A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet.
Category: TikTok (ByteDance)
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How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs
The future of the popular video app is now at the center of a geopolitical tussle between Washington and Beijing.
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With TikTok Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge
The video app is barreling toward a Saturday deadline to change its ownership under federal law or face a ban in the United States.
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After Briefly Disappearing, TikTok Went Back to Normal. Or Did It?
TikTok’s future is in limbo as another deadline looms. For some users, nothing has been the same since those 14 hours in January anyway.
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Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
The e-commerce giant put in a last-minute offer for the popular video app, according to three people familiar with the talks. TikTok faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.
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How Trump Could Make Larry Ellison the Next Media Mogul
The co-founder of Oracle and friend of President Trump, who was a flamboyant fixture in the 1990s, has returned to the spotlight through — of all things — TikTok.
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Trump Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate
They are expected to convene on Wednesday to discuss a potential sale of the app, which faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.
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Blackstone Considers Small Investment in TikTok
The private equity giant is considering investing as the video app works to follow a law that requires it to separate from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, by next week.
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Trump Floats Chinese Tariff Cuts in Exchange for TikTok Deal
The social media app could shut down on April 5 unless it is sold to a new non-Chinese owner. Mr. Trump issued an order delaying the enforcement of a federal ban, and told reporters he could extend that delay, if necessary.
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TikTok Ads Portray App as Force for Good as US Ban Looms
The popular video app, which could be banned in the United States next month if it is not sold to a non-Chinese owner, is portraying itself as a savior of Americans and a champion of small businesses in a new campaign.
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Millennials and Gen Z Are Fighting Again. This Time About Gym Clothes.
Are you team tight-on-tight or tight-on-baggy?
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Anglerfish That Surfaced Inspires Emotional Reactions on TikTok
An eerie looking creature from the ocean’s depths has become an unwitting inspiration for extreme emotions.