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We made it to Friday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri and it's another busy one today. 

There's no way around it: The biggest news of the day doesn't come from the world of tech. 

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted her first TikTok video Saturday.
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The Miller family in front of their century-old home.
The Millers embarked on a $200,000 renovation to turn a rundown property into their family home.
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How do you spend $400,000 on takeaway in a matter of months? Hint: you're going to need to order a lot of steak and lobster. 

Newsletter editor Hallam Bullock here, reporting from London, and I'm baffled by FTX's DoorDash bill

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  • TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress.
  • Lawmakers have privacy concerns over the app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
  • But experts say a TikTok ban in the US is still unlikely.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress.

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Hand holding a phone with a TikTok logo on the screen. Background is purple.
You can see who views your TikTok profile, but others can see you too.
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in Washington, DC on Tuesday February 14, 2023.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.
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It's finally Friday, friend-o. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I've made it through another week of procrastination (AKA talking too much).

I spend a lot of my day thinking about writing. Then I talk for hours with colleagues about anything and everything. But once my stress hits a breaking point, I might finally hunker down with noise-canceling headphones to write.