Trump approves $14 billion TikTok deal backed by Oracle and MGX, but questions linger
techspot - President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a plan for a group of US and global investors to take control of TikTok's American operations, a move intended to satisfy a 2024 law that requires the divestiture of the app from its Chinese p…
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Oracle to oversee TikTok algorithm in Trump-backed deal
James Farrell / siliconangle - After months of negotiations between the U.S. and China, a preliminary agreement apparently has been reached over the fate of TikTok, with Oracle Corp. set to oversee the app’s algorithm. The White House today explained that under the terms of a proposed …
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Trump reportedly set to sign executive order on TikTok deal
The administration is poised to finalize an executive order detailing a proposed deal involving TikTok. The move signals a swift governmental intervention in the persistent debate surrounding the social media platform’s operations in the U.S., potentially reshaping its business model and user experience amid national security concerns.
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Americans would dominate board of new TikTok US entity: W.House
techxplore - A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday.
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Proposal Would Hand TikTok’s US Presence to American Investors
PYMNTS / pymnts - TikTok will still feel familiar to the 170 million Americans who scroll through it every day, but the company behind the app would be restructured under a proposal being considered Tuesday (Sept. 16). The plan, under discussion by the U.S. and China this …
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TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly building its own mixed reality goggles
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly working on mixed reality goggles, The Information reports. The in-development device is designed to layer digital objects over your view of the real world, and is supposed to compete directly with Met…
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DPC opens new TikTok inquiry over China data transfers
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - TikTok had maintained that it did not store EEA user data on servers in China, however, it later said that was untrue.Read more: DPC opens new TikTok inquiry over China data transfers
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