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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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Bluesky: @noupside, @thefred, @drewharwell.com, @bobbyallyn, @karaswisher, @davidakaye, @davidakaye, @reckless, @markey.senate.gov, @fraying, @chancemiller.me, @mjsdc, @junlper.beer, @socialmedialab.ca, @salvagni.org, @taylorlorenz, @mehdirhasan, @reckless, @reckless, @pwnallthethings, @proptermalone, @caseynewton, @davidpierce.xyz, @jessmaddox, @ebakerwhite, @harrymccracken.com, and @chancemiller.me
Threads: @bobbyallyn and @bobbyallyn
X: @tiktokpolicy, @drjessmaddox, @drjessmaddox, @drjessmaddox, @drjessmaddox, @sentomcotton, @elonmusk, @genepark, @tahrajirari, @anothercohen, @esaagar, @alexeheath, @adamkovac, @joshrogin, @brianstelter, @zamaan_qureshi, @blakeir, @arozenshtein, @luke_metro, @hasanthehun, @jason_kint, @oknox, @luke_metro, @brianstelter, @rushdoshi, @maxwinebach, @levie, @luke_metro, @litcapital, @adamkovac, @nikitabier, @wexler, @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, and @luke_metro
| 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, U.S. Senator Cotton …, Bloomberg, The Hill, Business Today, BleepingComputer, Washington Post, USA Today, New York Times, Gizmodo, Gulf News, RedState, Axios, Wall Street Journal, Cautious Optimism, Perez Hilton, Washington Times, Reason, Hindustan Times, The Japan Times, Times of India, Benzinga, Nikkei Asia, TMZ.com, The Independent, Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone, New York Daily News, Agence France-Presse, BuzzFeed, Fox Business, Election Law Blog, Yahoo News, New York Post, The Wrap, India Today, The Post Millennial, Kevin Drum, Newser, Sandra Rose, BroBible, pravda.com.ua, Semafor, Daily Post Nigeria, Raw Story, Shore News Network, Politico, Reuters, Gizchina.com, ANI News, DNyuz, Washington Post, Metro.co.uk, The Information, Baltimore Sun, NZ Herald, The Gateway Pundit, WAtoday, iClarified, TechCrunch, NBC Connecticut, UPI, One America News Network, LBC, Anadolu Ajansı …, informitv, Mediaite, BetaNews, and Cord Cutters News
Bluesky: @mmasnick, @sahilkapur, @anupamchander, @reckless, @denisehowell.info, @rgoodlaw, @ebakerwhite, @nycsouthpaw, and @mmasnick
Threads: @jw, @luvvie, and @carnage4life
X: @adamkovac, @chrismurphyct, @barbmcquade, @adamkovac, @alexeheath, @zachweinberg, @adamkovac, @mattgertz, @igorbobic, @ezraklein, @adamkovac, @mattturck, @timsweeneyepic, @danprimack, @alexeheath, @mattgertz, @levie, @ezraklein, @marcacaputo, @brianstelter, @realsaavedra, @david_ingram, @mgsiegler, @mcuban, @danprimack, @adamkovac, @pkafka, @pblest, @seangarrette, and @samstein
Forums: r/politics, r/TheMajorityReport, r/moderatepolitics, r/neoliberal, 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 …
More: Apple Support, The Verge, MacRumors, MacRumors, The Verge, USA Today, Metro.co.uk, iClarified, WBEZ, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, The Independent, Digital Trends, TheSixthAxis, The Shortcut, Forbes, Tom's Guide, AppleInsider, and Bloomberg
X: @sentomcotton, @aaronp613, @kyurieff, @markgurman, @markgurman, @rakeshsfnyc, @macrumors, @aaronp613, @aaronp613, @jwsherrod, @timsweeneyepic, @paytondev, and @business. LinkedIn: Jay Cuthrell. Forums: r/apple
| 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.
More: PYMNTS.com, Forbes, TechCrunch, Screen, and AV Club
| 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: Polygon, PC Gamer, Forbes, Business Insider, Engadget, Stevivor, IGN, Washington Post, Game Rant, PocketGamer.biz, PCGamesN, Game File, TheGamer, Livemint, SVG, Mobilegamer.biz, Pocket Gamer, Android Police, Gizmodo, Mashable, Screen Rant, TweakTown, The Hollywood Reporter, and Wired
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk, @tyleraking.com, and @mmasnick
X: @seconddinner, @derpkage, @tomwarren, @charalanahzard, @regiskillbin, @automatontorch, @mmmmmmmmiller, @wario64, and @acozygamer
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/apple, and r/technology
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
More: WinBuzzer, NBC News, TechCrunch, CBS News, USA Today, Music Business Worldwide, SammyGuru, CNBC, BBC, and CNBC
Bluesky: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @firstadopter. Forums: r/google 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 …
More: App Store, PCMag, USA Today, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Information, New York Times, Social Media Today, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @reckless, @davelee.me, and @chandrasteele
Threads: @mosseri, @mosseri, @reneeroaming, @lissettecalv, @austinnotduncan, @tb_99999, @benedictevans, @karissabe, @mosseri, @wongmjane, @chriswelch, and @mosseri
X: @pitdesi, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| 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: WinBuzzer and The Decoder
Bluesky: @prietschka. X: @shakeelhashim, @maxwelltani, @yuanyi_z, @joshgondelman, @garymarcus, @jimvandehei, @cszabla, and @zachweinberg. LinkedIn: Ram Krishnan
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/singularity, and r/Futurology
| 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, Crypto Briefing, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, Decrypt, and Axios
Forums: r/CoinBase and r/politics
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
More: @realDonaldTrump …, CoinDesk, GetTrumpMemes, Forbes, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Insider, The Block, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, Tech Xplore, CryptoPotato, The Crypto Times, ZyCrypto, BetaNews, Coinmonks, CoinGape, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and CNBC
Bluesky: @muralive, @carnage4life, @paleofuture, and @mmasnick
X: @realdonaldtrump, @scaramucci, @erictrump, @kobeissiletter, @solanafloor, @naiivememe, @silvermanjacob, @cryptohayes, @balajis, @coffeebreak_yt, @frankluntz, @chooserich, @pitdesi, @0xcygaar, @0xcygaar, @ashleymayer, @turnernovak, @luke_metro, @tszzl, @patio11, @0xsmac, @0xmert_, @bennpeifert, @solanalegend, @jconorgrogan, @rampcapitalllc, @teroterotero, @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
| 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, Digital Trends, Neowin, and AppleInsider
X: @markgurman and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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 … | Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five years has shown that lawmakers are as spineless and skittish as everyone suspects them to be — Well, that escalated slowly over the course of four years. — It is 2020. The United States government threatens to forbid access … | Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
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| Washington Post: |
US and European officials: evidence suggests recent damage to Baltic Sea subsea internet cables was likely caused by maritime accidents, not Russian sabotage — An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.
More: Stars & Stripes. X: @shashj. Forums: r/worldnews, r/anime_titties, r/Finland, r/europe, and r/NAFO
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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