Report: ByteDance sets aside about $20B for AI spending this year
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. has set aside 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) for its capital expenditure this year, ...
Marvel Snap, CapCut, Lemon8 and other ByteDance apps have also shut down in the US alongside TikTok
It’s been unclear in the leadup to the TikTok ban what the fate of parent company ByteDance’s other apps would be, but now we know: they’ve gone dark in the US too. At the same time TikTok went ...
Trump administration reportedly considering deal for Oracle to acquire TikTok
According to Reuters, the deal being negotiated by the White House would see ByteDance retaining a stake in the company — ...
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The rise - and potential fall - of TikTok in the US
Challenges came in tandem with TikTok’s success. U.S. officials expressed concerns about the company’s roots and ownership, pointing to laws in China that require Chinese companies to hand over data ...
Trump says Microsoft eyeing TikTok bid to keep app in US
Microsoft Corp. is in talks to acquire the US arm of ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, President Donald Trump said Monday night, ...
TikTok Return Draws Scrutiny of Trump’s, Beijing’s Stance
Donald Trump pledged Sunday to delay enforcement of a national security law that threatened to ban TikTok, but it’s not clear that the app’s Chinese parent company has satisfied the requirements ...
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Bytedance Ltd
Under the deal being negotiated, TikTok's owner ByteDance would retain a stake in the company, but data collection and software updates would be overseen by Oracle. U.S. businessman Frank McCourt ...
TikTok goes dark in the US with a bunch of other ByteDance apps
TikTok has shut down in the US, and the app is no longer available to download on mobile. The company has now pinned its hopes on President-elect Donald Trump.
TikTok Ban: Apple Issues ‘Unprecedented’ Response For iPhone Users
As for Apple’s unprecedented action, this was spotted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in a post on X, who pointed out that Apple ...
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All the Apps ByteDance Operates in the US
such as TikTok and any successor application or service and any other application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Ltd. or an entity under the control of ByteDance Ltd." Since then ...
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Perplexity Said to Submit Bid to Merge With TikTok’s US Unit
Perplexity AI submitted a bid to TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd., to merge with its US operations and create a new entity, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The structure would allo ...
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Apple lists all apps it removed alongside TikTok in the US
Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others ...