BBC News20 hours agoWhat happens if TikTok is banned?verified_publisherBBC News - Tom Gerken & Liv McMahonTikTok will be banned in the US on 19 January - unless the Supreme Court accepts a last ditch legal bid from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, that to do so would be unconstitutional. But even if the country's highest judicial authority agrees with the lower courts - and Congress - that the platform is …
BBC News1 day agoUS markets watchdog sues Musk over Twitter stake disclosureverified_publisherBBC News - João da SilvaThe US markets watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk alleging he failed to disclose that he had amassed a stake in Twitter, allowing him to buy shares at "artificially low prices." The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit alleges that the multi-billionaire Tesla boss saved $150m …
BBC News1 day agoGoogle faces UK investigation over search dominanceverified_publisherBBC News - Liv McMahonThe UK's competition watchdog has launched an investigation into whether Google has too much power in online search. Google accounts for 90% of UK web searches - the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking at whether it is using that dominant position to harm competition or choice for …
BBC News2 days agoTikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban loomsverified_publisherBBC News - Koh EweTikTok users in the US are migrating to a Chinese app called RedNote with the threat of a ban just days away. The move by users who call themselves "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store on Monday. RedNote is a TikTok competitor popular with young people in …
BBC News2 days agoTikTok says report of possible sale to Musk 'pure fiction'verified_publisherBBC News - João da SilvaTikTok has called a report that China is considering allowing a sale of the social media company's US operations to Elon Musk "pure fiction." The firm's comments came in response to a report by Bloomberg that Chinese officials are weighing an option that could see its business in America being sold …
BBC News2 days agoGPs turn to AI to help with patient workloadverified_publisherBBC News - Suzanne BearneThis is the fifth feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments. The difficulty of getting an appointment with a GP is a familiar gripe in the UK. Even when an appointment is secured, the rising workload faced by doctors means those meetings can be …
