With the Supreme Court unanimously voting to uphold the federal law banning TikTok unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company, 170M users in the United States may soon say goodbye to the app that has changed lives, especially small business owners. The ban would take effect Sunday, January 19, and while experts say…
Washington — The 170 million TikTok users in the U.S. could be in for a rude awakening come Sunday if they suddenly find the enormously popular video-sharing app is inaccessible because of a law passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress last year. Lawmakers and U.S. officials have sounded the alarm for years about the…
With a TikTok ban set to come into effect in the US on Sunday, the app faces an uncertain future stateside. According to Sky News, it was ruled by the US Supreme Court that from Sunday (19 January), TikTok will be removed from Google and Android stores if it is not sold by it’s parent…
The geopolitical battle of the future is playing out on the app store charts. Chinese-owned apps now account for half of the top 10 free apps on Apple‘s platform and hold both the number one and number two spots. Less than a month ago, they represented just a third of those apps, according to a…
What happens on your smartphone once a US law banning the social media app TikTok takes effect on Jan. 19? It will depend on the actions of TikTok parent ByteDance, President-elect Donald Trump, and some of the largest tech giants in the US. ByteDance could voluntarily shut down use of the app for US users….
Incoming President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social he discussed “balancing” TikTok with China’s President Xi Jinping in a phone call on Friday. Trump’s post came just minutes before the Supreme Court on Friday rejected TikTok’s appeal to overturn a ban on the social media platform set to begin Jan. 19, just…
RECVISUAL / iStock.com If you haven’t heard of the FinTok Revolution, it’s in full swing — and not just among the most tech-savvy generations. All generations, including Gen Z, millennials, Gen X and boomers are riding the FinTok train. According to a Talker Research survey, conducted on behalf of the fintech Chime, 68% said doing…
Photo illustration of the TikTok logo displayed on a smartphone with the American flag in the background.Illustration: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto (Getty Images) In This Story TikTok is likely seeing its final days in the U.S. after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning the social media app starting on Sunday if its Chinese parent…
Happy Friday! Not a great way to start the weekend, but important nonetheless: A new report detailed the alarming rise in cancer among women under 65. While breast cancer remains the biggest risk, lung cancer cases are on the rise. In today’s big story, time is running out for TikTok as its sell-or-ban deadline is…
The clock could be ticking for TikTok. For many, this would mean switching apps to scroll through videos, but for others, it means losing their livelihoods.Since 2020, Sacramento resident Maddy Edmonds has been using the app to showcase things to do in the region, which has opened doors to new business opportunities.”The extra income helps….