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Donald Trump says US will ban Chinese app TikTok

Reports had said Trump would require US operations of the app be divested from its parent firm ByteDance, but the...

1 Aug 2020 10:41 AM IST

If Microsoft were to buy TikTok, there would be no ban on TikTok in the US. (Photo | AFP)Technology
TikTok's US operations could be bought by Microsoft, say reports

Microsoft a leading buyer, report New York Times and Bloomberg as Trump likely to order ByteDance to sell or face a ban...

1 Aug 2020 2:29 AM IST

The Trump administration order had sought to ban new downloads of TikTok (owned by ByteDance) from midnight (0400 GMT Monday) but would allow use of TikTok until November 12, when all usage would be blocked. The judge denied TikToks request to suspend the November 12 ban. (Photo | AFP)Technology
Temporary relief for TikTok as judge halts Trump's download ban till...

District Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok.

28 Sept 2020 5:14 PM IST

TikToks petition speculated that the president was retaliating because of reports the app was used by his critics to snatch up tickets to a Trump rally in Tulsa to which they had no intention of goingan event which belly flopped with significantly fewer people in attendance.Technology
Trump's order banning TikTok could be blocked by judge

Until July 1, when rumours of a ban first began to circulate, TikTok was adding some 424,000 new US users each day.

24 Sept 2020 11:31 PM IST

A YouChoose 2020 interactive voting special will also walk people through the voting process using memes such as a tutorial comparing voting to following a recipe and an auto repair video that breaks down the nuts and bolts of voting. (Photo | AFP)Technology
YouTube adds information panels to videos to give voters reliable info...

As most voters take to voting by post amid the pandemic, YouTube has put out videos on Mail-in Voting to combat posts...

24 Sept 2020 5:04 PM IST

The deal would make Silicon Valley giant Oracle the data partner for TikTok with retail giant Walmart also taking a stake in a new entity to be called TikTok Global. ByteDance, under pressure in China not to give in to US demands, said it would hold an 80 percent stake in TikTok Global after a public share offering. (Photo | AFP)Technology
Oracle-Walmart deal on shaky ground as Trump vows to block TikTok Deal...

A day earlier, he said he had given his blessing to Oracle and Walmart to make a deal with ByteDance for TikTok, but the...

21 Sept 2020 8:40 PM IST

A California court ruling said it granted a motion for a nationwide injunction against the implementation of the government order on WeChat, with the judge citing concerns over free speech. (Photo | AFP)Technology
Judge in the US halts Trump administration's ban on downloading WeChat

The order would have slowed WeChat down and made it unusable in the United States for video chats with family and...

21 Sept 2020 7:05 PM IST

Oracle could buy a 12.5 percent stake in TikTok before a future IPO, and Walmart a 7.5 percent stake. According to a source close to the matter, ByteDance would keep the rest of the shares. But since the Chinese company is 40 percent owned by American investors, TikTok would eventually be majority American-owned. (Photo | AFP)Technology
Trump okays ByteDance deal with Walmart, Oracle, TikTok may just...

Oracle will host all US user data and manage security, while Walmart will supply its online sales, order management and...

20 Sept 2020 5:26 PM IST

The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikToks global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he wont allow that. (Photo | AFP)Technology
Trump still scrutinising Oracle-TikTok deal, regrets that US won't get...

Some Republicans raise concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on the 100 million TikTok users in...

17 Sept 2020 9:00 PM IST

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. Biden responded by telling a Florida radio station \Im looking forward to the debate and hes a fool. The comments are just foolish.\ (AFP)World
Trump accuses Biden of taking performance-enhancing substance

Trump repeated his demand that Biden should undergo a drug test before their first of three presidential debates...

16 Sept 2020 2:13 PM IST

Mill Creek Hotshots set a backfire to protect homes during the Bobcat Fire on September 13, 2020 in Arcadia, California. California wildfires that have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to about 32,000 acres and is only 6% contained. (AFP)World
Trump and Harris head for California as US wildfires ignite political...

The history-making blazes have now burned through nearly five million acres (two million hectares) across the US West

14 Sept 2020 1:41 PM IST

Firefighters with the Monitor Fire Department wait alongside the road surrounded by smoke in an area destroyed by a wildfire Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, near Mill City, Oregon. (AP)World
Search on for bodies in charred path of wildfires, Trump to visit...

More than 4,000 homes and other structures have been incinerated in California alone over the past three weeks

13 Sept 2020 11:24 AM IST

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