Tech’s one-way relationship with Elizabeth Warren.

[Big tech donors are starting to embrace Elizabeth Warren.](She refuses to reciprocate. As we found out this week, [Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a President Warren would “suck”]( for his company. So it’s unexpected that Warren — the candidate who wants to break up tech giants — is emerging as a frontrunner in elite circles in Silicon Valley. But Silicon Valley’s elites say they’re warming up to Warren for three reasons: they respect her policy rigor, they see her as less radical than Bernie Sanders, and they think she has a reasonable path to winning the nomination — and there’s nothing Silicon Valley loves more than a winner. - But Warren is not reciprocating: Warren is, [by at least one measure, doing the best](in the tech industry while also doing the least — she won’t attend high-dollar fundraisers — and she continues to go after Big Tech. Warren’s team told Recode that she hasn’t shifted on policy to be any closer to tech donors, regardless of their newfound support for her. [[Theodore Schleifer / Recode](] [Apple is easing off restrictions for third-party app developers who want to work better with Siri.](Bloomberg reports that right now when iPhone users want to call or message a friend using Siri, your iPhone assumes you want to use its native apps. That’s about to change. Apple says it will release a software update later this year so that Siri will default to the messaging apps people use most frequently — even if it’s Skype or WhatsApp. - Some context: Apple’s planned changes seem related to the scrutiny the company is currently facing over potentially anticompetitive practices within its App Store. A House antitrust panel recently questioned Apple about its management and policies around third-party apps. [[Mark Gurman / Bloomberg](] [Libra backers are having second thoughts.](Specifically, Visa, Mastercard, and other financial institutions are reconsidering their involvement in building and maintaining the Libra payments network after US and European government officials expressed concerns about what it could do to overall global financial stability. ([A senior French official even said Europe should block Libra and create a public alternative.]() Now, some of Libra’s backers have declined Facebook’s requests to publicly support the project, according to the Wall Street Journal. - This is a problem for Facebook: Any major defections could seriously hurt Facebook’s attempts to persuade consumers to swap their national currencies for Libra. “Without a network of financial partners that could help transfer currencies into Libra and global retailers to accept it as a form of payment, Libra’s reach would be limited,” the Journal writes. [[AnnaMaria Andriotis and Peter Rudegeair / The Wall Street Journal](] [The rise of the TikTok star, explained.](Normal teenagers have found huge audiences on TikTok, the nascent video app. Vox’s Rebecca Jennings spoke to one such teenager, 16-year-old Haley Sharpe, about her journey to joining the “a little bit famous” domain of Instagram influencers, reality TV contestants, YouTube creators, and pageant queens. There is pressure in this path, but Haley told Vox that she’s happy doing what she’s doing on the platform. And she means it when she says her life is generally better after becoming TikTok-famous. “Honestly, this sounds so weird, but I’m happier now,” she said. - TikTok was supposed to be bad. After the beloved [Vine video app shut down in 2016](, fans of the weirdo happenstance comedy that app was known for waited impatiently for another short-form social video app to replace it. They never expected TikTok, which used to be a lesser-known [app called Musical.ly](, to be the answer. But by late 2018, “TikTok had become everything Vine was and Musical.ly wasn’t: clever, surprising, and truly fun to watch.” [[Rebecca Jennings / Vox](] [Join Recode's Peter Kafka at Code Media in Los Angeles this November 18 and 19.](#) At Recode’s annual [Code Media](event, Peter Kafka examines the media world’s big-picture trends — and what they mean for everyone. This is your opportunity to hear from the most important people in tech, TV, print, digital, and marketing. [Insert alt text here] Kafka will host unscripted interviews with guests like Condé Nast’s new CEO Roger Lynch, CEO of WarnerMedia John Stankey, Vice Media’s CEO Nancy Dubuc, and many more. [You can get your Code Media ticket here](. [Insert alt text here] [Amazon and Walmart want you to think they always have the best prices. A smaller competitor is showing otherwise.]( Flash-sale site Zulily is showing price comparisons in a bold move. [[Jason Del Rey](] [Apple CEO Tim Cook asks the Supreme Court to save DACA.]( The Supreme Court is slated to hear arguments in November on whether Trump’s decision to end DACA was legal. [[Rani Molla](] [Insert alt text here] [A Ring camera sting operation helped to catch a Florida man who is suspected of tampering with and cutting the brake lines of nearly 140 e-scooters.]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences]( to receive fewer emails, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving all emails from Vox. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved.