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TikTok goes dark for US users; Trump signals intervention
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok stopped working for its 170 million American users late on Saturday before a law shutting it down on national security grounds took effect on Sunday, b...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2025
TikTok stops working for US users
(Reuters) - TikTok went dark in the U.S. on Saturday before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app took effect, cutting off access to the platform that captivated nearly half of all Americ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
Oracle prepares to start shutting TikTok servers from 0200 GMT, The Information reports
(Reuters) -Leaders at Oracle, the main cloud computing provider for TikTok's U.S. operations, have told some staff to prepare to shut down servers that host U.S. TikTok data as soon as 9 p.m. ET on Sa...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
TikTok tells users it will be 'temporarily unavailable' in the US on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - TikTok told users in the United States late on Saturday it would be "temporarily unavailable" on Sunday when a law banning the app takes effect in the United States. Users loggi...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
With cocktails and Snoop Dogg, crypto industry celebrates Trump inauguration
By Douglas Gillison, Suzanne McGee and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency executives swilled cocktails and danced to rap superstar Snoop Dogg on Friday night as they celebrated the a...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US, CNBC reports
(Reuters) - Perplexity AI asked TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on Saturday to allow the U.S. search engine startup to merge with TikTok U.S. and create a new entity combining them and New...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
Trump will 'most likely' give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from potential ban
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the United States after he takes office on Monday. "The 90-d...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
Social media personality racks up Snapchat views with Palisades fire coverage
By Dawn Chmielewski and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When social media personality Alex Choi saw the raging wildfire in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, he grabbed his camera a...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
TikTok faces US ban deadline as users brace for fallout
(Reuters) - TikTok buzzed with nervous anticipation across the U.S. on Saturday as a looming federal ban threatened to sever access to the Chinese-owned app that has captivated nearly half of all Amer...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2025
EV startup Canoo files for bankruptcy, to cease operations
(Reuters) - Canoo said on Friday it would file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and cease operations, effective immediately. The EV startup has been dealing with rapid cash burn and has struggled to raise add...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2025

