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Apple
fromWIRED
1 day ago

Apple Blocks US Users From Downloading ByteDance's Chinese Apps

Apple is blocking downloads of ByteDance apps including TikTok, CapCut, and Lemon8 from the US App Store starting January 19, 2025, under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, though a January 22 deal transferred TikTok's US business to Silver Lake, Oracle, and MGX investors.
fromAdExchanger
1 month ago

AI Agents Are The Next Era of Search; Can The CMA Help Publishers Wrest Control From Google? | AdExchanger

Limy's tech aims to show brands how AI agents are driving sales for their businesses - and optimize AI to drive even more sales. Limy integrates directly with a brand's content delivery software to detect when AI agents visit that advertiser's site and which prompts led to a purchase. Based on these insights, brands can improve how they show up in popular large language models by allocating more ad spend to specific prompts that perform better among agents.
UK news
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Read the memo TikTok's CEO sent staff after closing a deal to avoid a US ban

The TikTok divestment deal is done, and the company's CEO is jubilant. On Thursday, TikTok's top boss, Shou Chew, sent a message to US staffers, toasting the "great news" and thanking them for their "resilience." He also announced that "more than 200 million Americans now come to TikTok to be entertained, learn, and grow their business with a broader global community." Chew has good reason to take a victory lap.
Tech industry
fromGSMArena.com
1 month ago

TikTok finalizes a deal with US investors, it's now mostly owned by US entities

After months of negotiations, TikTok finalized a deal with several US-based investors days before the next deadline, after which TikTok would have allegedly been banned in the US. Today, TikTok was finally divested from ByteDance, which retains a 20% stake, while the other 80% is split between Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX and others. Each of those three companies gets a 15% stake.
Business
fromEngadget
1 month ago

The Morning After: Apple might be making its own AirTag-sized AI wearable

Unfortunately, the new challenger is a wearable AI pin with cameras, mics and... zero interest from me. According to a report from The Information, it'll resemble a slightly thicker AirTag with an aluminum and glass exterior. The report suggests it'll have two cameras (standard and wide-angle) for photos and video. It may also have three microphones and a (swoon) physical button. I love a physical button.
Apple
Tech industry
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

TikTok is splitting its US staff into different companies as it prepares for a sale

TikTok splits its US operations; some US staff join a US joint venture, while others remain with a ByteDance-owned global commerce and services entity.
US politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

TikTok owner signs deal to sell US business

ByteDance agreed to sell a majority stake in US TikTok to a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX; ByteDance will retain 19.9%, closing 22 January.
US politics
fromFortune
5 months ago

Larry Ellison's Oracle set to spearhead U.S. oversight of TikTok algorithm | Fortune

Oracle will lead U.S. oversight of TikTok's algorithm and security as part of a U.S. joint venture including investors like Silver Lake.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 months ago

TikTok ban in flux as White House announces China-US framework deal

The United States and China have reached a framework agreement to transfer TikTok's ownership to US control. Officials from both countries made the announcement on Monday. list of 4 itemsend of list The short-form video app was set to be banned in the US by Wednesday if its owner ByteDance did not agree to sell the company to a US-based operation or if the US did not extend a pause of the ban, which the White House has already done three times, most recently in June.
World politics
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago

Trump announces framework' for deal with China to allow TikTok to keep operating in the US

U.S. and China reached a framework in Madrid to separate TikTok from ByteDance, pending final approval by Presidents Trump and Xi.
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