TikTok vows to fight White House ban with ‘all remedies available’

Posted on 07/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok has issued a statement on the White House’s plan to ban its popular app, saying it was “shocked” by the executive order and that it will respond in court, if necessary. The order, issued yesterday by President Trump, means that TikTok could di...

Trump executive order seeks to ban Tiktok, WeChat in 45 days

Posted on 07/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A week ago Donald Trump said that he could and would ban the video sharing app Tiktok, and on Thursday night he issued an executive order to block transactions with its parent company, Bytedance. It’s set to take effect in 45 days, which is just beyo...

Trump’s threat to ban TikTok might be legal, but it’s super shady

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

On Friday July 31st, aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump issued a bold proclamation: “As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from the United States,” he told the assembled reporters, asserting that “I have that authority. I can do it with an...

Donald Trump claims he will ban TikTok in the US

Posted on 01/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Earlier today a report surfaced indicating the Trump administration may force TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the app to a US company.This evening, reporters in the White House press pool have said via Twitter, that the president told them o...

Wells Fargo wants employees to delete TikTok from company phones

Posted on 11/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Wells Fargo does not want TikTok on its employees’ phones. According to The Information, the financial institution sent its employees a note, telling them to remove the app from corporate devices immediately. TikTok’s Wells Fargo ban would’ve come ho...

Russia lifts its ban on Telegram

Posted on 18/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Russia will no longer try to block messaging app Telegram after officials conceded it was an important means of sharing critical information, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov pledged to help combat terrorism and...

The USA’s latest trade legislation is more bad news for Huawei phones

Posted on 18/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Things are going from bad to worse for Huawei as the US government doubles down on its apparent crusade to prevent the Chinese tech giant from operating in the States. Following the further tightening of export controls on Huawei’s access to American...

Huawei reportedly expects steep drop in 2020 phone sales due to US ban

Posted on 08/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US government's decision to blacklist Huawei didn't immediately spell calamity for the Chinese tech giant, but it might not be so confident in 2020. The Information sources claim that Huawei is predicting its smartphone sales will drop 20 percen...

Geneva Motor Show canceled over coronavirus fears

Posted on 28/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Like Mobile World Conference and Facebook's F8, the 2020 Geneva Motor Show has been definitively canceled and will not take place this year. The Swiss government has imposed a ban on public gatherings of over 1,000 people that will go in effect immed...

Facebook bans coronavirus ads that promote ‘cures’ and fan hysteria

Posted on 26/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is doubling down on its bid to stop the spread of coronavirus misinformation. Following its announcement of plans to flag and remove false information, the platform will now also ban ads that promise to cure or prevent the virus, as well as...

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