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Trump claims TikTok could be used by China to track locations of federal employees, build dossiers on people for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage. Photo: FileNEW YORK: Popular video app TikTok said on Saturday it will take Donald Trump's administration to court to challenge his administration's crackdown on the popular…

TikTok says it will file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over his executive order demanding ByteDance — TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company — sell or spin off its U.S. operations within 90 days. “Even though we strongly disagree with the Administration’s concerns, for nearly a year we have sought…

Gossip Girl may have gone off the air in 2012 but, thanks to Netflix, its iconic costume designs are still having an impact on fans, new and old. In late August, TikTok user IvyZed shared a video of what can only be described as one of Serena van der Woodsen's most…unique…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series* that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019.…

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…