• How the million-mile battery could lead to Teslas lasting a lifetime

    How the million-mile battery could lead to Teslas lasting a lifetime

    In April, Elon Musk promised a battery that could power Teslas for more than 1 million miles over the course of their lifespan.
  • Silicon Valley ‘Texit’ Is Real: Here’s Who’s Going and Where

    Silicon Valley ‘Texit’ Is Real: Here’s Who’s Going and Where

    Elon Musk, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Oracle — high tech’s exodus from Silicon Valley for Texas is gaining momentum.
  • After Tesla, Hewlett Packard, now Oracle moving from California to Texas

    After Tesla, Hewlett Packard, now Oracle moving from California to Texas

    Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is Tesla's second largest individual shareholder behind Musk
  • Trump administration to ban TikTok app downloads starting Sunday: report

    Trump administration to ban TikTok app downloads starting Sunday: report

    The Trump administration will issue an order banning Americans from downloading TikTok as the video-sharing app rushes to seal a deal with US software giant Oracle, a new report says. The Friday order from the US Commerce Department will ban Apple and Google from offering TikTok — along with another Chinese-owned app, WeChat — on …
  • President Trump doesn’t want ByteDance to be TikTok’s majority owner

    President Trump doesn’t want ByteDance to be TikTok’s majority owner

    President Trump said he doesn’t want ByteDance to be TikTok’s majority owner under the Chinese tech giant’s proposed partnership with Oracle. Reports this week have indicated ByteDance wants a majority stake in a new US-based company set up to run TikTok’s global business — a proposal Trump said he “conceptually” didn’t like. “If that’s the …
  • Chinese Firm ByteDance Would Retain Majority TikTok Stake in Deal with Oracle

    Chinese Firm ByteDance Would Retain Majority TikTok Stake in Deal with Oracle

    National security regulators are reviewing a proposal that would leave ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, with a majority ownership stake in the short-form social media app. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or Cfius, reviewed the deal that includes California- based tech firm Oracle’s bid to …
  • Larry Kudlow says US in ‘deep review’ of TikTok’s deal with Oracle

    Larry Kudlow says US in ‘deep review’ of TikTok’s deal with Oracle

    White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Wednesday said the US was in a “deep review process” of a deal Oracle struck with the popular video-sharing app TikTok’s Chinese parent company. Kudlow says “security and ownership” were important to President Trump in the review process. Earlier Wednesday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the …
  • Sen. Josh Hawley urges feds to reject Oracle deal with TikTok

    Sen. Josh Hawley urges feds to reject Oracle deal with TikTok

    Sen. Josh Hawley called on the feds to shoot down TikTok’s proposed partnership with Oracle because it would keep the popular short-video app tethered to its Chinese owner. The Missouri Republican laid out his concerns in a Monday letter urging the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US to reject TikTok parent ByteDance’s proposal to …
  • TikTok, Oracle face several hurdles to keep deal alive

    TikTok, Oracle face several hurdles to keep deal alive

    TikTok has found a dance partner to keep it going in the US — but it has to convince the feds not to let the deal flop. American software firm Oracle said it would become the “trusted technology provider” for ByteDance — the Chinese tech giant behind the popular app known for its viral dance …
  • Oracle confirms deal to become TikTok’s ‘technology provider’ in US

    Oracle confirms deal to become TikTok’s ‘technology provider’ in US

    Software giant Oracle confirmed Monday that it has reached a deal with TikTok parent ByteDance to become the Chinese firm’s “trusted technology provider” in the US. The California-based company said Beijing-based ByteDance had submitted the proposed deal to the US Treasury Department over the weekend as it faced a Sept. 20 deadline to dump TikTok’s …