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Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, as Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative, meets with Chief Executive Officer of Tesla, Elon Musk, in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 19, 2025. Credit: Xinhua/Yin Bogu Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Jan. 19 called on US businesses to help boost trade relations…

TikTok announced on Jan. 19 that it was restoring services to US users and would work with US President Trump to find a long-term solution that would let the app stay in the US. Earlier on Sunday, TikTok suspended its services in the US, and users who attempted to access the app…

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Key Takeaways TikTok has been effectively banned in the US. Users are no longer able to access the app. Google has become the first company to be investigated under the UK’s DMCC Act for abuse of its dominant position. Google Gemini will now be available to all users for free.…

NEW YORK — During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to U.S. national security. But on the eve of his return to the White House, the president-elect is being hailed as the app’s…

It hasn't even been a full day since ByteDance shut down TikTok in the US, and now it says the app is coming back. In a statement posted on X Sunday afternoon, TikTok wrote, “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service.” The statement…

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. UPDATE—January 19, 2025: After the app briefly stopped functioning in the United States on January 18, TikTok is already back…for now. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process…

Meta Sunday announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut was removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. Instagram head Adam Mosseri (pictured above) said on Threads that the app will launch next month on…

Like Lazarus, TikTok has risen from the dead. A ban on the social media app used by more than 170 million Americans has been averted, at least for now, the company announced in a midday tweet on Sunday. The news came after President-elect Donald Trump announced he would use an…

When TikTok influencers in the United States opened their apps on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 18, many expected to have their last few hours of scrolling or posting. Instead, they were met with the following message: “Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted…