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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 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 …, The Verge, The Information, Reuters, New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, Associated Press, Politico, Benzinga, Times of India, CNBC, Hindustan Times, India Today, Mediaite, Nikkei Asia, Semafor, South China Morning Post, Hypebot, KCRG-TV, Just The News, Irish Independent, and The Independent
| 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, MacRumors, The Verge, MacRumors, The Verge, Business Insider, Tom's Guide, TheSixthAxis, New York Times, USA Today, Livemint, Business Standard, 9to5Mac, The Independent, AppleInsider, Forbes, and Tuko.co.ke
X: @sentomcotton, @aaronp613, @markgurman, @macrumors, @business, @rakeshsfnyc, @aaronp613, @jwsherrod, @aaronp613, @paytondev, and @timsweeneyepic. LinkedIn: Jay Cuthrell. Forums: r/apple
| 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: Android Police, Gizmodo, Engadget, Forbes, Polygon, Livemint, TweakTown, The Hollywood Reporter, Game File, SVG, Screen Rant, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, PocketGamer.biz, TheGamer, Game Rant, Variety, PCGamesN, Neowin, Mobilegamer.biz, Wired, and Eurogamer.net
Bluesky: @tyleraking.com, @tomwarren.co.uk, and @mmasnick
X: @seconddinner, @derpkage, @charalanahzard, @automatontorch, @mmmmmmmmiller, @tomwarren, and @wario64
Forums: r/technology, r/apple, and r/neoliberal
| NBC News: |
ByteDance's TikTok and CapCut suspend service in the US, telling users “Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok” — Users reported being unable to access TikTok Saturday after a pop-up message from the company came up on their screens saying “a law banning TikTok has been enacted.”
More: Wired, The Hill, TechCrunch, USA Today, The Information, The Hacker News, CNN, The Verge, Gizmodo, Forbes, Financial Times, The i Paper, UPI, Mediaite, TechCrunch, New York Post, NPR, Financial Times, Scripps News, Politico, Salon, Yahoo Finance, ZeroHedge News, Android Central, Khaama Press, @realDonaldTrump …, Shacknews, The Hollywood Reporter, Washington Examiner, 9to5Google, Bloomberg, Reuters, 9to5Mac, and Just Jared
Bluesky: @coreypieper.com, @reckless, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @karaswisher, @shellen.com, @kattenbarge, @rusty.todayintabs.com, @devawo, @joshtpm, and @kevinrothrock.me
X: @silvermanjacob, @turnernovak, @kittydisks, @signulll, @molly0xfff, @koralinadean, @remsholy, @x, @kgreifeld, @samleecole, @chrismurphyct, @amxya17__, @rokhanna, @paulg, @tvietor08, @courtneyknorris, @mtracey, @noahpinion, @yashar, @goodvibepolitik, @agoldmund, @nomorezon, @iamnjera, @daysevermore, @turnernovak, @indaltonwetrvst, @normalmadeline, @jugwoos, @ryb_311, @tomzohar, @616impulse, @thomas_violence, @danisgfs, @jeremiahdjohns, @jason, @srirachachau, @chrisfralic, @greynovember019, @lactosefreemom, @rnaudbertrand, @theserfstv, @dieworkwear, @pinkfr1day, @radishharmers, @mattbinder, @laurenontour, @jrocjarvis, @kheumani, @atrupar, @kendaipaige, @helllojojo, @kirawontmiss, @korectiion, @mattlech, @soulkhan, @populismupdates, @max_fisher, @ycsm1n, @chrisbrennan7, @katewillett, @mikeisaac, @isaacfeldberg, and @mikenellis. Forums: r/technews
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
TikTok is not available for download in the App Store and Play Store in the US, as the app halts service in the country to comply with the divest-or-ban law — Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest …
More: USA Today, The Week, Digital Trends, The Sun, 9to5Google, Music Business Worldwide, India Today, Livemint, Engadget, CBS News, Android Authority, and Anadolu Ajansı …
Bluesky: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @firstadopter. Forums: r/google and r/technology
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
More: TechCrunch, Engadget, Forbes, Taipei Times, Fortune, iClarified, Pocket-lint, TechRadar, Cryptopolitan, Wired, Livemint, Reuters, The Hill, Neowin, Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Pit, Tech in Asia, Fox Business, and Business Insider
Bluesky: @brijsingh, @hrbrmstr.dev, @mgsiegler.com, @johnmass, and @davelee.me
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @ianb@mastodon.well.com
X: @levie, @maxwinebach, and @haydenfield
LinkedIn: Marty Swant and Pramod Gosavi
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/news, r/perplexity_ai, r/StockMarket, and r/technology
| Ana Faguy / BBC: |
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| Politico: |
Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of Chinese-owned apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban — The Chinese apps RedNote and Lemon8 have exploded in popularity as TikTok faces an imminent ban and the Supreme Court upheld the law forcing its sale.
More: ABC13. Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com, @pharmesq, @romitmehta.com, @drdoofenschmirtz, @drdoofenschmirtz, @mikemillennial, @ricyrick87, and @masterplan15
Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon … and @pixel@oldbytes.space
X: @milkkarten and @dtrinh
| Financial Times: |
More: The Guardian and Livemint
| 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 …
More: Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Reason
Bluesky: @shiraovide, @nitishpahwa.com, and @bruces
Threads: @joanwestenberg and @joanwestenberg
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
More: Times of India, indy100, Android Headlines, AfroTech, and User Mag
| 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. X: @zachweinberg, @garymarcus, @maxwelltani, and @jimvandehei. LinkedIn: Ram Krishnan
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, and r/singularity
| 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: MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Digital Trends
Bluesky: @virginiafrog and @mychaelp
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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: Decrypt, Cryptopolitan, Crypto Briefing, CoinGape, Inc.com, CryptoPotato, and Bitcoin Insider. X: @scaramucci
| Axios: |
More: New York Times, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, Consequence, Lawyer Monthly, Business Insider, Kevin Drum, UPI, Mediaite, Raw Story, Tech in Asia, and CNBC
Bluesky: @wkamaubell, @davelevitan, @celiene-ohara, @ianbassin, @melomys, @pharmesq, @pharmesq, and @drdoofenschmirtz. Mastodon: @Dhmspector@mastodon.social
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
More: @realDonaldTrump …, GetTrumpMemes, The Crypto Times, CryptoPotato, The Information, BetaNews, Cointelegraph, Forbes, ZyCrypto, Decrypt, Tech Xplore, crypto.news, CoinDesk, Coinmonks, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, MarketWatch, Inside Bitcoins, Washington Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, CoinJournal, New York Post, The Block, The Coin Republic, and Politico
Bluesky: @muralive, @carnage4life, @paleofuture, and @mmasnick
X: @realdonaldtrump, @scaramucci, @naiivememe, @cryptohayes, @balajis, @erictrump, @kobeissiletter, @solanafloor, @coffeebreak_yt, @0xcygaar, @0xcygaar, @frankluntz, @chooserich, @pitdesi, @ashleymayer, @turnernovak, @luke_metro, @tszzl, @patio11, @solanalegend, @jconorgrogan, @0xsmac, @0xmert_, @bennpeifert, @rampcapitalllc, @teroterotero, @biancoresearch, @jstein_wapo, @sherlock_hodles, @krishnanrohit, @intern, @teroterotero, @arrington, @gestaltu, @teroterotero, @naiivememe, @teroterotero, @frankdegods, @timodc, @teroterotero, @silvermanjacob, @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
| Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: |
A close look at some privacy implications of AI interfacing with messaging apps and other E2EE systems, Apple's approach to “Private Cloud Compute”, and more — Recently I came across a fantastic new paper by a group of NYU and Cornell researchers entitled “How to think about end-to-end encryption and AI.”
More: Werd I/O. Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, @w0bb1t@tldr.nettime.org, @osman@hachyderm.io, and @matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange
Forums: Hacker News and r/privacy
| 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 … | Financial Times: |
Apple CFO Kevan Parekh tells a London court it is impossible to accurately determine the App Store's standalone profitability and disputes claims of 75% margins — Kevan Parekh disputed claims the iPhone maker enjoys profit margins of about 75% on its App StoreSponsor Posts
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