President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
Crypto Braced For Another Trump Shock After Bitcoin, XRP, Solana And Cardano Price Boom CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reserve Plans Matthew Gault / Gizmodo : C...
Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as Commerce Secretary
a sign of crypto's new political clout Dan Alexander / Forbes : ‘The Most Hated Guy On Wall Street’: The Unspoken Story Around Howard Lutnick, Trump's Pick For Commerce Secretary Wall Street Journal :...
The White House plans to curb the “overuse and abuse” of the de minimis loophole used by Shein and Temu, which exempts packages worth $800 or less from tariffs
so I welcome steps to equalize tariffs for different modes of shipment Riley Walters / @walteriley : Why de minimis wasn't included in China week? It seems because the WH had something brewing FACT SH...
Apple debuts new rules and fees for apps in the EU that link to the web for purchases, including allowing links to any website, and removes other restrictions
Honestly, if you can remember all of the various rules and fees for the EU App Store, I commend you. That's impressive. — RE: https://www.threads.net/... Mastodon: Kyle Howells / @iKyle@mastodon.so...
Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements
After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Aastha / Sam Lover : Samsung Galaxy AI Stands Alone as Apple Intelligence Lacks Presence in Europe Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder ...
YouTube strengthens its “enforcement on third-party apps” violating its ToS, “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to error messages and “buffering issues”
this time blocking third-party apps Vallari Sanzgiri / MediaNama : Buffering Ahead: YouTube to Limit Video Access via Ad-Blocking Apps Codrut Nistor / Notebookcheck : Google renews its assault on YouT...
Reddit says FTC launched an inquiry into Reddit's licensing of user data to AI companies; an ex-FTC official says other companies also got such “hold letters”
In an updated IPO prospectus on Friday, Reddit said it's being probed by the FTC for its data-licensing practices. — Although Reddit's core business relies on online advertising, the company is seek...
Some Democrats warn that a ban of TikTok, used by nearly two-thirds of Americans under 30, could imperil Biden's reelection by depressing young voter turnout
but their treatment of him is vastly different Nate Cohn / New York Times : Share of Democratic Registrations Is Declining, but What Does It Mean? Kathleen Parker / Washington Post : For the country's...
Angry constituents flood congressional offices with calls following TikTok's push notification asking users to call their representatives about a possible ban
Tiktok is owned by an adversary of the US. But so is Microsoft, Meta, Google, Twitter, Amazon, and most of the other tech giants. … X: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : Some Congressional offices ha...
TikTok is testing a feature that could make all posts shoppable, by identifying objects in videos and prompting users to “find similar items on TikTok Shop”
who can only link to the product in the description) gets the referrer commission. — TikTok also gets to sell “preferred vendor” access and other nonsense to further predate on their users. — It f...