Microsoft wants to be hip and cool.
What you need to know
TikTok is a hip and happenin` social network that is positively rad with gen-Z kids.
The US government is, however, unhappy that TikTok`s data is stored in China.
To that end, the previous administration forced TikTok to do a deal with a US-based cloud provider, Oracle.
The new Biden administration, however, may cancel that deal in favor of another company.
Fox Business sources reckon Microsoft may still have a chance to land the deal instead.
Well, this is one story that doesn`t seem to want to die. According to sources speaking to Fox Business, Microsoft may be gearing up to have another crack at TikTok, which is still pursuing a hosting deal with US-based cloud provider Oracle.
In case you missed last summer`s drama, the former US presidential administration forced TikTok`s US operations to enter into a cloud provision deal with a US-based provider. This was over general privacy and national security concerns, given...
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