2026-02-20
In the US, ByteDance is best-known as a social media company because of TikTok. But it's also a dominant AI company — and a threat to American AI pioneers like OpenAI and Anthropic. With new concerns from Hollywood, the US seems to be waking up to that:https://www.bloomberg.com/ ...
Bloomberg
ByteDance is currently hiring for nearly 100 US-based roles within its Seed AI team across San Jose, LA, and Seattle to develop LLMs, drug discovery, and more
2026-02-19
In the US, ByteDance is best-known as a social media company because of TikTok. But it's also a dominant AI company — and a threat to American AI pioneers like OpenAI and Anthropic. With new concerns from Hollywood, the US seems to be waking up to that:https://www.bloomberg.com/ ...
Bloomberg
ByteDance is currently hiring for nearly 100 US-based roles within its Seed AI team across San Jose, LA, and Seattle to develop LLMs, drug discovery, and more
Chinese tech giant ByteDance Ltd. is hiring in the US for nearly 100 open roles within its artificial intelligence division …
2025-01-22
MrBeast, the internet's most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok. He's part of a group of American investors assembled by tech founder @JesseTinsley that's vying to buy TikTok's U.S. biz before a possible ban: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
MrBeast joins a US investor group led by Employer.com founder Jesse Tinsley that made an all-cash bid to acquire TikTok US; several groups have shown interest
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg :
MrBeast, the internet's most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok. He's part of a group of American investors assembled by tech founder @JesseTinsley that's vying to buy TikTok's U.S. biz before a possible ban: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Donald Trump says he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok US as part of a joint venture that would give the US government 50% ownership
“I have the right to make a deal,” Trump said at an event alongside Ellison at the White House on Tuesday.
2025-01-18
Today's SCOTUS decision on TikTok forces leaders both within the company and in Beijing to consider a dwindling set of alternatives to keep the app alive. Trump says “I must have time to review the situation.” On the (messy) road ahead, w/ @KurtWagner8:https://www.bloomberg.com/ ...
CNBC
TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement
TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …
Today's SCOTUS decision on TikTok forces leaders both within the company and in Beijing to consider a dwindling set of alternatives to keep the app alive. Trump says “I must have time to review the situation.” On the (messy) road ahead, w/ @KurtWagner8:https://www.bloomberg.com/ ...
Bloomberg
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Da...
BREAKING ON TIKTOK: The Supreme Court has ruled to UPHOLD the TikTok divest-or-ban law, clearing the way for a potential nationwide shutdown on Sunday. Several moving parts that could change how this shakes out. News coming from @GregStohr @KurtWagner8 @business and me
Bloomberg
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Da...
BREAKING ON TIKTOK: The Supreme Court has ruled to UPHOLD the TikTok divest-or-ban law, clearing the way for a potential nationwide shutdown on Sunday. Several moving parts that could change how this shakes out. News coming from @GregStohr @KurtWagner8 @business and me
CNBC
TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement
TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …
2025-01-17
BREAKING ON TIKTOK: The Supreme Court has ruled to UPHOLD the TikTok divest-or-ban law, clearing the way for a potential nationwide shutdown on Sunday. Several moving parts that could change how this shakes out. News coming from @GregStohr @KurtWagner8 @business and me
Bloomberg
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
The Supreme Court upheld a law that threatens to shut down the wildly popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday …
2025-01-04
Scoop: A newly unredacted filing in Utah's lawsuit against TikTok details two internal TikTok investigations that have not been previously reported: “Project Meramec” — launched in direct response to my reporting on TikTok Live — and “Project Jupiter” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
An unredacted lawsuit from Utah's AG claims TikTok has long known that TikTok Live promoted sexual content streams to minors and facilitated money laundering
and continued to profit from it. This blatant disregard for the safety of Utah's children is [image] Spencer Cox / @spencerjcox : Pure evil. They knew it. They boosted it. They pro...
2024-12-20
ByteDance has said it's unwilling to sell TikTok, but that hasn't stopped interested buyers from lining up. Meet the contender who's already canvassing Congress, speaking to Trump's team and recruiting ex-TikTok top brass to run his version of TikTok 2.0: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
A look at Frank McCourt's efforts to acquire TikTok and the obstacles he faces, as he lobbies Congress and Trump's team and recruits former TikTok executives
Bloomberg : X: @ali_lev X: Alexandra S. Levine / @ali_lev : ByteDance has said it's unwilling to sell TikTok, but that hasn't stopped interested buyers from lining up. Meet the co...
2024-11-09
Trump's win throws the future of TikTok in America into even more uncertainty. Some TikTok staff and users see him as a possible savior from a ban; others are skeptical he'll deliver on rhetoric suggesting he'd reverse it. Here's how this could play out: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Some TikTok staff and users see Trump as a possible savior from the ban; others question whether Trump even cares about the app now that the campaign is over
it takes effect before Trump takes office. A President can't undo a law himself. Saying “I won't enforce this national security law” isn't impossible but would be extraordinary. Br...
Trump's win throws the future of TikTok in America into even more uncertainty. Some TikTok staff and users see him as a possible savior from a ban; others are skeptical he'll deliver on rhetoric suggesting he'd reverse it. Here's how this could play out: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Forbes
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones
Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
2024-11-08
Trump's win throws the future of TikTok in America into even more uncertainty. Some TikTok staff and users see him as a possible savior from a ban; others are skeptical he'll deliver on rhetoric suggesting he'd reverse it. Here's how this could play out: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Forbes
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones
Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
2024-11-05
All the elements are in place for abuse of social media platforms this Election Day, experts say. Our look in @BW at how social media is markedly different this cycle vs. in past presidential races, and what's at stake, with @sarahfrier and @rj_gallagher: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
CNBC
Meta informs ad partners that it will extend its ban on new election ads for the week leading up to the election until several days after the polls close
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC :
2024-08-23
The head of the primary investment firm named in docs for Breslow's plan to raise $450M for Bolt at a $14B valuation claims to never have spoken with Breslow or Bolt. Some shareholders are considering legal action. Wild story @_IainMartin @SarahNEmerson: https://www.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Silverbear, an investor named in Bolt's financial docs for a $450M raise, says it was “never in this deal”, as some investors consider legal action against Bolt
2024-07-15
NEW: Videos and social media accounts purporting to be the suspect in the attempted assassination of Trump are spreading across TikTok, X, Instagram, YouTube and other top platforms—sowing misinfo over whether the man shown is, in fact, the actual gunman:https://www.forbes.com/ ...
The Verge
X's trending topics surfaced conspiracy theories around the assassination attempt on Donald Trump; YouTube and Facebook primarily directed users to news outlets
Conspiracy theories about the shooting at a Trump rally began surfacing on X shortly after the news broke this afternoon …
NEW: Videos and social media accounts purporting to be the suspect in the attempted assassination of Trump are spreading across TikTok, X, Instagram, YouTube and other top platforms—sowing misinfo over whether the man shown is, in fact, the actual gunman:https://www.forbes.com/ ...
Business Insider
Tech leaders, including Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, and Mark Zuckerberg, condemned the July 13 Trump assassination attempt
Lloyd Lee / Business Insider :
2024-03-08
New: Capitol Hill is being bombarded with calls from TikTokers who've opened the app to a message urging them to call Congress to stop it from banning TikTok. @CongressmanRaja called the blitz “a massive propaganda campaign.” Developing story in @Forbes:https://www.forbes.com/ ...
The Verge
TikTok sends US users a push notification saying Congress plans a total ban, with a link to find representatives, after the White House supported a TikTok bill
New: Capitol Hill is being bombarded with calls from TikTokers who've opened the app to a message urging them to call Congress to stop it from banning TikTok. @CongressmanRaja called the blitz “a massive propaganda campaign.” Developing story in @Forbes:https://www.forbes.com/ ...
Semafor
The US House Energy and Commerce Committee advances a bill that would force ByteDance to divest TikTok, after TikTok's campaign reportedly enraged legislators
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