Negotiations for Microsoft to buy the U.S. operations of Chinese-owned TikTok are on hold after President Donald Trump threatened to bar the social media app and came out against the sale, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Trump has pledged to get tough on the ...
Trump says he'll act to ban TikTok in U.S. as soon as Saturday
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. Trump's comments came after published reports that the administration is planning to order ...
Japanese lawmakers seek tougher regulations on Chinese-made apps
The request appears to take aim at TikTok, an application that has already been banned in India.
TikTok, now banned in India, gave rural women fame, fun and more
When India banned TikTok, it closed a window to the wider world for legions of women outside the big cities that provided fun, fame and even fortune. The government outlawed the video-sharing platform, and 58 other Chinese apps, this month citing data security fears. TikTok is ...
Downloads of Japan's COVID-19 app slow despite rising infections
Downloads of Japan's coronavirus contact-tracing app have slowed since its debut last month, a blow to the government's aim to use smartphones to head off a second wave of infection. Just 27 positive cases have been registered through the app, named COCOA for Contact-Confirming Application, ...
Japan's contact-tracing app suspended again to fix input glitch preventing alerts
The health ministry has confirmed that the app isn't recognizing infected users' reference numbers when entered, crippling the notification process.
Japan hospital app lets nurses help isolated COVID-19 patients from afar
The app lets the isolated patients ask nurses for favors big and small while keeping physical contact to a minimum.
Amazon bans, then unbans TikTok app from employee mobile devices
In the span of a few hours on Friday, Amazon.com Inc. banned and then unbanned the TikTok video-sharing app from employee mobile devices, calling the move a mistake. The news generated widespread attention for the Chinese-owned social media platform coming the same week U.S. Secretary ...
Japan ministry issues infection codes for COVID-19 contact tracing app
The codes allow users to be warned by their smartphones if they spent 15 minutes within a meter of someone infected in the past 14 days.
India bans TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, citing security concerns
The move, announced days after border tensions in the Himalayas left 20 Indian soldiers dead, deals a blow to the most prominent names in Chinese technology.
Apps and gadgets to survive the ‘new normal’
Whether you’re worried about a resurgence in cases or just surviving Japan’s miserable summer, here’s some handy tech that will be able to help.
Japan's COVID-19 app reaches 4 million downloads in first week
Japan's COVID-19 contact-tracing app has been downloaded more than 4 million times since its launch a week ago as the government seeks to head off a second wave of infections now that businesses and schools have reopened. Health ministry official Yasuyuki Sahara said while there ...
