CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – There’s less than four days until one of the most popular social media apps, TikTok, is set to be banned in the U.S. Lawmakers passed legislation last April to ban the app unless the Chinese business that owns it sells it to a U.S. company. But JayJay Goodvin, a Marshalltown…
With no Supreme Court ruling on TikTok today, tensions are high. The wildly popular social media platform owned by China’s ByteDance could shut down in the U.S. on Jan. 19 – just four days from now — or sell itself to an entity Stateside if the Justices do not rule otherwise. TikTok has 170+ million…
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – As TikTok is bracing for its anticipated ban Sunday, users are flocking to other social media platforms with similar features. One of them has become the most downloaded app in the United States for Apple. RedNote is a Chinese app that resembles the set up of the social media juggernaut, as…
1. China races to stockpile US microchips amid Trump sanctions fears, imports surge 60% As more US tech curbs look likely in a second Trump term, China is rapidly stockpiling US microchips, with a strategic focus on CPUs, storage and signal enhancement chips. This move highlights China’s reliance on US technology and its efforts to…
The federal government is ordering TikTok to end its business interests in Canada following a national security review, but will still allow Canadians to use the popular social media app. The decision announced by Innovation and Science Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Wednesday comes after a lengthy review into security concerns over the app and its…