Lord Peter Mandelson will still hold shares in the lobbying firm he co-founded as he takes up his new post as the UK’s ambassador in Washington, despite the company’s work for Chinese clients like ...

A growing number of researchers fear that the controversial app is promoting pro-China content and softening attitudes ...

Plus, Joe Biden leaves the White House, Wall Street banks report earnings, and confidential MI5 files are made public ...

Donald Trump has held his first call with China’s President Xi Jinping since leaving the White House in 2021, days before a top Chinese official visits Washington to attend the US president-elect’s ...

TikTok’s owners are in a race against the clock. A law will likely take effect on Sunday that requires TikTok’s US operations to be sold or it’ll be outlawed in the country. The Chinese government is ...

Saudi Aramco is to expand its investments in lithium production, officials in Beijing are discussing using Elon Musk as a broker in a potential sale of TikTok’s US operations, and KPMG could soon ...

Officials in Beijing are discussing using Elon Musk as a broker in a potential sale of TikTok’s US operations, days before the Chinese-owned social media app faces a ban from Washington, according to ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Donald Trump’s inauguration, and TikTok begins restoring US service after briefly going dark ...

Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect ...

This season of Tech Tonic is presented by Murad Ahmed, and produced by Persis Love. Edwin Lane is the senior producer and Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Sound design by Breen Turner, ...