By merging with the U.S. arm of TikTok, Perplexity could emerge as a stronger search rival to Alphabet, a potential blow to Google stock.

The Supreme Court seemed to lean Thursday toward upholding a law forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell off TikTok, with all nine justices indicating national security concerns posed by the social media app outweighed potential threats to free speech.

"You're ignoring the major concern here" of China manipulating content through TikTok's industry-envied algorithm and harvesting user data, Chief Justice John Roberts tells TikTok lawyer, Trump's former solicitor general.

US tech multibillionaires — including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos — were given prime positions at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, in an unprecedented demonstration of their power and influence in the White House.

A majority of the justices appeared more concerned about the national security implications of the popular app’s Chinese ownership than about the restrictions on free speech the law would impose.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew is expected to accept an invitation from President-elect Donald Trump to attend his inauguration.

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Friday debating whether to uphold the law requiring TikTok to be sold by ByteDance or shut down in the U.S. on Jan. 19.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of which will be centred on artificial intelligence, two people briefed on the matter said.

President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April.

Many MAGA fans at the U.S. Capitol on Monday were skeptical of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon's Jeff Bezos suddenly backing Trump.

The biggest tech leaders of Silicon Valley got a front-row seat at President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. There has been a sudden support this administration has