So… what now? TikTok may sue, and win, and return to regular. TikTok’s proprietor, ByteDance, may simply resolve to close it down and transfer on. Or it may promote TikTok US. These are actually the one three outcomes, and we have now a yr or much less to determine which it’s going to be.

On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk about all of the doable outcomes for TikTok. Then we attempt to determine which firms would possibly purchase the platform — and which positively received’t, regardless of desperately eager to. There’s no simple, apparent selection, however there are a couple of that appear like they may truly work.

Then we do a lightning spherical, after first looking at Tesla’s earnings and questioning what’s going to occur when the world begins to see — and worth — it like a automotive firm. We discuss Sonos apps, Apple sports activities, and Qualcomm chips, and we’re out.

If you wish to know extra about every thing we talk about on this episode, listed here are some hyperlinks to get you began, starting with the TikTok ban:

And on this week’s gadget information:

And within the lightning spherical:

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