It has also raised around $917 million in venture funding to date, with many notable names backing it, including Tencent, Alibaba, ZhenFund, DST, HongShan and Temasek, TechCrunch reported.

US president-elect Donald Trump appears to have proposed the government he will soon lead should acquire half of ...

While many Chinese apps have failed to succeed outside of China, most notably Tencent’s WeChat, TikTok managed to push itself into the overseas market through the acquisition of Musical.ly in November ...

We also hear from our partners at The Economist (good news for Prosus); the Financial Times (on Musk and Tik Tok) plus an arrest warrant issued by Mali for South Africa’s most successful mining ...

There was a report from Bloomberg that China was considering selling Tik Tok USA to Elon Musk X. This was later denied by Tik Tok. Kevin O’leary is part of group that has put up $20 billion to buy ...

A looming U.S. TikTok ban is starting to sink in for content creators whose livelihoods rely on the popular video app. The ban is expected to take effect on Jan. 19, after the Supreme Court heard ...

Supreme Court justices posed tough questions to the lawyer representing TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on Friday over a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short ...

As the impending TikTok ban looms over the social media platform, Kesha is reminding fans of the OG "TiK ToK." The star took shared a video on Thursday (Jan. 16), soundtracked by her breakthrough hit.

The future of TikTok's operations in US hangs in the balance, but a new proposal has emerged in a deal put together by Chinese officials thrusting Elon Musk into the spotlight once again. The ...

The TikTok ban is swiftly approaching on Jan. 19. But there’s plenty of uncertainty about what will actually happen to the app on that day. TIME talked to experts, who contend that regardless of ...

Also, Los Angeles firefighters worked to contain the city’s largest fires. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. By Matthew Cullen The Supreme Court appeared inclined today to uphold a law ...

Reported by CBS News, representatives from TikTok have today said that they will proceed with shutting down the hugely popular social media app in the U.S. only ten days from now on January 19th ...