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Trump gave his “blessing” for Oracle to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations, though he demanded a financial package for his proposed education initiative.
President Trump gave his blessing for a TikTok deal and is demanding the U.S. government get its cut. New York Times contributor, host of the “Sway” and “Pivot” podcasts and NBC News contributor Kara Swisher joins Stephanie Ruhle to explain why she thinks thi…
Who controls TikTok? Is the social media platform safe? Has a US ban been averted for good?
The back-and-forth of the TikTok deal has been rocky, but President Donald Trump is certain that he wants to use the deal to create a $5 billion fund to "educate people" about the "real history" of our country.
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A federal judge has approved a request from a group of WeChat users to delay looming U.S. government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly impossible to use
Trump's statements suggest the deal could still fall apart as parties argue over what the delicately brokered terms really mean.
Move against similar app TikTok in limbo pending deal Trump backs that would have TikTok join with Oracle and WalMart to form a U.S. company.
A judge has temporarily halted the ban on Chinese messaging app WeChat slated to go into effect Sunday night.
The president's support for a deal comes just a day after the Commerce Department announced restrictions could eventually make it nearly impossible for Americans to use the app.
President Trump gave his blessing to Oracle Corp.’s bid for the American operations of TikTok, putting it on course to escape the U.S. ban.
"We're going to fill the seat,” the president told a cheering crowd.
The president has said he has agreed to a deal to allow the social media platform to continue operating in the United States.
The California judge's ruling comes less than one day before a federal ban blocking downloads of the multi-purpose messaging app was set to take effect.
Summary List Placement The ban on TikTok downloads is officially on hold for a week. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross confirmed the postponement of the ban in a statement on Saturday. "In light of recent positive developments, Secretary of Commerce Wilb…
Summary List PlacementPresident Donald Trump said on Saturday he approved the deal between Oracle and TikTok's parent company ByteDance, in what is the third 180 that the US government has made in the last few days. To recap: The US Treasury approved a deal…
Summary List Placement TikTok may have got the White House greenlight for a US tie-up with Oracle and Walmart, but its parent firm ByteDance would like to check some of President Trump's boasts about the deal. In statements on Monday, ByteDance appeared to f…
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Summary List Placement Hermann Hauser, cofounder of chip designer Arm, has warned US President Donald Trump will use the company "to screw China" if its $40 billion sale to Nvidia goes ahead. SoftBank—which purchased Arm in 2016 for $32 billion— reached an …
US President Donald Trump made the claim at a pre-election rally.
The Commerce Department said it would delay Sunday's 11:59 p.m. ban on TikTok U.S. downloads and updates
Trump-approved concept holds potential to reshape social media by challenging Facebook’s dominance
Good day. The former chief executive of cybersecurity startup NS8 Inc. has been arrested in Nevada on suspicion of fraud, WSJ Pro’s Dave Uberti reports. NS8, which specializes in cyber fraud, recently raised millions in venture-capital money. However, federa…
Plan blasted as ‘daylight robbery,’ but experts say offer is likely favorable enough to get approval from Beijing
Cfius review isn’t supposed to be leverage to favor certain firms.
Role of app’s Chinese owner in newly created company remains in question
The U.S., in effect, is following steps other governments have taken to treat their citizens’ data as a national-security issue
For all the twists and turns that have taken place in recent days, there might be a few yet to come.
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has emphasized that it will remain in control of the TikTok Global business which appears to contradict President Trump's recent statement that the entity will be direct by Americans and pay a $5 billion fee to the U.S. gov…
President Trump has approved a deal that would create a partnership between the Chinese app TikTok and Oracle and Walmart to manage TikTok's operation in America. TikTok's Chinese parent, ByteDance, will own a majority share of the company and maintain owners…
Chinese state media trumpeted this weekend’s tentative deal between China’s ByteDance and U.S. companies Oracle and Walmart for control over the social media platform TikTok as a major victory for the Chinese firm against “U.S. hegemonic suppression.”
"I have given the deal my blessing," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a rally in North Carolina. "If they get it done that's great. If they don't, that's ok too, but it's a great deal for America."
People have been posting videos of themselves on TikTok, saying cryptic messages and blasting Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” at McDonald’s drive-thru windows
Anything can be a Halloween costume now.
Senate Intelligence Committee Acting Chairman Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Sunday that a proposal from software maker Oracle to invest in a restructured TikTok may still be problematic if the Chinese government controls some of the coding mechanisms.