ByteDance said it is shuttering its music streaming service, TikTok Music, in November. The service was available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico. (TechCrunch) TikTok Music's shuttering marks the end of a four-year…
A profile of French billionaire Xavier Niel, a driving force of French AI and ByteDance's newest board member, who believes Europe should pursue homegrown AI — The TikTok owner's newest board member revels in challenging the establishment.…
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant, has reportedly refuted claims of developing its own AI semiconductors, saying that it has no plans to replace NVIDIA. ByteDance Isn't "Ditching" NVIDIA Too Quickly For Now, But The Firm Has Semiconductor…
TikTok parent company ByteDance is developing two AI GPUs that will be made at TSMC on its 5nm process node, expected to enter mass production in 2026. Continue reading at TweakTown >
Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, spurred a creator economy with more than 700 million active users. The social media video app, owned by ByteDance has parental controls and even time limits. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer details…
The controversial TikTok ban in the US will be settled in the US Court. Depending on the decision, this will dictate if the app will leave or stay soon.
As TikTok heads to court on Monday to argue against a U.S. ban, parent company ByteDance’s newer social app, Lemon8, is once again surging to the top of the App Store in the U.S. The push is due, in part, to increased advertising.…
Sources: ByteDance aims to mass produce two AI chips designed alongside TSMC in 2026; a source says ByteDance plans to order several hundred thousand — TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is accelerating efforts to make its own artificial…
A three-judge federal appeals court panel will hear ByteDance's fight to continue operating the video social media app TikTok in the United States without selling its assets.
Pico 4 Ultra review: with imprecise hand tracking and few good MR apps, ByteDance's $600 headset is far behind the Quest 3 and works well only as a PC VR device — Our review of the Pico 4 Ultra shows that despite more power and mixed…
French billionaire Xavier Niel is joining the board of directors of TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, the company told the South China Morning Post. It’s an interesting move as Niel isn’t a name that comes up very often for high-profile board…
Sources: ByteDance is tapping Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan for a $9.5B loan, the biggest dollar-denominated corporate loan in Asia, excluding Japan — - Loan carries greenshoe option that allows size to increase — Citigroup,…
Coatue founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance following a report that Coatue was considering selling a portion of its ByteDance stake — Coatue Management founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance, the…
ByteDance’s appeal against a US TikTok ban is underway, and the company has accused the Department of Justice of factual errors in presenting its case – intended to force the sale of the app to an American company.
Mercedes-Benz has struck a partnership with the cloud unit of ByteDance, which owns popular short video apps TikTok and Douyin, for "cooperation and exploration" of large language models (LLMs), generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)…
TikTok has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees in South Africa and Nigeria amid its ongoing restructuring efforts. It is expected that the TikTok layoffs would affect more employees in this quarter of 2024.