Oracle Joins Microsoft in Potentially Acquiring TikTok
Oracle is reportedly joining Microsoft to possibly acquire the Chinese-owned video platform TikTok. In a report from Financial Times, Oracle has had preliminary discussions with TikTok parent company ByteDance on a possible acquisition. Oracle has expressed interest in purchasing the app's operations in the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Sources have said that Oracle...
Larry Ellison Recounts Making Plan With Steve Jobs to Save Apple at USC Commencement Speech
Earlier today, Oracle co-founder and billionaire Larry Ellison gave a commencement speech at the University of Southern California, where he recounted forming a plan to save Apple with his best friend, Steve Jobs. In 1995, Ellison and Jobs went on a hike in Castle Rock State Park. “If there was something that Steve wanted to talk...
Oracle Begins Including Ask.com Adware in Java Installer for Mac OS X
Oracle has started including the same annoying adware it has been bundling with its Windows installer for past many years, in the default installer of Java for OS X using the same deceptive techniques that convince users to install the unwanted add-on, ZDNet is reporting. Apparently the latest release of Java for Mac includes the Ask.com adware...