Whether TikTok can be downloaded on a new phone depends on your device, as it’s currently removed from app stores. Details.

This has two knock-on effects that are much longer term. First, we now know that a U.S. TikTok ban will be difficult to bypass if it comes back — and the same will be true for any other Chinese (or other) app banned in the same way. There are some options, as I reported over the weekend, but none of them are especially compelling.

APKMirror, a popular destination for Android users to safely sideload apps on their smartphones, is blocking downloads of TikTok and Lemon8, citing the new law in the U.S. Interestingly, other TikTok apps are not blocked,

The ongoing feud between the U.S. government and TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, began in 2020, when President Donald Trump proposed the first ban on TikTok in the U.S., claiming it threatened national security.

According to a new report, the new AI company on the block, DeepSeek, poses a massive security risk to just about everyone.

The impending TikTok ban has resulted in opportunistic behaviors where people on eBay are selling smartphones with the app preinstalled.

Three days after ByteDance's TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived in the United States, users who deleted the app were anxiously checking iPhone and Android devices to find it still unavailable to be downloaded again.

The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok. Before the app goes dark on Sunday, you’re probably wondering how to back up the dozens, hundreds, or even

With a TikTok ban looming in the United States and the app’s future unknown, now might be a good time to save your work while you can.

As Chinese AI application DeepSeek attracts hordes of American users, Trump administration officials, lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are expressing concern that the technology could pose a threat to U.

This isn’t just about the TikTok precedent here. It’s about reciprocity, considering that China doesn’t allow products like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Meta AI. Apple Intelligence is also unavailable in China, as Apple has to partner with a local AI provider to release it. By the way, TikTok is also unavailable in China.