To avoid TikTok ban, ByteDance partners with Oracle in the US

Posted on 14/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok, the social video platform that has dominated American politics for far too long will team up with Oracle in the hope of avoiding a US ban. In a statement, the cloud services giant says that it is part of a proposal that TikTok owner ByteDance...

Microsoft is officially not buying TikTok

Posted on 13/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Microsoft is officially out of the running to buy TikTok. The company issued a brief statement on Sunday confirming that ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, rejected its offer to buy TikTok’s US operations. Meanwhile, ByteDance seems poised to announ...

TikTok’s owner might refuse to sell its algorithm to a US buyer

Posted on 13/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If TikTok wants to sell itself to a US company and avoid a potential ban, it might have to leave behind one of its most important pieces of code. South China Morning Post sources claim TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, won’t sell or transfer the social vid...

Chinese government reportedly would rather TikTok shut down than be sold

Posted on 11/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

China could throw yet another wrench in TikTok’s attempts to secure its future in the US. Officials in the country are opposed to a sale and would rather see the app be banned than sold to an American company, Reuters reports.The report, which cites...

How TikTok got caught in the middle of a trade war with China

Posted on 04/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Less than three years after merging with Musical.ly, TikTok looked like it might just achieve something many have tried but few have accomplished: becoming an actual competitor with Facebook and Instagram.Then Donald Trump stepped in.

China’s new AI trade rules could hamper a TikTok sale

Posted on 29/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok’s attempt to sell itself and avert a possible US ban may run into some complications. The Wall Street Journal reports that China has unveiled new restrictions on AI technology exports that could affect TikTok. The new rules bar the exports of...

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits just three months after taking the job

Posted on 27/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

When Kevin Mayer left Disney’s direct to consumer operations and took over as CEO of TikTok in May, he probably didn’t foresee the company becoming such a popular target of politicians — specifically the president. Now, just three months later, and i...

TikTok sues the US government over upcoming ban

Posted on 24/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As expected, TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the US government to challenge a proposed ban against the service. Specifically, TikTok says the executive order signed by President Trump on August 6th is “without any evidence to justify such an extre...

TikTok will sue the US over threatened ban

Posted on 22/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok’s paths to staying alive in the US apparently include taking the government to court. In the wake of a Reuters report, TikTok has confirmed to CNBC that it plans to sue the Trump administration over an executive order banning transactions with...

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