Microsoft's bid rejected
TikTok已拒绝微软收购
Microsoft on Sunday said ByteDance will not be selling TikTok's US operations to the company.
微软9月13日表示，字节跳动不会将TikTok美国业务出售给微软。
"ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok's US operations to Microsoft. We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok's users, while protecting national security interests," Microsoft said in a statement.
微软在一份声明中表示：“字节跳动今日已通知我们，不会将TikTok美国业务出售给微软。我们相信我们的提议将在保护国家安全利益的同时有利于TikTok用户。”

Another bidder for the wildly popular social media platform, Oracle, is gaining the upper hand as its negotiations for TikTok's US operations have intensified in recent days, Bloomberg reported.
彭博社援引知情人士的消息称，竞购这家广受欢迎的社交媒体平台的另一家公司——甲骨文近日正在加紧有关TikTok美国业务的谈判，该公司在竞购事宜上正取得优势。
US President Donald Trump set a deadline last month for TikTok to be sold to a US company by Sept 20 or face a ban.
美国总统特朗普上月设定9月20日为最后期限，要求字节跳动在这之前将TikTok出售给美国公司，否则该平台将遭禁用。