TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement
TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …
Donald Trump is promoting a Solana memecoin called TRUMP from his social media accounts, with 200M $TRUMP available now and growing to 1B “over three years”
Talk about a Friday night surprise. President-elect Donald Trump's social media accounts shared what appears …
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
Donald Trump says he will “be making the decision” about TikTok and confirms he talked with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the app
The US Supreme Court ruled today that Congress could outlaw TikTok … AsiaOne : Trump, China's Xi hold call on TikTok, trade, Taiwan The Korea Times : Trump, Chinese leader Xi talk about trade, fentany...
After SCOTUS upheld the TikTok law, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeals to Donald Trump in a TikTok video to find a solution that keeps the app available in the US
Get ready for TikTok #LIVEFest2024! @Zara Larsson joins your faves to crown the top LIVE creators of the year. Kyle Eustice / AllHipHop : TikTok Ban Upheld By U.S. Supreme Court—Will Trump Save It? A...
Some US congressional leaders who championed the TikTok law now want to delay the ban from going into effect, showing how much politics has shifted on the issue
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a bipartisan law that aims to ban TikTok nationwide beginning … Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : TikTok admits things look bleak with the app likely “to go dark” on Sunda...
CoinGecko: $TRUMP rose more than 600% overnight and was trading just over $32 as of 11AM ET, giving it a fully diluted market capitalization of $32B+
- It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously.
Instagram now lets users upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit, as TikTok is set to go dark on Sunday
Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today. Instagram: Adam Mosse...
Instagram adds a new tab in the Reels feed that will show videos that a user's friends have liked or added commentary to
This company is absolutely hellbent on engineering user activity, as opposed to giving users tools and letting them decide what they want to do. [embedded post] @youcaughtscott.com : Can't wait to se...
OpenAI worked with Retro Biosciences to develop GPT-4b micro, an AI model that it says can engineer proteins capable of turning regular cells into stem cells
When you think of AI's contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned its creator a Nobel Prize last year.
Zuckerberg says there's a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work”
Well, specifically, they want me to know. — On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story …
Leading crypto firms have given at least $10M to the Trump inaugural fund; Ripple, a major target of SEC enforcement action, donated $5M in digital tokens
Crypto executives and their lobbyists are scrambling to gain sway over the incoming administration.
Amazon suspends drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona to fix the drones' software after two of its latest models crashed in rainy weather at a testing facility
- Deliveries halted in Texas, Arizona, pending a software repair — Drone program suffering setbacks 11 years after its unveiling
At least four UK teenagers have been arrested in connection with 764, a “Satanist” terror network targeting children online for sexual blackmail and violence
A teenager involved in what police have described as a Satanist terror network targeting children online for sexual blackmail …
Adam Mosseri says Instagram profile grids will display content as rectangles instead of squares as part of a change rolling out “over the weekend”
Instagram's profile grids will display content as rectangles instead of squares as part of a change rolling out “over the weekend …
Character.AI is testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to boost engagement, available to paid subscribers and a limited set of users on its free plan
Character AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop …
Vitalik Buterin outlines “large changes” to Ethereum Foundation leadership structure, after fellow Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin called for new EF leadership
- Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in a post on X, said “large changes” to the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) are underway. X: @vitalikbuterin , @vitalikbuterin , and @owocki...
The FTC says Genshin Impact maker Cognosphere will pay $20M to settle claims that it deceived players about the cost of winning prizes and mishandled kids' data
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A profile of smart ring maker Oura, which was founded in 2013 in Oulu, Finland and has grown to a $5.2B company by focusing on overall health than fitness alone
Headquartered 5,000 miles from Silicon Valley, Oura's smart ring measures heart health and can predict when you may be getting sick
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong endorses a US bitcoin strategic reserve in a blog post on “economic freedom” that calls on world leaders to embrace crypto
Brady Dale / Axios :
Q&A with Marc Andreessen on his political evolution from a “normie Democrat” to a Donald Trump supporter, and what he and others expect from the administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o... Jan-Werner Mueller / @jwmueller-pu : “The E.U. is, as you know, regulating itself to death. And they're damaging themselves mostly, but what they're also doing is dama...
The FTC bans GM from selling driver behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies for five years, after finding GM didn't properly inform drivers
GM must now obtain explicit user consent and offer an option to delete data, ensuring greater transparency and privacy for customers. Lilian Edwards / @lilianedwards : Even as she leaves office Lina K...
Filing: ChatGPT's head of product, Nick Turley, will testify as a witness for the US DOJ in its antitrust case against Google, as a court decides penalties
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch :
Digital Currency Group agrees to settle and pay $38.5M in civil penalties to the US SEC over charges that it misled investors via crypto lender Genesis Global
a $38.5m fine from SEC US Securities and Exchange Commission : SEC Charges Digital Currency Group and Soichiro “Michael” Moro, Former CEO of Genesis Global Capital, for Misleading Investors about Gene...
Bluesky 2024 moderation report: Bluesky gained 23M+ users, its moderation team grew to ~100, and its moderation service received 6.48M reports, up 17x from 2023
This is what failing at your job looks like, @aaron.bsky.team. — So, ya know, thanks for the heads up. [embedded post] Trisha Soncini Lane / @tslwhidbey : I seriously don't like to send anything to...
During her confirmation hearing for secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem says addressing foreign disinformation campaigns were outside the CISA's remit
Never felt less safe listening to this hearing. …
Filing: Nasdaq-listed Qorvo reveals activist investor Starboard's 7.7% stake, amid stiff competition and slowing orders for the company's smartphone chips
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters :
The US sanctions a China-based cybersecurity company involved in the Salt Typhoon hacks and a Shanghai-based hacker involved in the recent US Treasury breach
Treasury's OFAC is sanctioning Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based cyber actor who was involved with the recent Department of the Treasury network compromise. … X: Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth : BIG: T...
The US FTC releases a report saying Microsoft's $13B investment in OpenAI raises concerns that the company could extend its cloud computing dominance into AI
Microsoft-Open AI raises alarms Jon Keegan / Sherwood News : FTC report scrutinizes OpenAI and Anthropic's partnerships with cloud giants Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia : US warns of risks in Micr...
A group of 18 former European heads of state call on the EC to break up Google's advertising tech business, claiming it erodes Europe's media landscape
Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal :
Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals; Read.cv will shut down and let users export their profiles, posts, and more until May 16
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Source: Meta plans to break up its civil rights team, which helped develop tech to address racial and other disparities in how Meta distributed ads on its apps
Kalley Huang / The Information : Bluesky: @martinsfp and @jaydolan . X: @ericnewcomer Bluesky: @martinsfp : One sad part of this is ‘this would be a bad look’ wasn't even a factor that stopped them. ...
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