Fri. 01/17 – TikTok Loses In The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court rules against TikTok, but at this point, I think this is all kabuki theater. Somehow TikTok is going to survive. Bumble’s founder returns to the company. Is Apple Intelligence really working for anyone? Does anyone care that the Chinese have allegedly hacked everything at this point? And, of course, The Weekend Longreads suggestions.
The Supreme Court rules against TikTok, but at this point, I think this is all kabuki theater. Somehow TikTok is going to survive. Bumble’s founder returns to the company. Is Apple Intelligence really working for anyone? Does anyone care that the Chinese have allegedly hacked everything at this point? And, of course, The Weekend Longreads suggestions.
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Links:
- Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens US TikTok Ban (Bloomberg)
- Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd to Return as CEO in March (Bloomberg)
- iOS 18.3 temporarily disables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for select apps, more (9to5Mac)
- General Motors Is Banned From Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years (NYTimes)
- FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year (Bloomberg)
- Chinese Hackers Accessed Yellen's Computer in US Treasury Breach (Bloomberg)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Charlwin Mao, the Chinese tech founder welcoming ‘TikTok refugees’ (Financial Times)
- Kids Turn to a Mental-Health Chatbot to Share Their Anxieties (WSJ)
- To release Animal Crossing in the West, Nintendo ‘had to change everything’ (Polygon)
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