Trump to sign TikTok deal today; ByteDance to be left with 20% of stock: Report
Fp Staff • 8 days agoThe structure would align with a bipartisan law passed in 2024, which aimed to ban TikTok unless it was sold to US-based owners by this year. The app was briefly shut down in the United States in January, just one day before Trump’s second-term inauguration
Under Trump's TikTok deal, American firm Oracle to get algorithm control
Fp Staff • 10 days agoOften described as TikTok's "secret sauce," the fate of the video-sharing app's algorithm was one of the main question marks in persuading China to allow the platform's transfer to US ownership
Is Trump losing the bigger game to China to win a TikTok battle — trade, AI tech and Taiwan?
Madhur Sharma • 11 days agoIt is becoming increasingly clear that US President Donald Trump has made key concessions on major issues of trade, technology, and Taiwan, in negotiations with China to claim a symbolic victory on a relatively minor issue of TikTok.
Who will manage TikTok operations in the US? Murdoch, Ellison, Dell in talks
Fp Explainers • 11 days agoTikTok’s future in the US may soon be decided as President Donald Trump confirmed plans for American investors, including Lachlan Murdoch, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell, to take control of its US operations. The deal would shift TikTok’s data storage, ownership, and algorithm oversight to the US
Americans get six of seven board seats for TikTok’s US operations: White House
Fp Staff • 13 days agoA deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday.
Trump-Xi call: Who will claim victory if they seal TikTok deal?
Fp Staff • 14 days agoUS President Donald Trump is set to declare a victory with the finalisation of the TikTok deal after a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. But the reality is complicated, and Trump is far from being a winner in the deal.
Why Trump, who once wanted TikTok banned, is now batting for it
Fp Explainers • 14 days agoUS President Donald Trump is set to talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping today (September 19) over the sale of the popular app TikTok. This comes after officials earlier this week said the ‘framework’ of a deal between the United States and the Chinese-owned app had been reached. But why is Trump, who once backed a ban on the app, now doing everything he can to save it
Trump-Xi phone call scheduled for 6.30 pm India time: 3 Ts in focus — tariff, TikTok and Taiwan
Fp Staff • 14 days agoUS President Donald Trump is slated to hold a telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Friday at 9 am Washington time (6:30 pm IST). Here are the three 'Ts' the two leaders will be discussing.
China drops Google anti-trust probe, says report amid deal over TikTok’s future in US
Fp Staff • 15 days agoThe investigation into Google, formally launched in February, focused on the dominance of its Android operating system and how it affects Chinese smartphone manufacturers like Oppo and Xiaomi that rely on the software
China targeting Nvidia as Trump shields TikTok: Xi pushing to cast Beijing as US tech supplier
Fp Staff • 16 days agoChina is pressuring Nvidia as TikTok talks advance with Xi Jinping aiming to cast Beijing as a technology supplier while Trump holds firm on tariffs