Covid UK: How ‘Oracle’ scientist battled virus himself before launching symptom-tracking app

The scientist whose Covid-tracking app established that loss of smell is a key symptom has said that 80 per cent of people who enter intensive care units with coronavirus are obese and are more likely to die. King’s College London epidemiologist Professor Tim Spector, 62, said he suffered very mild Covid while he was developing … Read more

Trump gives TikTok deal with Oracle and Walmart his blessing

Donald Trump says he has approved a deal which will see Oracle lead a coalition to buy TikTok from Chinese company ByteDance. Last month Trump ordered that ByteDance sell TikTok, or else it would be shut down in the United States. About 100 million Americans use TikTok and U.S. officials have expressed concern about user data … Read more

Trump says TikTok deal with Oracle is ‘very close’ amid plans for business to be headquartered in US

Silicon Valley tech giant Oracle is ‘very close’ to sealing a deal to become the US partner to Chinese-owned video app TikTok to avert a ban in the United States, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Trump’s comments came a day after US officials confirmed that Oracle was set to make a deal with TikTok parent … Read more

TikTok to have US HQ and Oracle as minority shareholder to avoid ban

TikTok will be restructured as part of a new company headquartered in the United States while Oracle, which will own a minority stake, will manage Americans’ user data in hopes of winning the approval of President Trump, it has been reported. The changes are part of an agreement between Oracle and TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company, … Read more

Oracle wins bidding for TikTok’s US operations after the app rejected Microsoft two days before ban

Computer software company Oracle has won the bidding for TikTok‘s US operations, a source told the Wall Street Journal.   It comes a week before President Donald Trump promises to follow through with a plan to ban the Chinese-owned app in the US. A person familiar with the matter told the WSJ that Oracle will be … Read more

Oracle wins bidding for TikTok’s US operations

Oracle ‘wins bid to buy TikTok’s US operation’ after the Chinese app rejected Microsoft – two days before Trump’s deadline for sale of controversial app Source claimed Oracle won bidding for Chinese-owned TikTok’s US operations Microsoft had said earlier Sunday its bid to buy the app had been rejected Comes a week before Trump promises … Read more

TikTok will be sold in a $20-30billion deal ‘in the coming days and Oracle is favored buyer’

TikTok will be sold in ’48 hours’ and Trump-backed Oracle is the ‘favored buyer with a $20billion cash and stock deal’ – as Microsoft and Walmart team up for their bid TikTok’s US arm will be sold in the next 48 hours to either Oracle – owned by Trump donor Larry Ellison – or Microsoft … Read more