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Trump orders TikTok’s Chinese owners to divest U.S. operations within 90 days
Trump's latest move comes on top of an executive order he issued last week that would prohibit certain transactions with TikTok unless ByteDance divests it within 45 days
Apple drops ‘Fortnite’ game from App Store due to direct payment plan.
Apple takes a 30 per cent cut from in-app revenue purchases, which has long been a sore spot with developers.
Facebook expands anti-misinformation efforts for U.S. users ahead of Nov. 3 election
Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election.
Twitter to further fight misinformation on U.S. voting, including mail-in ballots
The move will involve coming up with new policies "that emphasize accurate information about all available options to vote, including by mail and early voting."
How the U.S. could block access to TikTok, WeChat
The administration could order smartphone software giants Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove WeChat and TikTok from their app stores.
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Facebook to ban ads presented as articles from U.S. publishers with political ties
Under the new policy, publishers with any political connections will still be allowed to register as a news page but the company will implement some restrictions.
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Twitter interested in buying U.S. operations of Chinese-owned TikTok: sources
The news of Twitter and TikTok being in preliminary talks and Microsoft still being seen as the front-runner in bidding for the app's U.S. operations was reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal.
Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s orders on Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat.
Here’s what’s at stake over Trump's executive orders to ban the Chinese-owned apps in the next 45 days.
Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s orders on Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat.
Here’s what’s at stake over Trump's executive orders to ban the Chinese-owned apps in the next 45 days.
Porn, rap, interrupts online hearing of teen suspected of hacking famous Twitters users.
The interruptions — including one by a user who shared a screen and took over the hearing with a porn video — forced Hillsborough County Judge Christopher C. Nash to temporarily halt the session for Graham Ivan Clark, 17.
Facebook launches TikTok rival as Trump threatens to ban Chinese-owned app.
Facebook's Instagram is launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels.
Moosehead, MEC ditching Facebook ads for good after boycott.
Participating companies in the July boycott said the action was in response to Facebook's refusal to deal with the spread of hateful content on its platform.
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Trump threatens Tik Tok ban unless U.S. gets ‘substantial portion’ of operations sales price
The turnaround came after Trump Friday he said he was planning to ban the Chinese-owned video app's U.S. operations as soon as Saturday after dismissing a possible sale to Microsoft.
Trump says he’s going to ban TikTok. Will Canada do the same?
The Trump administration's move to ban the popular app over said cyber security concerns has since raised the same question for their neighbours north of the border -- will the Canadian government make moves to restrict the app as well?
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Microsoft in advanced talks to take over TikTok’s U.
There have been reports of U.S. tech giants and financial firms being interested in buying or investing in TikTok as the Trump administration sets its sights on the app.
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NASA astronauts set to return from ISS via SpaceX capsule.
U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who launched to the space station in May, are expected to splash down at one of seven landing sites in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean at about 2:48 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Trump says he plans to ban TikTok in U.S., opposes Chinese sale
Trump said the ban will come through either an executive order or by using executive economic powers as soon as Saturday.
White House preparing to force Chinese company to sell TikTok: sources.
The move would be the culmination of U.S. national security concerns over the safety of the personal data that TikTok handles.
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Florida teen charged in hack of high-profile Twitter accounts.
The 17-year-old boy was arrested earlier Friday in Tampa, where the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office will prosecute the case. He faces 30 felony charges, according to a news release.
European Union hits Chinese, Russian hackers with first-ever cyberattack sanctions.
The sanctions are the first ever imposed over cybercrime by the European economic bloc.
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Scientists revive microbes from 100M years ago from beneath ocean floor.
The effort is part of new research illustrating the resiliency of life on Earth.
CEOs of Facebook, Amazon face Congress as Trump demands crackdown on ‘Big Tech’.
The CEOs of Google and Apple are also testifying remotely for a hearing on antitrust by the House Judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday.
Vatican, Hong Kong Catholic diocese hit in suspected Chinese hack.
The hack could provide "valuable intelligence" on Catholic entities’ stances on democracy protests.
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Twitter limits Donald Trump Jr.’s account over COVID-19 misinformation policy
The eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday posted a video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine.
Sea Breeze exercises end in Black Sea. PHOTOS
The international Sea Breeze exercises in the Black Sea have come to an end, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported.
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