TikTok users fleeing the ByteDance-owned social platform ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on its future sent a rival Chinese app to the top of Apple’s charts in the US on Monday.

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.

A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign-made computer chips, will “sharply increase production’’ of semiconductors in the United States.

Shutdown in doubt as Biden suggests Trump could save app - Supreme Court is set to release at least one opinion on Friday morning

TikTok is to be banned in the US from Sunday if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company, the Supreme Court has ruled. However, President Joe Biden has said he will not enforce the ban for the few remaining hours he is in office, leaving it up to Donald Trump to decide what to do when he enters the White House on Monday.

ReelShort, another social media app, has also witnessed a spike in popularity amid the potential TikTok ban. It is currently sitting at seventh rank in the App Store and second on Google Play.

When India banned TikTok in June 2020, Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube gained big time. Will it be the same with the US suspension?

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RedNote, known as Xiaohongshu in China, is reaping the rewards of a potential TikTok ban in the US, with the competitor's users "migrating" over and encouraging others to follow suit. But why RedNote - and what is the app like?

Social media app TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, will be banned in the United States on Sunday unless a deal comes together to sell it to a U.S. investor or the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes.

The TikTok ban is just days away unless the Supreme Court or new legislation stops it. Here's where users are going.

President Biden will not enforce a US ban on TikTok - which is set to go into effect on Sunday, one day before he leaves office - according to reports citing the White House. The Supreme Court is weighing if the ban should go ahead on Sunday.