Social media companies pay $27 million to settle Kentucky school district's lawsuit over social media harms, records showMeta settled the case brought by Breathitt County School District on May 21, a few weeks before a planned June trial, following earlier set...
30 May, 2026, 07.04 AM IST
Democratic senator wants TikTok US JV, Oracle to answer questions on platform safeguardsSenator Ed Markey has sought answers from TikTok's US joint venture and Oracle. The focus is on the security of American user data and prev...
29 May, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
US stocks today: S&P 500 hits record closing high on AI optimism, Micron joins $1 trillion clubUS stocks closed mixed with Nasdaq and S&P 500 hitting record levels as AI-driven optimism lifted tech and chip stocks. Micron surged into ...
27 May, 2026, 01.38 AM IST
DeepSeek could be valued at up to $50 billion in first fundraising: SourcesChinese AI firm DeepSeek is seeking a massive valuation of up to fifty billion dollars in its first funding drive. The company aims to rais...
06 May, 2026, 08.52 PM IST
China to curb US investment in tech companies: ReportChina is set to block top tech firms, including AI startups, from taking US money without official clearance. Regulators have told companie...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
China to curb US investment in tech companies: ReportChinese regulators, including the National Development and Reform Commission, have recently instructed several private technology firms t...
24 Apr, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
ByteDance valued at $550 billion in proposed share sale by General AtlanticGeneral Atlantic, which first invested in ByteDance in 2017 when the company was valued at about $20 billion, started the process to sell s...
25 Feb, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
HSG's continuation fund to value ByteDance at up to $370 billion: ReportHSG, formerly Sequoia Capital China, is reportedly launching a new fund. This fund is expected to buy some of its shares in TikTok's parent...
07 Jan, 2026, 08.19 PM IST
TikTok US deal update: Oracle-led joint venture set to launch in 2026 – what this means for ByteDanceTikTok US deal 2026: TikTok is set to become a US joint venture. Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX will lead the new entity. American investors ...
19 Dec, 2025, 07.31 AM IST
TikTok parent ByteDance's valuation hits $300 billion, sources sayAfter proposing a share buyback program at $180.70 per share, ByteDance, parent company of TikTok has been valuing itself at $300 billion, ...
17 Nov, 2024, 01.10 PM IST
TikTok parent ByteDance's valuation hits $300 billion amid US ban uncertainty: reportByteDance investors have viewed President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House as an overall positive for TikTok's hopes in the U...
16 Nov, 2024, 11.25 PM IST
How a marked-up term sheet and messy rollout threw TikTok deal into disarrayWhat appeared as a coup clinched by Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc investment banker, did not hold. ByteDance would subsequently...
23 Sep, 2020, 10.34 PM IST
The math doesn’t add up on TikTok’s deal with Oracle and WalmartThe exact math may not matter very much, given Trump’s demand that China have no involvement in the new TikTok.
22 Sep, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
China's ByteDance says TikTok will be its subsidiary under deal with Donald TrumpTrump signed an executive order on Aug. 14 giving ByteDance 90 days to sell TikTok, amid concerns that the personal data of as many as 100 ...
21 Sep, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
How ByteDance's CEO Yiming Zhang balked at selling TikTok's U.S. businessChina's opposition to a forced sale of TikTok, as well as concerns by major ByteDance backers such as Sequoia and General Atlantic over the...
15 Sep, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
ByteDance investors seek to use stakes to finance TikTok bid - SourcesByteDance has been in talks to divest TikTok's North America, Australia and New Zealand operations to potential acquirers, including Micros...
24 Aug, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
China's ByteDance offers to forgo stake in TikTok to clinch US deal: SourcesUnder the new proposed deal, ByteDance would exit completely and Microsoft Corp would take over TikTok in the United States, the sources sa...
01 Aug, 2020, 07.05 PM IST