Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit  —  The woes of speaker maker Sonos have raised the prospect of a takeover, but who might want to buy it?  Also: iPhone SE inventory shrinks ahead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Avery Lotz / Axios: Donald Trump says he will sign an EO on Monday to delay enforcing the TikTok ban and argues for a TikTok JV 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, Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Apple CFO Kevan Parekh tells a London court it is impossible to accurately determine the App Store’s standalone profitability and disputes claims of 75% margins  —  Kevan Parekh disputed claims the iPhone maker enjoys profit margins of about 75% on its App Store Lees verder op Tech Meme

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 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Collate, which is developing tech to automate paperwork for life science companies, emerges from stealth with a $30M seed led by Redpoint at a $100M+ valuation  —  Surbhi Sarna sold her last startup, nVision Medical, for $275 million.  Now she’s leaving a partner role at Y Combinator to launch Collate … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: US officials have struck binding deals for 85% of the CHIPS Act funding; sources: Gina Raimondo said her successor, Howard Lutnick, is committed to the program  —  – Officials have struck binding contracts for 85% of grant money  — Trump Commerce pick told Raimondo he’s committed to program Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nitish Pahwa / Slate: The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five years has shown that lawmakers are as spineless and skittish as everyone suspects them to be  —  Well, that escalated slowly over the course of four years.  —  It is 2020.  The United States government threatens to forbid access … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Coinbase and Binance plan to list the TRUMP token, with Binance opening trading on Jan. 19; CoinGecko: $TRUMP is trading on Bitget, Kraken, and other exchanges  —  The ‘official’ memecoin of the second Donald Trump administration will be listed on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Card game Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance-owned Nuverse, cuts off access for US gamers, as the TikTok divest-or-ban law impacts other ByteDance-linked apps  —  The divest-or-ban law aimed at TikTok is also taking down other ByteDance-linked apps, including the popular card game Marvel Snap. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: TikTok is not available for download in the App Store and Play Store in the US, as the app halts service in the country to comply with the divest-or-ban law  —  Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday, complying with a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest … Lees verder op Tech Meme