90K — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration …
More: DL News, The Mirror, Agence France-Presse, Forbes, CNBC, Daily Mail, GreenBot, Proactive, The Times, Bitcoin Insider, CoinDesk, CoinGape, CryptoPotato, and Bloomberg
| Politico: |
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.| 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 …
More: City A.M., Cointelegraph, New York Post, The Block, CryptoSlate, Protos, Forbes, CNN, CoinGape, Blockonomi, CNBC, The Mirror, Benzinga, Metro.co.uk, CoinJournal, The Crypto Times, CryptoPotato, Bitcoin Insider, The Daily Beast, Mashable, Cryptopolitan, Coinpedia Fintech News, Times of India, Mediaite, crypto.news, The Coin Republic, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoin News, CoinDesk, Decrypt, KTVU-TV, and The Hill
Bluesky: @tyleraking.com and @gateklons
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and later on Android, after US app stores removed CapCut as part of the 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 …
More: App Store, T3 (publication), The Verge, Android Police, Android Headlines, KnowTechie, MakeUseOf, Neowin, Financial Express, WinBuzzer, PhoneArena, Techpoint Africa, Livemint, The Indian Express, Android Central, Mashable, Business Insider, Engadget, The Hill, AppleInsider, Social Media Today, PCMag, Seeking Alpha, USA Today, 9to5Mac, The Information, and New York Times
Bluesky: @reckless, @davelee.me, and @chandrasteele
Threads: @mosseri, @reneeroaming, @chriswelch, @wongmjane, @mosseri, @mosseri, @reneeroaming, @lissettecalv, @austinnotduncan, @mosseri, @tb_99999, @karissabe, and @benedictevans. Instagram: Adam Mosseri
X: @pitdesi, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| CBS News: |
Source: DOGE co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy will leave the task force, as he plans a campaign for Ohio governor; sources: Musk associates undercut Ramaswamy for weeks — Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
More: Can We Still Govern? and DNyuz
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 in the app's bottom bar, letting users vertically scroll through short videos, after launching a TV app in 2024 — 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.
More: Financial Express, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Axios, en.ain.ua, WinBuzzer, GSMArena.com, and Business Insider
| 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: |
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 servicesSponsor Posts
Airtable:
Deep analysis for deep questions — Introducing Superagent. A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
Deep analysis for deep questions — Introducing Superagent. A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
Clay:
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Zoho:
Why now: Building cloud infrastructure that the UAE can rely on — For years, the main question in the UAE was whether organizations should adopt cloud technology. Today, cloud adoption is no longer up for debate.
Why now: Building cloud infrastructure that the UAE can rely on — For years, the main question in the UAE was whether organizations should adopt cloud technology. Today, cloud adoption is no longer up for debate.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Hard Fork:
'Something Big Is Happening' + A.I. Rocks the Romance Novel Industry + One Good Thing
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Lenny's Podcast:
"Engineers are becoming sorcerers" | The future of software development with OpenAI's Sherwin Wu
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Cheeky Pint:
Ben Thompson from Stratechery on AI ads, the end of SaaS, and the future of media
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak: Investing in an AI-Driven World
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
The Billionaire Button w/ Tim Wu
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Great Chat:
No one won the AI Bowl
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:01 AM ET, January 20, 2025.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Advanced Television:Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| David Marchese / New York Times: |
Bluesky: @sbyrnes, @agr, @traplife, @dinfontay, @jondavidchurch, @werd.io, @jljacobson, @civilwarmemory, @cjcmichel, and @joshtpm. Mastodon: @billseitz@toolsforthought …
X: @pmarca, @silvermanjacob, @toddmpitcher, @lldzne, @goldberg_dan, @jzellis, @glenweyl, and @atabarrok
Forums: r/inthenews, r/TrueReddit, r/Destiny, and r/NewPatriotism
| Washington Post: |
More: Stars & Stripes. Bluesky: @meerihaataja. Mastodon: @kevinrothrock@infosec … and @syphilia@kafeneio.social. X: @shashj
Forums: r/stupidpol, r/Finland, r/europe, r/NAFO, r/anime_titties, and r/worldnews
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More: AppleInsider, T3 (publication), Android Authority, TechRadar, KnowTechie, Tom's Guide, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, BGR, PYMNTS.com, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, Benzinga, Neowin, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, and 9to5Mac
X: @jonmasters, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums