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schrödinger's acquisition — In which we try to answer questions such as: "What the actual heck is going on?" Kate Cox - Sep 21, 2020 7:10 pm UTC Enlarge / ¯_(ツ)_/¯It was a weird weekend to end a weird summer for one of the country's most poular social media apps,…

President Donald Trump would probably be surprised to learn that he is vindicating Marx’s claim that when history repeats itself, the second time is a farce. The administration’s odd war on TikTok echoes the period more than half a century ago when the US government was so worried about content…

UPDATE: September 20, 2020 at 1:35 PM EST— Crisis averted? Mega-popular app TikTok was set to be "de-platformed" at midnight tonight, disappearing from the Apple App Store and other online markets, but it looks like that won't happen after all. Why? TikTok Global.What's that? Tech giant Oracle and Walmart are…

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okay, sure — Trump reportedly wanted assurance that the deal would include a payout to the US. Kate Cox - Sep 19, 2020 10:19 pm UTC Enlarge / It's official... kind of.President Donald Trump has reportedly granted his personal approval of Oracle's proposal to invest in TikTok, moving the entire…

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China's Commerce Ministry said on Saturday it was "resolutely opposed" to the US decision to ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores starting Sunday night. The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores. (Reuters)China's Commerce Ministry said on Saturday it was…

The move will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat - existing TikTok users will see little change until November 12Read More

View the full Commerce Department orders here for WeChat and here for TikTok. The ban on downloads of both apps take place “after 11:59 p.m. Sunday,” per the Wall Street Journal. The bans do not apply outside the U.S. Can you use WeChat and TikTok in the U.S. next week? If you…

Earlier this month, Shannon Mingal, a digital marketer at Epic Records, received an unexpected text: A glossary of 40 to 50 phrases supposedly used by Gen Z, the sub-25, tech-savvy demographic whose preferences currently dictate the streaming charts, an all-important barometer of success in the music industry. The collection ranged…