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Naomi Eluwa is a content creator on TikTok. She started out wanting to dance and have fun on the platform but after the death of George Floyd soon found the need to change her content. Her account quickly grew in popularity but as her followers grew, so did the racial…

President Trump had set a deadline of September 15 to complete the Tiktok deal. TikTok Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors And the winner of the TikTok bidding war is... Oracle?According to NBC News, Oracle and TikTok reached an…

Oracle will be TikTok's "trusted tech partner." Image: Xinhua/Xinhua via Getty Images By Amanda Yeo2020-09-14 01:29:42 UTC Oracle has beat out Microsoft to win the bid for TikTok's U.S. operations, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The B2B database software company isn't exactly the first name you…

Photo: Manjunath Kiran (Getty Images)The international game of chicken between China and the Trump administration over TikTok is starting to feel like an episode of “The Bachelor” at this point, with suitors like Microsoft, Twitter, and Walmart competing for the app’s U.S. assets in the face of a possible ban.…

Addison Rae. Photo: Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Netflix Few directors have shaped more millennial childhoods than Mark Waters, who had a legendary three-year stretch when he directed Freaky Friday in 2003, Mean Girls in 2004, and Just Like Heaven in 2005 (you may scoff at the inclusion of that last…

Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire — or fire with "WAP" lyrics. A group of abortion clinic escorts and defenders have developed a devoted fanbase on TikTok after going viral for their unconventional methods of opposing religious protesters. The clinic, which is based in North Carolina, is often…

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TikTok Wednesday revealed some of the elusive workings of the prized algorithm that keeps hundreds of millions of users worldwide hooked on the viral video app.Why it matters: The code TikTok uses to pick your next video is a large part of what has led the two-year-old company to achieve…

China links are increasingly stressful and unpredictable for American professionals in business, think tanks and academia. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuenChina links are increasingly stressful and unpredictable for American professionals in business, think tanks and academia High-profile defections from Chinese companies are growing as Trump administration increases pressure Topic |   US-China relations Mark…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian regulators have ruled out prosecuting TikTok over an apparent suicide video under tough new laws prohibiting some forms of violent online images, but the prime minister urged social media companies on Wednesday to take more responsibility for offensive content. The Chinese-owned social media platform says…