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TikTok Shutdown Argued Before Federal Judge
A judge didn’t rule immediately on the Chinese-owned video app’s request for a preliminary injunction to stave off a U.S. shutdown that the Trump administration ordered to take effect later this month.
TikTok Deal Makers Await Court Ruling on U.S. Ban
The fate of TikTok’s U.S. operations could turn on whether a federal judge blocks the app’s shutdown or bolsters the Trump administration’s demand for a sale by ruling against the Chinese-owned business.
TikTok Rivals Seek to Exploit U.S. Action, Lawyers Say in Court Filings
The Trump administration’s attempted ban on TikTok threatens to devastate the video-sharing app’s user base and competitive position, lawyers for the company argued Wednesday.
WSJ News Exclusive | Little-Known Investment Firm Centricus Circles TikTok With Long-Shot Bid
A low-profile investment firm is trying to entice the head of TikTok’s parent company with a long-shot alternative bid, as the popular video-sharing app remains caught in a standoff between the U.S. and China.
Alibaba expects cloud business to turn profitable for the first time within the next few months
Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang called cloud computing a "growth engine" but said the world is in a "nascent stage of the global cloud era."
TikTok’s Zero Hour: Haggling With Trump, Doubts in China and a Deal in Limbo
After months of maneuvering over the future of TikTok, it took last-minute phone calls to persuade President Trump to sign off in principle on the outlines of an agreement to keep the app operating in the U.S. Even that outcome—an M&A deal like no other—remains uncertain.
WSJ News Exclusive | TikTok, U.S. Discuss Ways to Avoid Sale
ByteDance, the video-sharing app’s Chinese parent company, is in talks with officials over possible arrangements that would avert a full sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations, according to people familiar with the matter.
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok
Mark Zuckerberg emphasized that Chinese internet companies posed a threat as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook.
WSJ News Exclusive | TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned by Google
TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Google’s Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to track users online without allowing them to opt out, a Wall Street Journal analysis has found.
WSJ News Exclusive | Twitter, TikTok Have Held Preliminary Talks About Possible Combination
Twitter has had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app that the Trump administration has declared a national-security threat due to its Chinese ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.
Microsoft CEO Nadella Wades Into U.S.-China Tensions in TikTok Pursuit
Merger deals are rarely simple. But Satya Nadella now is attempting to ink a takeover agreement that satisfies not only both the companies and their shareholders, but two governments in bitter competition for technological clout.
Google reportedly cancelled a cloud project meant for countries including China
Updated with Google’s full statement After reportedly spending a year and a half working on a cloud service meant for China and other countries, Google cancelled the project, called “Isolated Region,” in May due partly to geopolitical and pandemic-related concerns. Bloomberg reports that Isolated Region, shut down in May, would have enabled it to offer […]
TikTok Maker Seeks to Strike Balance as China, U.S. Step Up Geopolitical Pressure
The Chinese maker of TikTok, the popular short-video platform, said it would pull its app out of Hong Kong amid concerns about a new national-security law, its second market exit in as many weeks.
TikTok Users Gush About China, Hoping to Boost Views
Glorifying China—with a wink—is emerging as an unexpected new trend on TikTok, as users look for ways to boost audiences on the short video app whose already high popularity has soared during the pandemic.
Tencent’s $40 Billion Gain Masks a Deeper Long-Term Threat
The Covid-19 pandemic likely barely dented Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s growth, thanks to its dominance of online spheres from gaming to social media. Now that China’s industries are emerging from the worst of the outbreak, the bigger long-term threat may be the growing posse of challengers to its internet leadership.
Chinese cloud firm gears up for $3.8 billion US listing despite coronavirus uncertainty
Kingsoft Cloud's IPO comes amid a tough stock market environment due to the coronavirus pandemic and as scrutiny of Chinese listings in the U.S. intensifies following revelations of fraud at coffee chain Luckin Coffee.
WSJ News Exclusive | TikTok to Stop Using China-Based Moderators to Monitor Overseas Content
The popular short-video app said it would halt using China-based moderators to monitor overseas content and shift that work to those outside of China.
Trump Administration Blocks Chinese Acquisition of Hotel Software Company (Published 2020)
The decision, based on national security concerns, is the latest example of a stricter approach to policing Chinese investment in the United States.
Ghosts in the Clouds: Inside China’s Major Corporate Hack
In the breach known as Cloud Hopper, cyberattackers allegedly working for China’s intelligence services broke into cloud companies, including CGI and IBM, to steal volumes of intellectual property and records from scores of companies.
