Report: ByteDance sets aside about $20B for AI spending this year
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. has set aside 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) for its capital expenditure this year, and the bulk of that money will be spent on boosting its artificial ...
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Trump Loves TikTok—Does Xi?
It’s a good bet that President Donald Trump cares a lot more about TikTok than Chinese President Xi Jinping does. That suggests the Chinese leader will have some bargaining leverage over Trump in ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: Migrant processing centers in Central America shut down
The Trump administration has shut down processing centers in Central and South American countries that allowed migrants to apply to come to the United States legally.
OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously
OpenAI announced that it is launching a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can take control of a browser and perform tasks.
Ennie Awards allow submissions with AI-generated content, prompting backlash
As we are and always have been a community award, the ENNIE Staff is currently considering putting the choice to a vote” ...
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ByteDance plans to pump $20bn capex mostly into AI as it defends its AI lead in China
Chinese ByteDance reportedly plans a $20 billion capital expenditure in 2025, mainly targeting AI as the tech giant seeks to defend its AI lead back home. Sources who spoke to Reuters revealed the ...
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US Activity to RedNote Plummets After TikTok Returns
According to Similarweb, active users on RedNote dropped by over 50% on Jan. 20, shortly after TikTok revived the app in the US. Trump has given TikTok 75 days to make a deal.
APKMirror Is Blocking Android Users From Sideloading TikTok
APKMirror, a popular destination for Android users to safely sideload apps on their smartphones, is blocking downloads of TikTok and Lemon8, citing the new law in the U.S. Interestingly, other TikTok ...
Trump’s first 100 days: all the news impacting the tech industry
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under ...
ByteDance plans $20 billion capex in 2025, mostly on AI, sources say
BEIJING, Jan 23 (Reuters) - ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of which will be centred on ...
TikTok Still Ticking, The $500 Billion Project Stargate, Google Buys HTC VR Tech
TikTok got a short reprieve to make a deal. Project Stargate, a $500B AI plan from OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank, pushes Musk, Microsoft, aside. Google buys HTC VR tech.
Business leaders have thrown money at presidents before, but not like this
There’s no official ruling on the collective noun for a group of billionaires, but if ever we needed one it was this week, writes Ange Lavoipierre.