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Microsoft in talks to buy US business of Chinese-owned TikTok

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U.S. President Donald Trump has been in tech headlines over the weekend as he has once again threatened to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. But there
U. S. President Donald Trump has been in tech headlines over the weekend as he has once again threatened to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. But there might be a sort-of reprieve for the millions of users in the country as Microsoft said they are trying to get into talks with ByteDance, the app’s parent company. They are offering to buy the U. S. business of TikTok in a move that will boost Microsoft’s “image” and maybe even their financial standing as well. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Trump apparently had a conversation about their potential purchase of TikTok in the U. S. and so the tech giant is now prepared to go into talks with ByteDance.

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