Business
TikTok bidders to offer ‘significantly’ more than US$20 billion
A GROUP of American investors vying to buy TikTok with support from top YouTuber MrBeast has secured more than US$20 billion for their…
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Politics
DeepSeek Collects and Stores US User Data in China, Sparking Major Concerns Over National Security that Led to TikTok Crackdown
DeepSeek, a Chinese app that triggered a $1 trillion market crash in the U.S. this week, is storing its fast-growing troves of U.S. user…
Business
Dog fakes potty break to go out, owner soon learns why: "Had other plans"
An owner who let her dog outside for a bathroom break couldn't believe she had been lied to after hearing barks coming from the backyard.…
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Siyah Cause of Death: Rising TikTok Star Nahsiyah Turner Killed in Horrific California Mall Shooting Aged Just 17
Rising TikTok star Nahsiyah Turner, better known to her fans as Siyah, has died in a shooting incident outside a mall in Southern…
Politics
Trump says Microsoft interested in buying TikTok: What we know
Microsoft is in discussions to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday…
Lifestyle
Dad does toddler's bedtime in new "big boy" bed, it doesn't go as planned
A dad tasked with getting his toddler son to sleep in his new, significantly larger, bed ended up falling into a familiar trap among…
Business
ByteDance staff to lose 'lucky money' perk from 2026, but gain improved medical benefits
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and Douyin, will end the Lunar New Year tradition of giving red packets to employees from 2026,…
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Who Is Douglas Thrams? 23-year-old Indiana Man Arrested for Threatening President Trump on TikTok
Douglas Thrams, a 23-year-old man from Goshen, Indiana, was arrested this week for allegedly using TikTok to incite violence against the…
Politics
TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok…
Politics
Oracle, Apple, Google diverge on whether to keep serving TikTok
APPLE and Oracle have reacted differently to President Donald Trump’s pledge that the US government will not enforce a national security…
Politics
$3,000 for a Used iPhone? If It Has TikTok, Maybe.
For about $1,000, you may leave an Apple store with a brand-new, hermetically sealed iPhone that’s been personalized for you by a verified…
Business
Billionaire McCourt says he is open to teaming up on a TikTok bid
US BUSINESSMAN Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other buyers on a bid to take over the US operations of TikTok as long as he can…
Business
Tiktok weighs non-sale options, ByteDance’s Bill Ford says
BYTEDANCE is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.…
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School kids get choice of reward for good behavior, response stuns teacher
A third-grade teacher was left beaming after her pupils made the most heartwarming of picks for a whole class reward. Maren Hanson told…
Business
Saudi Alwaleed’s KHC interested in TikTok if Musk or others buy it, CEO says
SAUDI Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal’s investment company Kingdom Holding (KHC) would be interested in investing in ByteDance’s TikTok…
Business
Saudi prince’s investment firm would be keen on TikTok if Musk or others buy it, CEO says
SAUDI Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal’s investment company Kingdom Holding (KHC) would be interested in investing in ByteDance’s TikTok…
Business
TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning
TIKTOK owner ByteDance on Wednesday (Jan 22) released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s…
Fashion
Beauty industry hooked on TikTok braces for an uncertain future
SATURDAY (Jan 19) night gave hundreds of millions of Americans a taste of what life without TikTok would look like, and at least one brand…
Politics
Trump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for 75 days, even though the law took…
Politics
TikTok Got a Reprieve, but Americans and Chinese Are Still on RedNote
TikTok got an apparent reprieve from being forced to shut down, but Americans on Monday were still using and downloading Xiaohongshu, the…
News
TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to…
Politics
Full list of Republicans who voted to ban TikTok as Trump reveals new plan
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to "save TikTok" once he takes office on Monday after nearly 200 House Republicans and over 30…
Politics
TikTok restores service after Trump vows to extend deadline
TIKTOK started restoring service in the US on Sunday (Jan 19), after a whipsaw of events that saw the video app make good on a threat to…
Politics
TikTok return draws scrutiny of Trump’s, Beijing’s stance
TIKTOK restored US services after Donald Trump pledged to delay enforcement of a ban. Yet it’s not clear whether the app’s Chinese parent…