[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg may have used a private meeting with Donald Trump to push for the US to attack TikTok, writes the Wall Street Journal. During his visit to Washington DC late last year, the Facebook CEO made both public speeches and private exhortations about the threat posted by its rival. The paper notes that […]
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TikTok will sue the US over threatened ban
[ad_1] TikTok’s paths to staying alive in the US apparently include taking the government to court. In the wake of a Reuters report, TikTok has confirmed to CNBC that it plans to sue the Trump administration over an executive order banning transactions with parent company ByteDance. The lawsuit could be submitted as soon as next […]
TikTok executive says it has ‘multiple paths’ to stay alive in the US
[ad_1] Trump’s executive order cited national security concerns arising from a report by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). “We’ve made it clear that we strongly disagree with the conclusions of CFIUS and we’re certainly disappointed in the outcome that we saw there,” Pappas said. “We still haven’t been presented with any […]
Engadget Podcast: Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review and Fortnite v. Apple
[ad_1] This week, Cherlynn and Devindra chat about what it’s like to live with the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, Samsung’s biggest new phone. Plus, they dive into Epic’s war with Apple over the App Store, as well as how Facebook is still trying (and failing) to make Instagram a Tiktok killer. Listen below, or subscribe […]
FT: Oracle joins Microsoft as a possible bidder for TikTok
[ad_1] For a couple of weeks, Microsoft had been the only name publicly attached as a potential buyer for TikTok, and it has about a month left before the announced September 15th deadline to make a deal. Since then, Twitter was reported as a company in “preliminary talks” to acquire the video sharing app, and […]
After Math: Everything is awesome
[ad_1] While the Trump administration spent this past week kneecapping the US Postal Service in an obvious effort to throw the upcoming November election in its favor, other events occurred as well. Here are five examples. Engadget USPS appears to be retir… [ad_2] Source link
Trump orders TikTok owner to sell its US business
[ad_1] Trump had previously said both that he intended to ban the app in the United States and that there was a Sept. 15 deadline for a sale. He has also insisted that the US Treasury should directly benefit from any acquisition. “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might […]
How QAnon went mainstream | Engadget
[ad_1] How QAnon spread That QAnon, a far right conspiracy theory that originated on 4Chan in 2017, could gain so much prominence might sound ridiculous. Proponents of QAnon believe the government is run by a ring of pedophiles/child-eating cannibals who will ultimately be brought down by Donald Trump. QANon’s favorite targets are somewhat predictable: the […]
A third of TikTok’s US users may be 14 years old or younger
[ad_1] TikTok asks users to self-report their birthdays, and it uses tools like facial recognition to estimate users’ ages. Users under 13 only have access to a walled-off mode within the app, and they can’t share personal info or videos. But it wouldn’t be hard to lie to get around age restrictions. The app doesn’t […]
WSJ: TikTok used a loophole to track MAC addresses on Android
[ad_1] As the WSJ explains, Google presents an anonymized advertising ID that users can easily reset, as opposed to the MAC address that doesn’t have the same opt-out capabilities. There are other techniques used for this “ID bridging” that don’t involve the MAC address, and according to their investigation, TikTok removed its tracking with an […]