Topic: Tik tok
Vulgarity monitors for TikTok is the new thing in Pakistan after four bans
TikTok and Pakistan have a love-hate relationship—the app was banned for the fourth time this year due to pressure from conservative groups to moderate content.
US revoking Trump-era order banning TikTok, WeChat a ‘positive step’, says China
Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng further said that the US should treat Chinese companies in a non-discriminatory manner and refrain from politicising trade issues.
Gen Z is calling millennials uncool in a new war. Boomers can relax now
If we wanted to largely divide the world into Boomers and non-Boomers; we've miserably failed. The monopoly of millennials over culture seems to be ending.
In TikTok sale, Microsoft is no loser and oracle no winner
Despite Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison’s backing for Trump, there’s no guarantee the separation of TikTok from ByteDance will be clean enough to pass White House muster.
Trump won’t extend deadline for TikTok to arrange US sale
The parties are still racing to present a preliminary deal to the White House before this month’s deadline, though no agreement could be finalized before Beijing’s sign-off.
TikTok CEO gets out of Trump’s firing line, quits just 4 months into the job
The role of Kevin Mayer, who joined as CEO in May after leaving one of the top jobs at The Walt Disney Co, has been in question for weeks following Trump's move to ban the app in US.
TikTok has ‘multiple paths’ to stay functioning despite a Trump ban, says US head
Senior executive Vanessa Pappas says the US is yet present TikTok with any evidence to back up its claims of national security concerns, on which grounds a ban could be imposed.
Microsoft tries to salvage deal to buy TikTok as CEO Satya Nadella seeks to appease Trump
After closed-door discussions with TikTok and Trump, Microsoft says it will complete talks to buy the app’s operations by 15 September.
Microsoft not the only company interested in buying TikTok as threat of US ban looms
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is considering changes to its structure because President Trump is weighing ordering a divestiture of TikTok’s US business any time now.
Democratic, Republican senators want US govt to probe if TikTok, Zoom shared data with China
Two senators have written to US justice department seeking a probe into whether TikTok and Zoom's data handling and operational connections to China posed a risk to Americans.
How to prevent accidental wars? Strongmen Putin, Xi, Modi are risk-takers, can be triggers
China, US, Japan, South Korea are interfacing in the air, sea, space and cyberspace. The dangers of inaction are obvious.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.