This is the Daily Tech News for Friday, January 17th, 2025.

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Today, Mandy from Lima tell us about their robotic lawnmower and Lamar Wilson has some advice for the TikTokers.

I'm Tom Merritt.

I'm Quinn to it now. Let's start with what you need to advice for the TikTokers. I'm Tom Merritt. I'm Hintwit now.

Let's start with what you need to know with the big story.

It's TikTok again.

I'm sorry.

A short version of the latest in the TikTok saga is that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly against it.

Not a big surprise. The law requires a block on the

distribution of the service in the U.S. to go into effect on Sunday, January 19th. The court says

that will stand. Now it's up to whether the president is going to issue an optional 90-day extension or something

else is going to happen.

Like, I don't know, bite dance selling TikTok in the next two days.

First, let's talk about what the decision said.

And then we'll talk about what could happen next in some of the fallout.

The court ruled narrowly.

I actually read the decision.

It's in very plain language that TikTok's

First Amendment rights were not abridged, mostly because the law itself is content neutral.

The law is concerned with data collection and algorithm construction, not the content on TikTok,

not direct speech. The court noted that ByteDance even had the option of divesting. So it's not

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