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The TikTok mobile application has been downloaded some 175 million times in the US and more than a billion times around the world, according to the order. (AFP)

Trump passes executive orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat

'At this time, the order takes action to address one mobile application in particular, TikTok,' he said.

7 Aug 2020 8:40 AM IST

Nintendo Switch sales, both of the handheld machines and software games, were zooming amid the pandemic. The various online games in its lineup, including those for mobile devices, were also drawing more people. (Photo of Nintendo Switch Lite | Nintendo.com)

Nintendo achieves profit target as more people take to gaming during...

Sony Corp., which too has a game unit with its PlayStation series, also reported positive results earlier this week.

6 Aug 2020 8:50 PM IST

TikToks forced sale of its US business to an American company could fuel calls in many nations for local control over internet platforms and data storage within their own national borders.

Forcing TikTok to sell its US business could end up killing the open...

Analysts say the deal could result in data nationalism and have far-reaching effects.

6 Aug 2020 8:19 PM IST

Zhang Yiming finds himself under enormous pressure as he tries to assure the world that TikTok is safe and secure, while also protecting his image at home by not appearing to give in to demands from the West. (Photo | bytedance.com)

ByteDance boss in a predicament over Trump's ultimatum on TikTok

Zhang Yiming has been given just six weeks to find a buyer for the app in the United States or have it banned in its...

6 Aug 2020 7:05 PM IST

A group of children and parents protested the hybrid reopening of schools because they would prefer children to attend school five days a week, as before the pandemic. How likely children are to contract or spread the coronavirus has become a deeply contentious issue in the US, with reopening schools essential to enabling many parents to go back to work. Children are known to be far less likely to fall seriously ill or die from the virus: less than one percent of children who test positive for COVID-19 end up dying, according to a Europe-wide study released in June. (Photo | AP)

Trump's Facebook, Twitter post removed for saying children 'almost...

Action taken over 'misinformation', but the American Academy of Pediatrics says children appear to transmit COVID-19...

6 Aug 2020 5:25 PM IST

Sahithi Divi with a weaver

Weavers left high and dry

A pandemic and the reduced demand have driven the weaver community, known for their exquisite craftsmanship into dire...

6 Aug 2020 5:03 PM IST

Sensex surged 362 points on Thursday after the RBI left interest rates unchanged. (PTI Photo)

Sensex ends 362 points higher after RBI policy, Nifty tops 11,200

Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 4 per cent

6 Aug 2020 4:59 PM IST

Prosecutors allege that Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was the mastermind of the scheme that hacked Twitter accounts of celebrities and politicians, and sent tweets from their accounts seeking payments of Bitcoin, the Tampa Bay Times reported. After multiple halts, the judge ultimately declined to lower Clarks bail, which was set at $725,000 when he was arrested on Friday.

Twitter hacking suspect's Zoom hearing interrupted by porn and rap

The Zoom users who disrupted the hearing had of course disguised their names.

6 Aug 2020 4:44 PM IST

UK court plays video of Nirav Modis death threats to Dummy Directors. (PTI Photo)

Nirav Modi's remand extended to August 27, trial to start in September

He was told the next hearing in the case will be a case management hearing ahead of a trial set for five days from...

6 Aug 2020 4:19 PM IST

Assam police on Thursday imposed curfew for an indefinite period in parts of central Assam. (Representative Image)

Curfew imposed in Assam's Sonitpur after clashes over Ram Mandir...

The clash broke out after some local minority organisations raised objection to a bike-rally by Bajarang Dal activists...

6 Aug 2020 4:12 PM IST

Sameer Sharma (Pic: Instagram)

TV actor Sameer Sharma commits suicide in Mumbai

He was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the kitchen of his flat at Neha building in Chincholi Bunder in Malad

6 Aug 2020 3:49 PM IST

Delhi High Court orders action against illegal online labs collecting samples for COVID-19 tests.

Delhi HC directs action against illegal online labs collecting...

The petition, by doctor Rohit Jain, had contended that such entities were "misrepresenting themselves as medical...

6 Aug 2020 3:48 PM IST