The Morning After: Donald Trump is getting his Facebook and Instagram accounts back

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It’s been more than two years since Meta extended the “indefinite” suspension of former President Donald Trump on Facebook. Now, the company has reinstated his account. In a statement, Meta said Trump will be able to access his Facebook and Instagram accounts in “the coming weeks,” but that there will be “new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.”

Trump’s campaign has reportedly pushed for the former president to be allowed back on Facebook ahead of the upcoming presidential primaries. This decision from Meta comes just months after Elon Musk reinstated the former president’s Twitter account. Trump has so far refused to restart his Twitter habit that he has been using Truth Social since last year.

Another reason he’s back may be Meta’s handling of Trump’s initial suspension, which he quickly extended from a 24-hour ban to an “indefinite” suspension. It was heavily criticized, even by its own Oversight Board, which punished Meta for not following its own rules and trying to “avoid its responsibilities.” Trump was first booted from Facebook for publicly praising rioters after the attack on the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.

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The biggest story you might have missed If you have Switch Online’s Expansion Pack or Game Pass, it’s free.

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One of Nintendo 64’s most beloved games is coming to Switch Online’s Expansion Pack this week. You will be able to play the game on your Nintendo Switch on January 27th. The game will be available on Xbox on the same date. It’s not unusual to see a licensed game come to Nintendo’s subscription service, but GoldenEye 007 is one that many fans are looking forward to replaying (or playing for the first time). It remains to be seen how well Rare’s classic first-person shooter holds up nearly 26 years after its debut. Xbox owners will get a few updates: dual analogue stick support, 4K resolution and “a consistent refresh rate.” Oddly, there is no online multiplayer in the Xbox version.

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He is trying to stop offering credits on imported batteries before March.

Senator Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced a new bill that closes a small loophole around the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) $7,500 EV tax credit. The new credits are restricted to cars with final assembly in the US, as well as those with a certain amount of battery content in North America.

“It is unacceptable that the US Treasury has failed to issue updated guidance for the 30D electric vehicle tax credits and continues to make the full $7,500 credits available without meeting all of the clear requirements that include Inflation Reduction Act,” Manchin wrote in a statement. He added: EV tax credits are designed to grow domestic manufacturing and reduce our dependence on foreign supply chains for critical minerals needed to make EV batteries.”

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Niantic’s latest AR app might be its best use of location-based tech yet.

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Niantic, creators of Pokmon Go, is launching a new title called NBA All-World, which may be its best application of location-based tech to date. That said, the formula looks pretty similar: You take a starter player and use the in-game map to collect items, earn money or battle other players. The big twist for NBA All-World is that you’ll need to visit real-world basketball courts to earn your spot on local leaderboards.

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This seems to be a network issue.

Multiple Microsoft 365 services crashed for thousands of users around the world, prompting the tech giant to investigate the incident affecting some of its products. In an update, Microsoft said it had “isolated the problem to a networking configuration issue.” By 4:26 AM ET, Microsoft had “restored a network change” that it believed caused the outage, and it was monitoring its services as they began to come back online.

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