Has TikTok finally been sold, episode number 47… The Pennsylvania supreme court says police don’t need a warrant to read your search history. YouTube terminates some big accounts over AI usage. A new League of Legends is coming. And in the longreads, and in the show, a look at how Zuck’s big bet on AI is coming along.



Scoop: TikTok signs deal for U.S. unit after yearslong saga (Axios)


TikTok U.S. Deal to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium (The Hollywood Reporter)


Pa. high court rules that police can access Google searches without a warrant (The Record)


Meta Is Developing a New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’ (WSJ)


YouTube Shuts Down Channels Using AI To Create Fake Movie Trailers Watched By Millions (Deadline)


Riot Has a Secret Plan to Remake Its ‘League of Legends’ Game (Bloomberg)


Weekend Longreads Suggestions:



Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s turbulent bet on AI (FT)


Economics of Orbital vs Terrestrial Data Centers (Andrew McCalip)


Feeding the Machine (The Verge)


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