Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Monday, the final day of August 2020.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

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C. M. thinks the whole Tik-Tok acquisition saga may be very near an end, which would be nice. Sources are telling C.M.C. that Tik-Toc has indeed chosen a buyer for its U.S. New Zealand

and Australian businesses expected to be sold as a package in the 20 to 30

billion dollar range and the identity of the suitor

could be revealed as soon as tomorrow Tuesday.

Quote, however even though Tik-Tok has selected a bidder the deal could be

slowed or derailed by the Chinese government,

which updated its technology export list on Friday to include artificial intelligence technology

used by Tic-Toc.

Tic-Toc's parent company, Bight Dance, said over the weekend that it would need a license from the Chinese government before it can sell to a U.S. company, end quote.

Yeah, that's a little wrinkle there. The Chinese government appears to be leaning on

Tik-Toc suddenly to not do any deal. According to the Wall Street Journal, China's

state media quoted a government advisor who said bite dance should study

China's newly released export list and

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