TikTok

The TikTok social media platform is largely credited with popularizing short-form videos. With over 1 billion active users worldwide, it has quickly become one of the most popular apps among Gen Z and millennials. Chinese company ByteDance owns the platform, and Shou Zi Chew serves as its CEO. TikTok faces competition from other social media giants such as Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube. Our coverage of the platform includes the company’s spending-heavy foray into e-commerce.

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TikTok Plans Big Shopping Push

By Jing Yang and Juro Osawa · Jan 21, 2026 6:04am PST

TikTok’s U.S. business may be about to take off. The scheduled completion this week of TikTok’s sale of its U.S. data security arm to a joint venture ends years of uncertainty about its future in the U.S. And the video app maker is now redoubling its efforts to build a much bigger e-commerce business in the U.S., in a new challenge to Amazon. TikTok’s U.S. business may be about to take off. The scheduled completion this week of TikTok’s...

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Why ByteDance’s Stock Should Rise After TikTok Deal Closes

By Anita Ramaswamy and Jing Yang · Jan 15, 2026 6:00am PST · 1 comment

In the group of highly valued tech companies that have remained private, SpaceX and China’s ByteDance may be the biggest. But SpaceX has already signaled it will go public this year. And now that ByteDance has resolved the yearslong fight over its TikTok app in the U.S., the way may be clear for the Chinese tech giant to go public in the next... In the group of highly valued tech companies that have remained private, SpaceX and China’s...

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How Trump’s TikTok Tactics Helped Meta Win Antitrust Case

By Martin Peers · Nov 18, 2025 5:00pm PST

For once, the latest multibillion-dollar AI deal—this time Microsoft and Nvidia investing in Anthropic—isn’t the day’s biggest tech news development. (Skip down for details on that story.) More important was a Washington judge’s ruling on Tuesday that Meta Platforms isn’t a monopoly. So much for all those breathless headlines suggesting Meta... For once, the latest multibillion-dollar AI deal—this time Microsoft and Nvidia investing in...