Trump says new US sovereign wealth fund could purchase TikTok

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund…

Here are the apps battling to be become the ‘TikTok for Bluesky’

TikTok’s potential U.S. ban has sparked a flurry of development within the open social web community.…

Reelo stands out among the apps building a ‘TikTok for Bluesky’

There are a number of projects now underway that are focused on developing a video-first app…

Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok

President Donald Trump told reporters that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations, Bloomberg…

Bluesky adds video to user profiles

Social network Bluesky is doubling down on video. After it added a new TikTok-like custom video…

Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give US government 50% stake, CNBC reports By Reuters

(Reuters) – Perplexity AI revised the merger proposal it had submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance, CNBC…

Perplexity submits a new bid for TikTok

Perplexity AI has submitted a revised proposal to merge with TikTok, in an arrangement that would…

White House in talks to have Oracle and US investors take over TikTok, NPR reports By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is working on a plan to save…

Trump administration reportedly negotiating an Oracle takeover of TikTok

The Trump administration is negotiating a deal that would see Oracle take over TikTok alongside new…

Am I being censored? Some US TikTok users say app feels different after ban lifted By Reuters

By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. TikTok users who once saw the app as a…

Will TikTok actually be banned? By Investing.com

Investing.com — The debate over whether TikTok will be banned in the United States has reached…

Ditching Meta? Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp fundraise on Kickstarter

The developer behind Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup, open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, respectively,…

US users dumped RedNote after Trump paused the TikTok ban

In the days leading up to the TikTok ban in the U.S. on Sunday, U.S. users…

Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter

The developer behind Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup, open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, respectively,…

The EU wants to talk to US tech companies ahead of Germany’s upcoming election

The European Union will give tech and social media companies a “stress test” to see how…

Flip, the TikTok Shop rival, launches a creator fund that grants up to $100M of equity

Flip is a social commerce app that lets shoppers become creators. They can share honest reviews…

Everyone wants MrBeast on their TikTok bid, but he hasn’t committed yet

YouTube celebrity MrBeast – real name Jimmy Donaldson – is in talks to join a number…

Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative

In 2015, the blogging site Tumblr launched a GIF discovery feature called Tumblr TV as an…

Nearly 10 year later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative

In 2015, the blogging site Tumblr launched a GIF discovery feature called Tumblr TV as an…

Livestream app Favorited, a new TikTok alternative, gets backing from a16z

This month, drama unfolded across mainstream social media platforms like TikTok, which briefly went dark in…

Trump open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok

President Donald Trump has said he would be open to Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle…

TikTok fans anxiously await its return to US app stores By Reuters

By Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -Three days after ByteDance’s TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived…