Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  TikTok asks Supreme Court to delay ban An emergency appeal filed on Monday seeks to delay a law that would ban the video sharing platform nationwide if TikTok doesn't divest from its Chinese parent company. © AP Photo/Susan Walsh The company’s application asks the court to put the Jan. 19 divest-or-ban deadline on hold until the justices resolve TikTok’s First Amendment claims on their normal docket.    “The Act will shutter one of America’s most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration,” TikTok’s lawyers wrote in the application.    “This, in turn, will silence the speech of Applicants and the many Americans who use the platform to communicate about politics, commerce, arts, and other matters of public concern,” they continued.   The platform asked the high court to act by Jan. 6, roughly two weeks ahead of the potential ban, to provide app stores and internet hosting providers with enough notice to comply, if needed.    TikTok brought its fight to the justices after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the company’s legal challenge to the law and declined to delay the deadline until TikTok exhausts its appeal.    The company emphasized in its filing Monday that President-elect Trump has expressed sympathy with the video sharing platform.    “An interim injunction is also appropriate because it will give the incoming Administration time to determine its position, as the President-elect and his advisors have voiced support for saving TikTok,” it wrote.    Trump voiced opposition to the divest-or-ban law on the campaign trail and promised to “save TikTok.” However, the president-elect has offered few details about his plans to protect the app since winning the election.     When asked Monday whether he would take steps to prevent the ban from taking effect, Trump said he will “take a look.”    “I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,” he said during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, sayng he “won youth by 34 points, and there are those that say that TikTok had something to do with it.”    Read more in a full report at TheHill.com.   Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter, we're Julia Shapero and Miranda Nazzaro — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley.   Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here.   Essential Reads  How policy will be impacting the tech sector now and in the future:   Senate report accuses Amazon of manipulating worker injury data A report by Senate Democrats released Monday accused Amazon of manipulating data on worker injuries and brushing aside workplace concerns. The report, released Sunday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), alleged Amazon cherry-picks data to portray its warehouses as safer than they actually are.   The 160-page report, titled “The ‘Injury-Productivity …  Full Story   Drone sightings close Wright-Patterson airspace Officials reported unmanned drones near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio over the weekend.   Bob Purtiman, chief of public affairs for the 88th Air Base Wing at the base, said that the base closed for approximately four hours, from Friday night to early Saturday morning, after drones entered the restricted airspace, WTDN reported.  “We are taking all appropriate measures to safeguard Wright-Patterson and the residents, …  Full Story   Former Google CEO: A time will come to consider ‘unplugging’ AI system  Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that the power of artificial intelligence (AI) can reach a “dangerous” point in the future and that humanity should be ready to step away from it should the time come.   “When the system can self-improve, we need to seriously think about unplugging it,” he said Sunday on ABC News.   Schmidt looked ahead at what AI can be capable of, believing that computers will eventually be able to define …  Full Story   The Refresh  News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics:   ChatGPT's AI search engine rolls out to everyone ChatGPT' new artificial intelligence (AI) search engine was rolled out to all users starting Monday after first being introduced to paid subscribers in October, The Verge reports.   YouTube to let creators opt in to third-party AI training  YouTube announced Monday creators will now have more of a choice over how third parties can use their content to train their AI models, TechCrunch reports.   On Our Radar  Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights will host a hearing Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. on a "bipartisan path forward for antitrust enforcement and reform." The Blockchain Association's annual policy summit continues on Tuesday, with panels featuring Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), French Hill (R-Ark.) and Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.).   In Other News  Branch out with other reads on The Hill:   Trump announces $100B investment from SoftBank President-elect Trump on Monday announced the Japanese company SoftBank Group planned to invest $100 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, touting it as a sign of global confidence in the U.S. following his election victory. Trump was joined at his Mar-a-Lago estate by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, and the two said the company’s investments would focus on artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies and … Full Story   What Others are Reading  Two key stories on The Hill right now: Multiple injuries, 3 deaths including shooter in Wisconsin school shooting Multiple injuries and at least two deaths are reported in a shooting at a Wisconsin Christian school, authorities said Monday. In a press briefing, … Read more Lawmakers signal movement toward government funding deal Top Republicans are signaling progress in government funding talks as leaders look to clinch a deal ahead of a looming Friday deadline.  House … Read more   What Others are Reading  Opinions related to tech submitted to The Hill: Ghosted by ChatGPT: How I was first defamed and then deleted by AI Congress can spare teenagers from sextortion by passing the TAKE IT DOWN Act Jared Isaacman is a brilliant choice for NASA administrator     You're all caught up. See you tomorrow!