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U.S. considers banning TikTok
The U.S. White House is considering blacklisting TikTok, effectively preventing Americans from using the popular short video app, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
ByteDance plans China expansion to resist US pressure to sell TikTok
Faced with the threat of a U.S. ban on TikTok, its parent company ByteDance has made it clear to some investors that the plans to focus more on growth in the Chinese market, The Information cited a ByteDance investor as saying.
ByteDance may spin off TikTok as US company, report says
ByteDance, the parent company of short-video app TikTok, is looking at strategic alternatives, including a possible spin-off of Tiktok as a US company, according to the Hong Kong Economic Times, which cites sources with knowledge of the matter.
Africa's phone king johns Android 11 beta 1 developer preview program
TECNO Mobile, a sub-brand of Chinese smartphone maker Transsion, announced its newest smart phone Pouvoir 4 as an early adopter of the operating system upgrading to Android 11 beta 1 starting from July 10.
Ubuntu Kylin 20.10 will be released on October 22
The team of the Ubuntu Kylin open source operating system announced today that the official Ubuntu Kylin 20.10 version will be released simultaneously on October 22 with the official Ubuntu and other derivative versions.
WeChat may also face US actions after TikTok
White House adviser Peter Navarro said he expects U.S. President Donald Trump to take “strong action” against Chinese social network apps TikTok and WeChat for engaging in “information warfare” against the United States.
TikTok says it deleted 49 million videos in H2 2019, most in India
In the second half of 2019, TikTok removed more than 16 million videos that violated its community guidelines in India, the country with the most deleted videos, says TikTok.
PUBG Mobile has highest overseas revenue among apps from Chinese vendors in June
PUBG Mobile, Rise of Kingdoms, Knives Out are the top three Chinese vendor apps with the highest overseas revenue in June, according to App Annie.
US bank Wells Fargo asks employees to delete TikTok from work phones
US bank Wells Fargo has asked employees to delete social network TikTok from their work phones due to concerns about the security.
Ubuntu Kylin 19.10 will end its life cycle this month
Today the Ubuntu Kylin team announced that Ubuntu Kylin 19.10 will end its life cycle this month.