Is TikTok US Only Worth $14B?
Sep 26, 2025•23 min
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Episode description
Maybe… the TikTok thing has finally reached a resolution. Again. Maybe Amazon owes us all some money. Maybe that Neon app from yesterday was a bad idea. OpenAI and Meta make some super interesting strategic AI moves. And, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
- Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership (AP)
- TikTok Being Sold for a Song (Spyglass)
- Amazon agrees largest ever civil penalty in $2.5bn settlement with US regulators (Financial Times)
- Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts (TechCrunch)
- OpenAI really, really wants you to start your day with ChatGPT Pulse (The Verge)
- Meta launches ‘Vibes,’ a short-form video feed of AI slop (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- AI isn't replacing radiologists (Works In Progress)
- HSBC claims quantum trading breakthrough (FT)
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