Amazon Confronts a New Rival: TikTok
In the emerging business of ‘social shopping,’ TikTok dominates the social and is spending big to improve the selling. Amazon...
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US lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China’s TikTok – Times of India
WASHINGTON: Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up...
FCC Member Calls On Apple, Google to Banish TikTok
WASHINGTON—A federal communications regulator has asked Apple Inc. and Google to remove Chinese-owned TikTok from their app stores, citing the...
WSJ News Exclusive | China Plans Reprieve for Tech Giants, Including Delaying New Rules, as Economy Slows
SINGAPORE—China is preparing to hit pause on its monthslong campaign against technology companies, according to people familiar with the matter,...
TikTok Owner ByteDance Taps Senior Lawyer Julie Gao as CFO
SINGAPORE—ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese owner of short-video platform TikTok, appointed a senior China-focused lawyer as their new chief financial officer,...
Venture Powerhouse Sequoia Capital Names New Leader
Sequoia Capital named a new top leader, a rare transfer of power at one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture-capital...
Senate Panel Approves Antitrust Bill Restricting Big Tech Platforms
WASHINGTON—A Senate panel approved antitrust legislation forbidding the largest tech platforms from favoring their own products and services over competitors’,...
TikTok Parent’s Founder Is Latest China Tech Boss to Step Down Amid Government Crackdown
The move by the founder of TikTok’s parent company to step down as chief executive makes him the latest in...
TikTok Rival’s $5.4 Billion IPO Draws Big Investor Following
Chinese short-video app operator Kuaishou Technology will raise $5.4 billion from its Hong Kong listing, hitting its maximum fundraising target...
TikTok can continue to operate in the U.S., Commerce Department says
The U.S. government has given TikTok a stay of execution.The Commerce Department said Thursday it will abide by an Oct....
Walmart wanted to be majority owner of TikTok, and was teamed up with Alphabet and SoftBank before Microsoft
ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok website is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWalmart and Microsoft...
Oracle is in talks to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations, challenging Microsoft, source says
Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct....
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy social app TikTok
Satya Nadella speaking at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.David A. Grogan | CNBC Microsoft has held talks...
