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August 7, 2020 at 12:34 pm

Q&A: What’s up with Trump’s orders on TikTok and WeChat?

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered sweeping but vague ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of popular apps TikTok and WeChat,... Updated 3:53 pm

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August 7, 2020 at 7:07 am

Trump moves against Chinese owners of TikTok and WeChat apps

NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump is broadly prohibiting unspecified ‘transactions’ with Chinese owners of TikTok and WeChat via executive order in 45 days. Trump...

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August 6, 2020 at 10:25 pm

As Trump digs in, will it be US versus China in tech? VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s bans on two popular Chinese social media apps — TikTok and WeChat — are the latest moves in...

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August 6, 2020 at 6:53 pm

Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok...

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August 5, 2020 at 5:43 pm

US talks tougher on Chinese tech, but offers few specifics

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for a big expansion of U.S. government curbs on Chinese technology, saying...

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August 5, 2020 at 10:48 am

NYTimes wins new digital subscribers as ad revenue craters

The New York Times Co.'s digital transformation continued during the second quarter, with its online subscription and ad revenue now exceeding its print revenue, even...

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Instagram Reels is displayed on a mobile phone on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 in New York. Facebook’s Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok â€” Instagram Reels. The new Instagram feature will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects. Users will be able to share Reels with followers in Instagram in a dedicated section called Reels in Explore, or in the Story feature where posts disappear after 24 hours. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel) NYBZ306 NYBZ306

August 5, 2020 at 8:33 am

Facebook launches its new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

The new Instagram feature Reels will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects.

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August 4, 2020 at 11:44 am

Trump’s demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented

Microsoft is in talks to buy parts of TikTok, a forced sale after Trump threatened to ban the Chinese-owned video app, which claims 100 million...

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A man wearing a shirt promoting TikTok is seen at an Apple store in Beijing on Friday, July 17, 2020. U. S. President Donald Trump says he wants to take action to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) XHG301 XHG301

August 3, 2020 at 2:01 pm

Q&A: TikTok saga continues with Microsoft talks. Now what?

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest twist in the TikTok saga is an especially strange turn in a tale filled with strange turns. Suddenly, Microsoft...

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July 31, 2020 at 3:38 pm

James Murdoch resigns from news publisher News Corp’s board

News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch’s son James is resigning from the family-controlled publisher’s board over content appearing in its newspapers, which include the Wall Street...

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