Thailand's SiamAI denies exporting US AI servers to ChinaBangkok-based SiamAI has denied allegations of exporting AI servers to China, stating full compliance with US export control laws. The comp...
09 May, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
How China block of AI deal could stop 'Singapore-washing'China has blocked Meta's acquisition of Singapore-based AI firm Manus, signaling a crackdown on "Singapore-washing." This move, aimed at pr...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.35 AM 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 quietly rolls out SeeDance 2.0 globallyThe SeeDance 2.0 model was launched in China last month, both stunning and spooking the entertainment industry with its ability to produce ...
26 Mar, 2026, 05.28 PM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok, a global social video app owned by China-based ByteDance, faces a potential ban in the US unless sold to a US owner. Concerns about...
18 Jan, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
US court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in SeptemberA U.S. appeals court sets a fast-track schedule to consider challenges to a new law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by J...
29 May, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail: reportByteDance considers shutting down TikTok over U.S. ban legislation, unlikely to sell due to crucial algorithms. China opposes forced sale. ...
26 Apr, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
Timeline: ByteDance founder who put TikTok on global map to quit as CEOZhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulators
20 May, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
ByteDance files for China nod to export TikTok techThe company said it filed the request with the city's commerce bureau after China tightened restrictions on the export of certain technolog...
24 Sep, 2020, 11.28 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
Beijing unlikely to approve ByteDance's TikTok deal with Oracle, according to Global TimesByteDance has said it will create a U.S. subsidiary partly owned by U.S. majors Oracle and Walmart and managed mainly by Americans, to paci...
22 Sep, 2020, 10.18 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
ByteDance says proposal for TikTok partnership will need both Chinese and U.S. approvalThe proposal, submitted to the Trump administration over the weekend, envisages Oracle becoming a "trusted" technology partner and making T...
17 Sep, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Trump says Oracle close to TikTok deal as ByteDance aims for majority ownershipPresident Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had heard Oracle Corp was very close to a deal over ByteDance's TikTok, even as sources said the ...
16 Sep, 2020, 09.49 AM 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
China would rather see TikTok US close than a forced sale: SourcesByteDance has been in talks to sell TikTok's U.S. business to potential buyers including Microsoft and Oracle since U.S. President Donald T...
11 Sep, 2020, 10.54 PM IST