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With TikTok poised to sell its non-Chinese assets to Microsoft or Oracle, China took steps to intervene in any deal.

Facebook says that Apple rejected an app update that informed its own customers about Apple’s App Store fees.

It’s a battle that Microsoft should clearly win. By allowing Oracle to waste $20 billion or more on the controversial TikTok service.

According to a report, Microsoft originally only wanted to make an investment in TikTok and not a controversial acquisition. But then things got messy.

As promised, TikTok has sued the U.S. government for attempting to ban its social media app in the United States without due process.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has weighed in on the antitrust scrutiny facing Big Tech. His take: They all “deserve rude, unfair, and tough questions."

A more suitable suitor for beleaguered social network TikTok has emerged: According to reports, Twitter has now spoken to the firm about a sale.

A new report claims that Microsoft is attempting to purchase TikTok’s entire global business and not just its U.S.-based assets.

A class-action lawsuit involving 20 US-based families claims that TikTok steals private data and sends it to servers in China.

Multiple reports claim that Microsoft is seriously considering acquiring TikTok, the controversial social networking platform.

Yesterday, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Google’s Sundar Pichai all testified before Congress.

Companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google use a strategy called “copy, acquire, kill” to eliminate potential rivals. Sound familiar?

A Bloomberg report claims that employees warned Twitter about security issues at the service for at least five years to no avail.

Two separate reports state that Microsoft has stopped advertising on Facebook’s services because it publishes hate speech and misinformation.

The desktop versions of the Opera web browser now integrate Instagram into the sidebar alongside popular messaging services.

Facebook's experiments lab releases a new Apple Watch app that lets users communicate with their closest friend from their Watch via Messenger.

Instagram continues to push IGTV forward, introduces new redesign that adds a Discover tab to help users discover more content and creators on the app.

Facebook's latest Digital Health feature is a Screen Time-ripoff that allows users to block distractions for a certain period of time everyday and mute all those annoying Facebook notifications.

Facebook launches a new standalone Messenger app for Windows and Mac after the company saw more than a 100% increase in calling on desktop browsers over the last month.

As part of Facebook's commitment to prevent coronavirus misinformation, Instagram is taking new steps to protect users on its platform. It's also introducing new features to promote social distancing.

Facebook's new F5 redesign -- built almost entirely on the React framework -- is rolling out to everyone now, but you can start using it today.

Instagram is testing yet another feature copied straight from Snapchat. This time, it's a new ephemeral messaging mode for Instagram Direct that's a popular Snapchat feature.

Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube release joint statement on coronavirus misinformation, stating they are working together to prevent misinformation about the virus on their online platforms.

Facebook continues to unify its Stories experience, will soon allow users to automatically cross-post their stories from Facebook to Instagram.

Twitter is finally getting a Stories-like format, and it seems really promising. The new feature, called Fleets, is only being tested in Brazil and allows users to publish disappearing tweets.

WhatsApp is finally getting a new dark mode on Android and iOS. It's designed to reduce eye fatigue and has a different look on Android and iOS.

Facebook's rewritten Messenger app reduces the codebase by 84%, allowing the app to be smaller, faster, and simpler to use as Facebook looks to unify its messaging services.