Jan 29th 2026
Tech News Weekly 422
Oracle's TikTok Takeover Starts With Outage
Hosted by
Mikah Sargent,
Jacob Ward
US TikTok Suffer Issues and Outage
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Jacob Ward joins the show this week! Big Tech is brewing up a battle for your kids. Scientists are using AI to identify dinosaur footprints. Looking into Apple's Creator Studio. And TikTok USDS blames Sunday's outages on a power outage.
- Jacob Ward talks about recently released documents in lawsuits against big tech that showcase how social media companies are aggressively recruiting teens to their platforms.
- Mikah Sargent gets very excited about scientists using AI in identifying dinosaur footprints.
- Dan Moren of SixColors stops by to talk about the Apple Creator Studio collection that makes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and other creative apps available for users for a single subscription.
- And Emma Roth of The Verge joins the show to talk about the outage the US side of TikTok suffered earlier this week following the finalization of the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture.
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Links
- The Receipts Are In: Inside Big Tech's Battle for Your Kids
- Scientists Are Using AI to Help Identify Dinosaur Footprints - CNET
- Identifying variation in dinosaur footprints and classifying problematic specimens via unbiased unsupervised machine learning | PNAS
- Hands on with Apple Creator Studio: A bittersweet bundle – Six Colors
- Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps - Apple
- TikTok blames its US problems on a power outage | The Verge