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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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Threads: @bobbyallyn, @jbillinson, @bobbyallyn, and @bobbyallyn
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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,
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Forums: r/politics, r/TheMajorityReport, r/neoliberal, r/moderatepolitics, r/NewsAndPolitics, and r/WeirdGOP
| 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: @aaronp613, @markgurman, @dylanmcd8, @kyurieff, @rakeshsfnyc, @macrumors, @aaronp613, @aaronp613, @jwsherrod, @timsweeneyepic, @markgurman, @paytondev, @markgurman, and @business. LinkedIn: Jay Cuthrell
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/neoliberal, r/apple, and r/technology
| 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 …
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X: @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @pitdesi
| 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 …
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Bluesky: @gateklons and @tyleraking.com
| 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: BBC, Associated Press, The Daily Hodl, Decrypt, ZyCrypto, and Axios
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Forums: r/CoinBase and r/politics
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
More: @realDonaldTrump …, GetTrumpMemes, Inside Bitcoins, New York Post, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, The Crypto Times, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, The Capital, Bitcoin Insider, CoinGape, ZyCrypto, Axios, BetaNews, Coinmonks, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and CNBC
Bluesky: @haznation, @muralive, @carnage4life, @paleofuture, and @mmasnick. Mastodon: @mathewi@journa.host
X: @realdonaldtrump, @scaramucci, @erictrump, @naiivememe, @silvermanjacob, @cryptohayes, @sircryptotips, @balajis, @scaramucci, @howardlindzon, @kobeissiletter, @solanafloor, @coffeebreak_yt, @frankluntz, @chooserich, @pitdesi, @ashleymayer, @0xcygaar, @0xcygaar, @turnernovak, @luke_metro, @tszzl, @patio11, @0xsmac, @solanalegend, @0xmert_, @bennpeifert, @rampcapitalllc, @teroterotero, @jconorgrogan, @biancoresearch, @jstein_wapo, @sherlock_hodles, @krishnanrohit, @intern, @teroterotero, @arrington, @gestaltu, @teroterotero, @naiivememe, @teroterotero, @frankdegods, @timodc, @teroterotero, @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
| 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, SiliconANGLE, and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @prietschka. Threads: @vishvanands. X: @pinboard, @shakeelhashim, @maxwelltani, @yuanyi_z, @joshgondelman, @garymarcus, @wongmjane, @jimvandehei, @cszabla, and @zachweinberg. LinkedIn: Ram Krishnan
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/singularity, r/Futurology, and r/technology
| 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 …
Bluesky: @sbyrnes, @jondavidchurch, @agr, @werd.io, @jljacobson, @dinfontay, @joshtpm, @civilwarmemory, @cjcmichel, and @traplife. Mastodon: @billseitz@toolsforthought …
X: @pmarca, @silvermanjacob, @toddmpitcher, @lldzne, @goldberg_dan, @jzellis, @glenweyl, and @atabarrok
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Researchers say the recent surge in SMS phishing spam, warning US recipients about unpaid tolls, coincides with new features in a popular Chinese phishing kit — Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass … | 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, PYMNTS.com, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Neowin, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and 9to5Mac
X: @jonmasters, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
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