In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Uber, the lawmakers express concerns about the companies making contributions to “avoid scrutiny, limit regulation, and buy favor.” These sizable donations surpass the amount most of these companies contributed to President Joe Biden’s inauguration fund in 2021.

Even with any assurances from Donald Trump, companies like Apple, Google, and Oracle would be taking a risk by not complying with the TikTok ban.

"I had a chance to go have a long and actually quite intriguing dinner with him," Gates told The Wall Street Journal.

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

It is unclear if Mr. Trump, who has previously said he will spare the social media platform, will or can stop the ban.

Google is donating $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, joining Meta and other tech giants

"How tall is Barron Trump?" is a viral topic. Google listed Donald and Melania's son as 6-foot-9 two months after news reports said he was 6-foot-7.

Inauguration Day 2017: 10-year-old Barron Trump was almost as tall as his parents, Donald and Melania Trump. Now 18, he's a 6-foot-9-inch NYU student.

Meta, Apple, Google and other tech companies have been named in a letter penned by Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of cozying up to President-elect Trump.

US aviation giant Boeing has told BBC News it is donating $1m (£812,600) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. Google and Microsoft have also confirmed they have made similar donations as the firms join a growing list of major American companies contributing to the fund.

The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.