TikTok has had a wild start to 2025. The app was banned in the United States, went dark, then came back online. New users can't download it, since the app hasn't returned to U.S. app stores, but ...

A major shareholder of ByteDance, the Beijing-based owner of TikTok, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure the video-sharing app stays online in the US — and ...

Perplexity AI submitted a revised merger proposal to TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance as the popular video-sharing app stares down a national ban, according to multiple reports. Under the new ...

ByteDance, completes a divestiture that ends any operational or ownership ties to the Chinese government. The deadline for compliance was Jan. 19, 2025. The law was passed based on a concern that ...

U.S. search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok U.S., a source familiar with the company's plans ...

TikTok was banned and restored within the same weekend. Find out what other apps owned by ByteDance, are in limbo below. Why Was TikTok Banned in the U.S.? TikTok was banned in the U.S. due to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2025, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the ...

Perhaps the most appealing option for ByteDance could be if Trump blessed a merger between TikTok and Perplexity AI—a San Francisco-based AI search company worth about $9 billion that appears to ...

Video-sharing app TikTok wasn't the only platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance that went offline in the U.S. on Sunday. Several other apps, including the photo-sharing app Lemon8 ...

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and Douyin, will end the Lunar New Year tradition of giving red packets to employees from 2026, but will expand medical insurance for staff, according to an ...

General Atlantic CEO and ByteDance board member Bill Ford said Wednesday that he believes TikTok soon will reach a deal to remain in the U.S. “It’s in everybody’s interest,” Ford said at ...