MINI TECH SCROLL: US TikTok deal breakdown, AI actress prompts outrage + Snapchat charges for Memories storage

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from October 1st, 2025.

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro 

1:40 US-China TikTok deal breakdown 

14:20 AI Actress receives backlash 

17:06 Snapchat is introducing paid Memories storage plans

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Sources: 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/saving-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security/ 

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-chosen-as-tiktok-secure-cloud-provider-091920/ 

https://www.reuters.com/article/business/factbox-oracle-chairman-larry-ellisons-history-of-support-for-trump-idUSKBN2652RV/ 

https://www.semafor.com/article/09/26/2025/abu-dhabis-mgx-joins-consortium-to-keep-tiktok-alive-in-us 

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/oracle-silver-lake-consortium-control-80-stake-tiktok-us-wsj-reports-2025-09-16/ 

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/donald-trumps-tiktok-deal-looks-like-crony-capitalism 

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/tiktok-will-soon-have-new-overlords-but-will-they-change-how-it-works-20250926-p5my5r.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iu-4WQSy20 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/25/tiktok-deal-sale-algorithm-changes/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj7mlg9vdo 

https://www.theverge.com/tech/787051/larry-ellison-tiktok-quest-to-run-the-world 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-26/bytedance-to-get-about-50-of-tiktok-us-profit-under-trump-deal 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/opinion/tiktok-sale-us-china.html

https://au.variety.com/2025/film/news/ai-actress-tilly-norwood-talent-agents-zurich-summit-2-28339/ 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ai-actress-tilly-norwood-backlash-xicoia-eline-response-1236387903/ 

https://voice.lapaas.com/ai-record-label-higgsfield-launch/

https://newsroom.snap.com/snap-memory-storage