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CFIUS Extends TikTok Divestiture Deadline to Dec. 4
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has given Chinese company ByteDance an additional seven days on its deadline to sell off the U.S. operations of short-form video app TikTok. The new deadline is Dec. 4. “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has granted ByteDance a one-week extension, from […]
GameStop Removes TikTok Contest For Extra Labor Hours After Backlash
GameStop appears to have canceled a company-wide contest that awarded Black Friday work hours in exchange for a TikTok dance. Yes, you read that right – GameStop was going to give two workers an extra short shift if they pulled off a synchronized dance. After many facets of the internet pointed out just how terrible an […]
Cooking Mama On TikTok Is The Only Good Part Of 2020
You can’t keep a good Mama down. Earlier this year, Cooking Mama got its first home console release in a decade with Cooking Mama: Cookstar. I was a big fan of the game, and thought it delivered one of the best incarnations of the franchise’s winning formula to date – not to mention some of […]
TikTok Doubles Down on Gaming, Partnering with FIFA Esports Team Tundra
London-based FIFA team Tundra announced today that TikTok has signed to become a principal partner in the organization. The move marks the social media platform’s commitment to making inroads in gaming; TikTok made its debut in esports earlier this year with its first tournament, the TikTok Cup. Tundra launched in 2019 with the goal of […]
Xbox’s First TikTok Pokes Fun At The Way Its Consoles Look
Xbox has finally found its way to TikTok, and its first post is celebrating jokes about the way its consoles look. When the Series X was revealed, it didn’t take long for the memes to start. The Series X was designed with the fans in mind – both players and those spinny things that push […]
Xbox Joins TikTok, And Their First Video Is A Good One
Xbox has become the latest big brand to join the viral app TikTok. The Xbox TikTok account posted its first video today, and it’s a treat. The video features a narrator talking to themself and wondering aloud what they should post as their first video on TikTok. As the narration unfolds, the video cuts to […]
US Government To Ban TikTok Downloads Starting Sunday
The United States Department of Commerce announced today that, as of Sunday September 20, any attempts to keep TikTok available to download on any app store will be absolutely prohibited. This same restriction is also being applied to WeChat. On August 6, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order stating that within 45 days, any […]
Trump to block TikTok and WeChat downloads in the U.S. from September 20
(Reuters) — The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat. Current TikTok users will see little change on Sunday, and U.S. Commerce Department officials said they will […]
ByteDance mulls TikTok IPO to clinch U.S. agreement
(Reuters) — China’s ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global, the new company that will operate the popular short video app, should its proposed deal be cleared by the U.S. government, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. ByteDance is racing to clinch an agreement with the White House that […]