After a back-and-forth about terms of the deal with the federal government, Oracle and a range of investors are set to take ownership of TikTok's U.S. operations in a deal awaiting approval from President Donald Trump.
The Chinese government opposes a sale of TikTok's U.S. operations and would rather see the video app shut down in the U.S., according to a new report.
President Trump has reaffirmed his September 15 deadline for TikTok to be sold to a US company, and said there is no possibility of an extension.
Philanthropist and businesswoman Laurene Powell Jobs has spoken out against President Donald Trump, in a pre-recorded interview prior to his attack on Twitter.
TikTok parent company ByteDance is reportedly discussing possible arrangements with the U.S. government to avoid a full sale of the app.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has gone on record saying that the Chinese will have no reason to keep the iPhone and other Apple products if popular app WeChat is banned.
New sources now say that the resignation of TikTok's CEO means that a deal to sell to a US company — likely Microsoft in conjunction with Walmart — is imminent.
Two months after joining TikTok, CEO Kevin Mayer has resigned citing the politics around and impending ban in the US, and its impact on the global nature of the social media service.
The Trump administration is reportedly reaching out to reassure American companies that their Chinese business dealings with messaging monolith WeChat will remain unaffected by a pending U.S. ban.
During a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump appeared unconcerned with the possible impact that a WeChat ban could have on Apple's business.
A new document clarifying the Administration's plans says that companies such as Apple and Google may be required to remove TikTok even from their App Stores in China.
West's lawyer is now claiming that the "notoriously faulty" clock of the iPhone may be one of many reasons his campaign team missed Wisconsin's strict 5:00 p.m. ballot deadline.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has warned investors that the Administration's decision to ban US companies from having business relationships with firms including WeChat, may have a significant impact on Apple's sales worldwide.
Social media platform TikTok says that President Donald Trump's executive order that will ban TikTok and WeChat in the US was issued without due process, and it will fight the order.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that will block any transactions between U.S. companies and the parent firms of TikTok and WeChat starting Sept. 20.
Describing them as "untrusted Chinese apps," the US government says it wants WeChat, TikTok, and other unspecified services to be banned from all of the app stores in the US.
Microsoft plans on finishing its TikTok acquisition talks ahead of the September 15 deadline set by President Trump, with a potential offer of up to $30 billion on the table.
As President Trump continues to call for the sale of TikTok with a percentage of the sale going to the US Treasury, experts and Chinese government-controlled media are weighing in on the dangerous implications of such a deal.
Trump continues to push back against the China-owned TikTok, giving the company a hard date to sell to a U.S. company before forcing the video service to shut down its operations in the U.S.
Beyond Tim Cook, CEOs of Google, YouTube, and Tesla have all gone on record strongly disagreeing with the president's choice to suspend work visas for immigrants.
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AppleInsider Staff
