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An effort by TikTok users to troll President Trump’s official campaign app with thousands of one-star reviews appears to have had an impact — if not the impact the pranksters had wanted. In July, Bloomberg reported TikTok activists were flocking to the Official Trump 2020 app on the U.S. App…

A corporate giant is eyeing to scoop up TikTok, Uber and Lyft may not shut down in California after all, and Apple is a valuable company, didja know?It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Friday, August 21, and I’m your host Alex Coop.An…

TikTok is slowly but surely becoming the number one spot for celebrity doppelgängers to show off their A-list Hollywood looks. Next up: a woman who looks like Sandra Bullock.On August 18, TikTok user Madelynn (@thebestmaddie_) posted a new video proving she looks a remarkable amount like the Bird Box star.…

Oracle is TikTok’s newest suitor. With relatively more experience in consumer products, Microsoft might view Oracle’s bid as underwhelming. Oracle has some advantages (and personal scores to settle), though, and should not be ignored. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been the clear favorite in the race to acquire the U.S. operations of…

TikTok has no plans to pull out of the United States even if it is not sold to a U.S. company, a top executive said Tuesday.Vanessa Pappas, the general manager for TikTok's operations in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, also pushed back on claims that the app is…

The Trump administration has given TikTok's parent company ByteDance a 90-day deadline to divest the app. — Yahoo/Files WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has voiced approval of Oracle Corp's reported bid for TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing sensation that could also be bought by Microsoft.Reports said Oracle — whose chairman Larry Ellison has…

Technology giant Oracle is said to be in negotiations to buy TikTok, as it seeks to outbid Microsoft in the race to acquire the viral social media platform.Oracle has held preliminary talks with TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, and was seriously considering purchasing TikTok's operations in the United States, Canada, Australia…

After a mother’s vile and transphobic rant went viral, over 160,000 people have now signed a petition, seeking “Justice for Alex” in a massive show of support for the teenage boy who was subjected to the attack and subsequent public shaming by his own mother. It began with the women in…

TikTok is partnering with UnitedMasters to allow creators to distribute their music directly to traditional streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, The New York Times and Reuters report. According to The Times, artists who sign with UnitedMasters—which was founded in 2017 by Steve Stoute—keep 90 percent of their royalties…