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Apple Reportedly Pitches Chinese Tech Giants on AI Project
artificial intelligence // December 19, 2024

Apple is reportedly seeking ways to add AI to its smartphones sold in ChatGPT-less China. The iPhone maker is in discussions with two Chinese tech giants — Tencent and TikTok parent ByteDance — about integrating their artificial intelligence (AI) models into its products, Reuters reported Thursday (Dec. 19), citing three sources familiar...

Supreme Court to Hear TikTok’s Appeal Jan. 10
Legal // December 18, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court reportedly said Wednesday (Dec. 18) that it will hear TikTok’s appeal of a law that would see the app banned in the United States if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The court scheduled arguments in the...

TikTok Wants Incoming Trump Admin to Review U.S. Ban
Legal // December 09, 2024

TikTok wants to put on hold a law that could ban it in the U.S. The company wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the law in question before it goes into effect Jan. 19, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Dec. 9), citing a court filing....

TikTok Shop Holiday Spending Jumps Despite Ban Threat
Social Commerce // December 08, 2024

If this is TikTok’s last Christmas in America, it’s not going out quietly. The social media platform’s shopping arm, TikTok Shop, has seen heavy levels of consumer spending so far this holiday shopping season, Reuters reported Saturday (Dec. 7), citing its own analysis of spending...

Interviews & Exclusives
TikTok Divesture Aftermath Focuses on Potential Suitors

April 24, 2024
The clock is running out on TikTok’s U.S. ambitions. President Joe Biden on Wednesday (April 24) signed a bipartisan measure that gives TikTok’s owner, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, nine months to a year to sell the video-sharing social media platform or see it banned in the U.S. Biden’s action followed the measure’s passage in the […]

Oracle Looks Victorious As Clock Tick-Tocks Down On Deadline For A TikTok Sale

September 14, 2020
Oracle appeared to win the TikTok “sale or no sale” negotiations Sunday night, as several sources reported it had been chosen over Microsoft for U.S. control of the controversial social...

Quick Reads
Trump Signals Plans to Keep TikTok Running in US

December 23, 2024
Could TikTok have a future in the U.S. under a new administration? President-elect Donald Trump seemed to signal as much in a speech to conservative supporters Sunday (Dec. 22). “I think we’re going to have to start thinking because, you know, we did go on TikTok, and we had a great response with billions of views, billions and billions […]

Apple Reportedly Pitches Chinese Tech Giants on AI Project

December 19, 2024
Apple is reportedly seeking ways to add AI to its smartphones sold in ChatGPT-less China. The iPhone maker is in discussions with two Chinese tech giants — Tencent and TikTok parent ByteDance — about integrating...

Supreme Court to Hear TikTok’s Appeal Jan. 10

December 18, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court reportedly said Wednesday (Dec. 18) that it will hear TikTok’s appeal of a law that would see the app banned in the United States if it...

TikTok Wants Incoming Trump Admin to Review U.S. Ban

December 09, 2024
TikTok wants to put on hold a law that could ban it in the U.S. The company wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the law in question before it...