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US President Donald Trump has issued orders for a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat. Photo: ReutersUnspecified ‘transactions’ with Chinese owners of the popular video and messaging services to be barred within 45 days Apps ‘a threat’ to national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States, according to…

Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US on October 23, 2019. Photo: ReutersPresident Donald Trump recently threatened to ban viral video-sharing app TikTok in the US due to its ties to China Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told employees he…

Americans and U.S. companies will be banned from making transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, in 45 days, according to a new executive order President Trump issued Thursday evening.The big picture: Last week Trump announced his intention to ban TikTok but said he'd leave a 45-day period for…

Fighting cybercrime is a crucial area for national security policy, but the challenge will be balancing the risks against the costs of protecting our networks. The risks detailed in a new federal cyber security strategy released on Thursday range from malignant attacks by foreign powers on infrastructure, such as power…

The iMac gets new updates, there are more developments on the fiasco surrounding TikTok, and Google’s pouring out new pixels.It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Wednesday, Aug. 5 and I’m your host, Baneet Braich.It is about time! The 27-inch iMac is available…

Microsoft confirms its interest to buy TikTok, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos added billions to their bank accounts during the height of the pandemic, and NASA astronauts return home after a critical SpaceX mission.It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now. We hope everyone had a great long weekend…

TikTok has been hit by China's worsening diplomatic relations around the world, with calls to ban the mobile app which features an unending loop of 15-second videos of users lip syncing and dancing and has an estimated 1.6 million users in Australia.TikTok is currently facing two federal inquiries. A Senate…

Image: Prakash Singh/AFP (Getty Images)This is the story of a microvlogging app that nobody had heard of two years ago, and how it lured the world’s teens with karaoke, gobbled up their data, ballooned to monstrous proportions, and, finally, became a geopolitical bargaining chip in an escalating feud between the world’s…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOnline eating disorder 'trigger' crack-down callSocial media app TikTok could encourage unhealthy relationships with food and trigger people who have suffered eating disorders, campaigners have said.The video app is one of the most popular in the world, with more than 800m users…

Mashable is celebrating Pride Month by exploring the modern LGBTQ world, from the people who make up the community to the spaces where they congregate, both online and off. If you've been on TikTok long enough, you're probably familiar with Alt TikTok. If you haven't heard of that term before,…