Oracle outbids Microsoft for TikTok U.S. – but there’s a catch
Microsoft has lost the deal to acquire TikTok from Oracle. The only problem still ahead is that the deal now faces review by Donald Trump's White House.
Oracle has reportedly won its bidding war against Microsoft for the U.S. operations of TikTok, but there is a fly in the ointment: the deal may...
Trump considers banning more Chinese technology
The U.S. president, Donald Trump, already banned Huawei and TikTokand is now looking at restrictions or bans for other Chinese companies. Trump acknowledged this during a press conference.
TikTok has been given 90 days by Trump to divest the American branch before a complete ban on the app can b...
Trump bans American transactions with TikTok and WeChat
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting transactions with ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, within 45 days. A similar order also applies to the Chinese chat service WeChat.
The possibility that Chinese authorities can access data from American citizens via ...
‘iCloud backups not encrypted due to pressure from FBI’
Apple apparantly decided, two years ago, not to fully encrypt backups of users' devices. This was allegedly due to pressure from the FBI, who complained, according to sources, that encrypted backups would not benefit their investigations.
Normally, Apple regularly takes a fairly straightforward ...
Amazon starts lawsuit against Trump over JEDI contract
Amazon has announced more details about the charges against President Trump, who is alleged to have "exerted undue pressure" to give the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract with the Pentagon to Microsoft rather than to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
AWS has also described a serie...
Trump turns Huawei into a threat to the U.S. economy
What do you do when you become a pawn in a political game between the United States and China? Huawei is in that position and will have to deal with it. We were at Huawei Connect 2019 in Shanghai, to see how the company develops its enterprise portfolio and looks towards the future. Under political...
“90 days delay for trading U.S. companies with Huawei.
Reuters reports from sources that the U.S. Commerce Department is likely to grant Huawei a postponement for doing business with U.S. companies. The plan is intended as a sign of good faith, says Larry Kudlow, director of the American National Economic Council.
Larry Kudlow reported that the Chi...
U.S. keeps Huawei blacklisted but now allows exceptions
American companies can now trade with Huawei according to the US, but it must first obtain a license from the government. They only get it when there is no danger to the national security of the Americans.
Huawei is in the middle of the trade war between the US and China. After blocking all US compa...
Huawei leader critical of Trump: ‘Plans for a trade agreement are a joke’.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, criticised the plans of US President Donald Trump. Trump said in a tweet last week that Huawei could be part of a trade agreement between the United States and China.
Trump's government imposed sanctions on Huawei earlier this month, ...
“Huawei’s access to Android restricted, vendors VS stop collaborations
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is said to have ended its cooperation with Huawei. The Internet giant would have stopped supplying hardware, software and technical services, with the exception of what is available through open source licenses. That puts an insider against Reuters.
According to th...
“Trump wants to ban collaborations between US and Huawei companies by decree.
US President Donald Trump is due to sign a decree this week prohibiting US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by organisations that pose a risk to national security. This paves the way for a ban on doing business with Huawei, China.
That's what three U.S. officials who are famil...
Trump wants to ban Huawei and ZTE products by decree.
According to news organisation Reuters, US President Donald Trump is considering issuing a decree to ban the use of telecommunications equipment from the Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE. As a result, American companies will no longer be allowed to use this equipment.
According to the news organ...