Catherine Thorbecke is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asia tech. Previously she was a tech reporter at CNN and ABC News. ByteDance Ltd. is best known abroad as the embattled parent of TikTok.

Last year, most lawmakers deemed the Chinese tech giant ByteDance a national security risk and banned its apps. Now, under a Trump reprieve, it’s shipping new apps anyway. In 2024, Congress passed a ...

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has developed an AI chatbot that is quietly gaining traction worldwide. This lesser-known chatbot is expanding ByteDance’s reach into the global AI landscape, ...

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has built what is currently the most popular AI chatbot in China: Doubao. Launched in 2023, the app has risen to the top of the country’s generative AI market, ...

ByteDance to retain ownership of TikTok's U.S. business operations, sources say Joint venture to handle U.S. user data and algorithm, sources say ByteDance to control revenue-generating operations ...

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG >> TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, on Thursday signed binding ‌agreements to hand control of the short video app’s U.S. operations to a group of investors, including Oracle, in ...