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TikTok owner ByteDance on track for US$50 billion profit in 2025

Despite this, growth is likely to be slower than previous years

TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi said the social media company has signed agreements with Oracle Corp, Silver Lake and MGX.

TikTok says it signed agreements to create new US joint venture

TIKTOK chief executive officer Chew Shou Zi told employees that the social media app’s parent company, ByteDance, signed binding agreements to create a US joint venture majority-owned by American inve...

Elite Chinese universities, data centre firms, and entities affiliated to China’s military have sought to procure Nvidia's  H200 chips through grey-market channels.

ByteDance, Alibaba keen to order Nvidia H200 chips after Trump green light: sources

The chip’s ability to train AI models is currently unmatched by domestic equivalents

TikTok is deepening ties in Brazil as the company has failed thus far to come up with a plan to save its service from being blocked in the US.

TikTok to invest more than 200 billion reais in Brazil data centre

The project will fully rely on clean energy from wind energy parks

According to the report, there has been a steady increase in training in offshore locations after US moved to restrict sales of the Nvidia H20 chip in April.

China’s tech giants move AI model training overseas to access Nvidia chips: report

Alibaba and ByteDance are among the tech firms training their newest large language models in South-east Asian data centres

ByteDance bought the most Nvidia chips in China in 2025 amid fears Washington could curb supply.

Chinese regulators block ByteDance from using Nvidia chips, The Information reports

The reported ban underscores Beijing’s efforts to reduce reliance on US technology

TikTok has made shopping a priority in recent years, spending aggressively to expand its Shop business to several international markets.

TikTok Shop pushes into luxury retail with US$11,000 handbags

Most of the items are used and listed by secondhand resellers

The forced sale of TikTok US had long loomed over ByteDance as a potentially enormous loss, but the current deal under discussion would avoid the most damaging outcome.

ByteDance’s valuation soars to US$480 billion in share auction

The transaction is a sign of the enduring interest in the company that has created several of China’s most popular digital services

Young users claim excessive screen time has led them to suffer depression, anxiety, insomnia and eating disorders, while others have engaged in self-harm and even died by suicide.

Social media giants must stand trial on addiction claims

META Platforms, ByteDance, Alphabet and Snap must face trial over claims that they designed social media platforms to addict youths, a judge ruled, clearing the way for the first of thousands of cases...