The plan to save TikTok involves software company Oracle and a group of outside investors effectively taking control of the app's global operations, two sources with

The fate of both, CapCut and Lemon8 hangs in the air amidst the TikTok ban. CapCut, and Lemon8, both of which are owned by ByteDance are currently banned in the United States.

Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure TikTok stays online in the US — and suggested there may be

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.

James "Jimmy" Donaldson, known as MrBeast on YouTube, made an offhand comment to X this week, saying he'd buy TikTok so it doesn't get banned.

So did Snap Inc., parent company to Snapchat. YouTube followed suit with a U.S. YouTube Shorts launch the next year. Despite growing competition, TikTok became many people’s go-to for internet searches, news and shopping. With about 170 million Americans ...

TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model as a global race intensified to create AI models capable of tackling complex problems.

TikTok was banned and restored within the same weekend. Find out what other apps owned by ByteDance, are in limbo below.

Another day in the music industry, another update on the possible futures for TikTok in the US. ByteDance board member Bill Ford told Bloomberg Television that the company is seeking alternatives to a sale – even though that appears to be President Trump’s plan. Sign in by entering the code we sent to , or clicking the magic link in the email.

ByteDance is exploring a deal that would keep TikTok running in the U.S. without selling its operations, Jack Sidders, Lisa Abramowicz, and

Trump has said that he is looking for a TikTok deal in which US investors own at least a 50% stake in the platform. Read more here.

When TikTok went off the air (to use a very old-fashioned phrase), there was a scramble to find an alternative to its shortform video feed — and a similar scramble by various social networks to provide that alternative. (In fact, while I was writing this, Tumblr launched its new Tumblr TV feature.) The question is: how successful are they?