Reuters:
Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned IPO this year; under the proposed deal, shares of xAI would be exchanged for shares in SpaceX  —  Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for later this year.

• Pre-show: Snowpocalypse update
• Follow-up:
  • atp.fm passkey update
  • Google Private AI Compute
  • Apple 🤝🏻 Google Cloud
  • Removing copy/paste crud (via rauli)
  • Screen on RAM
  • ASUS improves color accuracy for Mac users (via Oliver Thomas)
  • Modular headphones
    • AIAIAI (via Graham Dobie)
    • Tyler H’s review of the Fender Mix and Fairphone Fairbuds
  • Window management in macOS (via Ben)
    • FlashSpace
    • AltTab
• New AirTags
  • The chime has changed from F → G
• Apple hosting LA event
  • Invite image
  • Jason’s Creator Studio review
• TCL has bought Sony’s TV business
  • TCL Super Quantum Dot
  • TCL X11L
• John Ternus takes over design at Apple
  • Sebastiaan de With → Apple
  • Who makes design decisions at Apple, anyway?
• Post-show:
  • We stand with Minnesotans.
    • Apple employee reaction to Tim Cook
    • Tim’s internal memo
    • Tim’s letter after George Floyd
    • Gruber on Tim’s letter
    • Gruber on language
    • CRDT
  • John’s new bff
    • XKCD #974: Pass the salt
• Members-only ATP Overtime: TikTok in the US is under new ownership… for real this time
  • Congress is unsure if it complies with law
  • Are content moderation changes afoot?
  • More data slurping definitely is

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January  —  After rapidly hitting the top of the App Store in October, OpenAI's video-generation app Sora is now struggling.

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Conor Murray / Forbes:
Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store following allegations that TikTok suppresses anti-ICE videos; its founder says it crossed 1M users  —  Topline  —  Social media app UpScrolled ranks No. 1 on Apple's U.S. app store as of Thursday as it capitalizes on user discontent with TikTok …