As TikTok faces a ban, creators brace for an uncertain future
"Influencer marketing is not going away, and marketing dollars are not going to stop flowing into the creator economy," Berkowitz said. "But if TikTok is banned, they'll certainly shift that spend to ...
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TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 billion on AI chips in 2025, FT reports
Jan 21 (Reuters) - ByteDance is placing a big bet on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure as the TikTok parent plans to spend more than $12 billion on AI in 2025, the Financial Times ...
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences
The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2025, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the ...
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ByteDance’s Apps: Capcut, Lemon 8 & More Aside From TikTok
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 ...
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It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too
TikTok is no longer available in the United States—at least for now. But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s currently blocked for US-based users. Shortly before the federally ...
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Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US amid looming ban, source says
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 ...
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TikTok Ban: Full List of Other Apps That Have Gone Dark
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 ...
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These Billionaires, Companies And Investors—Elon Musk, Kevin O’Leary And More—Could Buy TikTok As Ban Starts
The AI search engine startup Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted a bid to merge with TikTok, as other companies and billionaires have rumored to be, or have expressed in, buying ByteDance’s ...
Tracking Donald Trump's complete position change on banning TikTok in the US
In July 2020, then-President Donald Trump told reporters he would ban TikTok. The next month, he signed an executive order ...
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ByteDance Unveils Upgraded Model Behind Its AI Chatbot
TikTok owner ByteDance has released upgrades to its large language model, which powers its AI chatbot, marking the social media giant's latest efforts to lead the global AI race. ByteDance's ...
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Several ByteDance published apps return to U.S. users
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — With TikTok’s return after an hours-long ban, other apps produced by ByteDance were still forbidden. Until very recently. According to a report from The Verge ...
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CapCut is back online in the US
CapCut, the ByteDance-owned video editing app that’s subject to the same ban as TikTok, is working again in the US. Users who have the app downloaded have seen a notice on Tuesday welcoming them ...