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Microsoft walked away from a $3 billion Oracle cloud deal because of a security framework Oracle wouldn't build

Microsoft walked away from a proposed Oracle cloud lease worth more than $3 billion because Oracle's public cloud did not have FedRAMP certification. For Oracle, that is not a footnote. It is the kind ...
IEEE

Dual Context Representation Learning Framework for Entity Alignment

Abstract: Entity alignment, which aims to identify entities with the same meaning in different Knowledge Graphs (KGs), is a key step in knowledge integration. Despite the promising results achieved by ...
MarketWatch

Oracle investors are eager for a TikTok deal. A fresh delay calls that into question.

As Oracle Corp. and TikTok’s parent ByteDance work toward a pivotal deal to save the app, the White House extended the deadline for a potential U.S. ban to Dec. 16. On Tuesday afternoon, Trump issued ...
NPR

Paramount and Warner Bros' deal is about merging studios, and a whole lot more

Warner Bros. Discovery's blockbuster announcement Thursday that it would accept Paramount Skydance's takeover bid shouldn't be thought of simply as seeking to unify two major Hollywood players, two ...
TechCrunch

Here’s what you should know about the US TikTok deal

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese government. On ...
NPR

TikTok finalizes deal to form new American entity

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years. The social video platform company signed ...
The New York Times

TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga

The Chinese parent company of the popular video app said a group of non-Chinese investors would create an American TikTok to avoid a federal ban. Credit...Timo Lenzen Supported by By David McCabe and ...
The Verge

The TikTok deal is done, finally

TikTok is now under new ownership in the US, but what happens next? TikTok is now under new ownership in the US, but what happens next? is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, ...
Retail TouchPoints

UPDATE: TikTok Parent Agrees to Sell U.S. Operations to Investor Group

[Update as of Dec. 22, 2025] TikTok has reportedly signed on to a deal approved by President Donald Trump in September 2025 that would limit ByteDance — TikTok’s Chinese owner — to a 20% stake in a ...
Engadget

We have more details on the TikTok deal, including some ownership statistics

TikTok has signed a deal to spin off its American business, according to reporting from Associated Press and others. This should keep the popular social media app available in the US for good, capping ...