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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
TikTok restores its service in the US after reaching an “agreement with our service providers” and thanks Donald 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: @jbillinson, @bobbyallyn, @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,
More: @realDonaldTrump …, The Verge, Associated Press, Reuters, U.S. Senator Cotton …, Khaama Press, USA Today, en.ain.ua, NBC News, The Hill, Daily Sabah, KWTX-TV, Cyber Daily, New York Times, CryptoPotato, Axios, Outlook India, RedState, Cautious Optimism, ddnews.gov.in, News18, BleepingComputer, The Verge, Reason, Hypebot, Raw Story, One America News Network, Washington Times, Gizmodo, Gizchina.com, The Gateway Pundit, Benzinga, iClarified, Gulf News, The Independent, Washington Examiner, pravda.com.ua, NBC Connecticut, NewsBytes, The Post Millennial, Yahoo Finance, The Wrap, Fox Business, Politico, Washington Post, Semafor, and NBC News
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Forums: r/neoliberal, r/TheMajorityReport, r/politics, 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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Forums: r/democrats, r/Fauxmoi, and 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.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google Play and Apple's App Store still aren't offering TikTok in the US; Senator Tom 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.
More: Android Authority, WinBuzzer, Mediaite, Raw Story, and HuffPost
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/neoliberal, r/apple, and r/technology
| Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
More: Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Washington Post, and New York Times
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| 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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| Politico: |
CoinGecko: despite tanking, Trump's memecoin, with a $55B+ market cap, is the 21st most valuable cryptocurrency; some in crypto call the coin a “horrible look” — Trump's memecoin has taken off since debuting late Friday night. Not everyone in crypto is thrilled.| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency, r/politics, and r/CoinBase
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
More: CNN, Moneycontrol, Forbes, @realDonaldTrump …, DNyuz, Coinpedia Fintech News, Sydney Morning Herald, Blockhead, CoinDesk, Inside Bitcoins, KTVU-TV, Futurism, crypto.news, The Capital, Bitcoin Insider, Bitcoinist.com, Türkiye Today, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, Benzinga, GetTrumpMemes, Decrypt, CNBC, CoinDesk, and Axios
X: @realdonaldtrump, @cryptohayes, @coffeebreak_yt, @scaramucci, @a_p_capital, @naiivememe, @cryptohayes, @sircryptotips, @balajis, @scaramucci, @howardlindzon, @silvermanjacob, @erictrump, @kobeissiletter, @solanafloor, @frankluntz, @chooserich, @pitdesi, @ashleymayer, @turnernovak, @luke_metro, @tszzl, @patio11, @0xsmac, @0xcygaar, @0xcygaar, @0xmert_, @bennpeifert, @rampcapitalllc, @teroterotero, @solanalegend, @biancoresearch, @jstein_wapo, @sherlock_hodles, @krishnanrohit, @intern, @teroterotero, @arrington, @gestaltu, @teroterotero, @naiivememe, @teroterotero, @frankdegods, @timodc, @teroterotero, @jconorgrogan, @kobeissiletter, @krassenstein, @sawcruhteez, @gametheorizing, @autismcapital, @zerohedge, @damidefi, and @geiger_capital
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and soon on Android, after app stores removed CapCut as part of the US 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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Threads: @mosseri, @wongmjane, @mosseri, @mosseri, @tb_99999, @lissettecalv, @mosseri, @reneeroaming, @reneeroaming, @chriswelch, @austinnotduncan, @karissabe, and @benedictevans. Instagram: Adam Mosseri
X: @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @pitdesi
| 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 …
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X: @pmarca, @silvermanjacob, @toddmpitcher, @lldzne, @goldberg_dan, @jzellis, @glenweyl, and @atabarrok
| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Spotify's Head of Editorial Sulinna Ong, whose team curates thousands of playlists and discovers new artists to complement Spotify's algorithms — Spotify is known for its algorithmic recommendations, but Sulinna Ong brings a human touch to finding new hits| Khadija Alam / Rest of World: |
Analysis: Chinese AI researchers produced ~46K collaborative papers with their US counterparts over the past decade, followed by ~19K with researchers in the UK — Over the past 10 years, the U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners in AI research.
X: @restofworld and @restofworld
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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