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January 19, 2025, 11:35 PM

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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 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; Sen. 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.
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming next month on iOS and soon on Android, after CapCut is removed from app stores 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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
David Marchese / New York Times:
Q&A with Curtis Yarvin, a computer engineer and blogger whose ideas are increasingly popular with tech elites, on why democracy is bad, dictators, and more  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  For a long time, Curtis Yarvin, a 51-year-old computer engineer …
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 …

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