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TikTok: TikTok parent ByteDance’s valuation hits $300 billion, sources say

TikTok's parent company ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300 billion, after it recently approached investors about a share buyback program, according to...

tiktok: How TikTok saved its ecommerce business in Indonesia

A year ago, TikTok's ecommerce business in Indonesia was thriving. With its viral videos, TikTok had become a worldwide phenomenon, and it was...

tiktok: UK plans to fine tech executives for illegal weapon sales online

Technology company executives could be held personally liable for allowing illegal knives to be advertised on their platforms, under new British government plans...

What a Donald Trump victory means for tech

The red wave that swept Donald Trump to re-election did not, despite what some podcasters might claim, originate in Silicon Valley. Here, in...

tiktok: Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app

Canada announced Wednesday it won't block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after...

tiktok: French families sue TikTok over alleged failure to remove harmful content

Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content...

YouTube: Google defeats UK trademark lawsuit over YouTube Shorts name

Google on Thursday defeated a trademark lawsuit brought by a British short film company over YouTube's short video platform Shorts, with London's High...

Alphabet: Alphabet’s Q3 revenue growth likely to slow as competition pressures Search, YouTube

Alphabet will likely post its slowest revenue growth in four quarters on Tuesday, hurt by competition that weighed on its core Google Search...

TikTok: TikTok let through disinformation in political ads despite its own ban, Global Witness finds

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads,...

Bits & Bytes: Tesla unveils robotaxi, pledges it ‘before 2027’

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s self-driving robotaxi this week, predicting that it would be available by 2027. Musk said the fully electric car —...

TikTok was aware of risks kids and teens face on its platform, legal document alleges

TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time...