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TikTok owner ByteDance launches share buyback after shelving IPO plans: Report
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of short video platform giant TikTok, launched a share buyback this week for current and former employees, two people ...
Bytedance boss exits at time of uncertainty for Chinese tech firms
Analysis: political undercurrents cannot be ignored as Zhang Yiming stands down to ‘daydream’
Shein overtakes Amazon as the most installed shopping app in US – TechCrunch
Shein‘s quiet rise has reached a crescendo as the fast fashion e-commerce app takes the crown from Amazon as the most downloaded shopping app on iOS and Android in the United States, according to data from app tracking firms App Annie and SensorTower. Its ascent is quiet because the startup, despite reportedly exceeding a $15 […]
TikTok owner ByteDance continues legal battle against Tencent over fair use
ByteDance asserts that its Douyin Huoshan Version app does not infringe any intellectual property rights, arguing that users own the copyright of the content they create.
TikTok owner ByteDance takes on Tencent after acquiring major mobile gaming studio
ByteDance has acquired a major gaming studio called Moonton highlighting its ambitions in the video game industry and pitting it against Chinese giant Tencent.
ByteDance agrees to US$92 million privacy settlement with US TikTok users
The lawsuits claimed the software ‘infiltrates devices’ and extracts private data, including biometric data, which is used to track and profile the owners.
TikTok said to get new head to oversee ‘secret sauce’ algorithm
Zhu Wenjia, who currently leads ByteDance news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, will supervise TikTok’s product and technologies, Reuters reports.
ByteDance names head of China news unit as global TikTok R&D chief: sources
Beijing-based ByteDance plans to move the chief of its Chinese news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, Zhu Wenjia, to Singapore to head global research and development for its hit short video app TikTok, two people familiar with the matter said. The role is newly created and would...
ByteDance not in preliminary talks to list TikTok on NYSE: source
ByteDance is not in preliminary discussions about listing video app TikTok on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a person familiar with the matter said, following a Chinese media report that talks were underway.
ByteDance in early talks to list Douyin in New York, source says
Douyin would be the first initial public offering by a Chinese social-media network in the US, giving American investors a piece of one of the most successful apps in the world’s largest internet market.
China court accepts ByteDance case filing against Tencent over alleged monopoly
ByteDance is bringing its battle with archrival Tencent to the court at a time when the Chinese government moves to curve the power of the country’s internet behemoths. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court has permitted a ByteDance lawsuit brought against Tencent to proceed, a ByteDance spokesperson confirmed with TechCrunch. Upstart new media company ByteDance alleged […]
The China lobby: TikTok parent boosts K-street spending tenfold
Alibaba and Tencent accelerated expenditures while Huawei cut 80%
Prize-winning female bodybuilder with one leg wins hearts in China
School bullies tormented Gui Yuna after she lost her right leg when she was hit by a truck aged seven. She went on to become a Paralympian and at 35 she is finding success in bodybuilding – and has a sizeable online following.
Chinese granny’s home was ‘suffocating’ – so she’s on a solo road trip
Her fans online are calling her live-streamed self-drive journey part of China’s growing feminist awakening. For Su Min, 56, her road trip is simply the first time she’s put her own needs before anyone else’s.
Walmart is bringing livestream shopping to TikTok on Friday
It's the first time TikTok has hosted a shoppable livestream in the U.S.
Walmart partners with TikTok to sell merchandise while livestreaming
Walmart Inc, which is looking to invest in TikTok, said on Thursday it would partner with the Chinese-owned video-sharing app to sell items seen ...
Second US judge blocks Commerce Department curbs on TikTok
Court says agency 'overstepped' authority on ban of ByteDance-owned video app
TikTok divestiture deadline passes but talks will continue
Sources say no extension on way as US seeks to resolve 'national security risks'
TikTok has 2 more weeks to unload US operations, regulators say
Pressure mounts on video app as it now faces Nov. 27 deadline to complete deal with Oracle
TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up
The deadline to sell US assets expires this week
