Trump signs an EO seeking to pause the TikTok ban for 75 days, in a bid to give him time to negotiate a resolution and protect TikTok's providers from liability
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday seeking to hit pause on a law banning TikTok and to provide a liability shield …
During a speech after Donald Trump's inauguration, Elon Musk delivered what many saw as two “Nazi salutes”; Musk posted a three-minute video of his speech to X
The billionaire Tesla CEO has a history of racist comments. … Elon Musk gave what appeared to be Nazi salutes …
Card game Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance's Nuverse, is back online in the US; developer Second Dinner plans to find a new publisher to avoid future bans
Marvel Snap is back online in the US after access was cut off Saturday night due to the law that banned TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps.
Trump revokes Biden's 2023 executive order that sought to reduce the risks that AI poses to consumers, workers, and national security, fulfilling a GOP pledge
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday revoked a 2023 executive order signed by Joe Biden that sought to reduce the risks …
How purchasing Trump's memecoin, of which he reportedly holds $50B+ at January 19 prices, could be used to buy favors without actually transferring him funds
Crypto is, in fact, about sending people money. — Financial disclosure: I hold a modest amount of BTC and ETH.
Trump signs an EO renaming the US Digital Service as the US DOGE Service, directing agency heads to form “DOGE Teams” of at least four employees within 30 days
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory commission spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk recommending deep cuts …
Legal experts and lawmakers: Trump's EO halting the TikTok ban may not protect companies that host or distribute the app, as Trump cannot overturn Congress' law
Measure directs Justice Department to not enforce the law for 75 days while administration determines “the appropriate course forward.”
CoinGecko: Trump's memecoin, with a ~$7.5B market cap, is around the 28th most valuable cryptocurrency; some in crypto call Official Trump a “horrible look”
Survey Bloomberg : What Are Memecoins and Why Did Trump Launch One? Callum Jones / The Guardian : Experts alarmed by Trumps' crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’ Michael Anthony Bitoon / ...
Sources: Elon Musk is likely to get a West Wing office, putting him close to Donald Trump, after Musk had for many days been asking about his level of access
The world's richest man had been expected to be situated in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, but a West Wing office would give him closer access to President Trump.
MicroStrategy bought 11K bitcoin for ~$1.1B from January 13 to 20, at an average of $101,191 per BTC, taking its holding to 461K, worth $48B+, or 2%+ of supply
- MicroStrategy has purchased another 11,000 BTC for approximately $1.1 billion at an average price of $101,191 per bitcoin.
Chinese smartphone sales fell 3.2% YoY in Q4 2024, the only negative quarter in 2024; Apple fell 18.2% to a 17.1% share and Huawei rose 15.5% to an 18.1% share
- During the quarter, Huawei secured the top spot, followed by Xiaomi. Huawei's sales grew 15.5% YoY, supported by the release of the Mate 70 series in early December.
Brendan Carr becomes FCC chair, and plans to focus on tech and media regulation, combating China, spectrum licenses, infrastructure, the space economy, and more
Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency's agenda …
ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut is now working in the US, but is still not in app stores, after Trump signed an EO attempting to pause the TikTok ban
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Donald Trump signs an EO ending “federal censorship” of online platforms, and directs the AG to investigate if the Biden admin censored US citizens' free speech
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... [image] Ryan Goodman / @rgoodlaw : This Executive Order appears to be the executive branch taking up the work of Jim Jordan's weaponization of government select sub...
Meta will soon let users link WhatsApp accounts with Instagram and Facebook, allowing cross posts of WhatsApp Statuses as Stories on Instagram and Facebook
Meta announced on Tuesday that users will soon be able to add their WhatsApp account to their Accounts Center …
Amazon's IMDb says founder Col Needham will step down as CEO and move to executive chair, and appoints COO Nikki Santoro as CEO; Needham launched IMDb in 1990
Todd Spangler / Variety :
The UK debuts digital driving licenses and veteran ID cards, launching in 2025 via the GOV.UK Wallet, and AI tools, nicknamed “Humphrey”, to help civil servants
Anna Gross / Financial Times :
Source: Meta is offering creators with large TikTok followings bonuses ranging from $10K to $50K per month to post on Instagram Reels before other platforms
Yara Shahidi stars in Gucci's new campaign; Suni Lee … X: Hank Green / @hankgreen : @kyurieff IM RIGHT HERE!!! Laura Mandaro / @lauramandaro : scoop: Instagram is going after big TikTok creators with ...
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and later on Android, after US app stores removed CapCut as part of the divest-or-ban law
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Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, acquired Hashnote; rwa.xyz data: Hashnote's USYC token last year become the largest tokenized US Treasury product
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk :
Huawei seeks to grab AI chip market share in China, challenging Nvidia by positioning its latest Ascend AI processors as the hardware of choice for inference
Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times :
A January 17 filing shows the US NHTSA said it “upgraded” its April 2024 probe into Ford's BlueCruise, a driver assistance system used during two fatal crashes
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Omdia: by the end of 2024, TikTok generated ~$8B in ad revenue in the US and $63.3B globally, and surpassed 1.9B MAUs globally, including 145M MAUs in the US
Marta Balaga / Variety :
Stuttgart-based robotics startup Sereact, which develops Vision Language Action Models and whose customers include BMW and Daimler Truck, raised a $26M Series A
PYMNTS.com :
Grindr debuts two of six features set for 2025, including an opt-in AI chat summary, and says 10K US users are testing its AI-based “Wingman”, ahead of schedule
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg :
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