Tech giant Microsoft is in discussions to buy TikTok, the popular social media app known for its short videos. This revelation came from U.S. President Donald Trump, who confirmed that the company ...

Microsoft is in discussion to buy TikTok for a purported price of $100 billion (£80bn), US President Donald Trump revealed in a conversation with reporters yesterday. Microsoft has declined to ...

President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment.

Microsoft, along with Walmart, made a failed bid for TikTok during Trump’s first term after Trump tried to ban the app. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella later described it as the “strangest thing I ...

Microsoft’s Previous Bid For TikTok In 2020 This isn’t the first time Microsoft has eyed buying TikTok, as the U.S. government has been demanding for years that ByteDance sell its U.S. operations.

This isn’t the first time that Microsoft has shown interest in TikTok. Way back in 2020, the Chinese social media platform was firmly in the sights of Donald Trump, who declared his plan to ban it.

President Donald Trump said Monday evening that Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.