Less than a month after pulling TikTok from their U.S. app stores in response to a new law that requires TikTok to divest from its China-based owner, the social media platform was returning to both the Apple and Google Play stores Thursday night.

TikTok has taken the world’s attention in a big way, and for younger audiences, the app has almost become a go-to for all information, including for searches. Now, TikTok is start to integrate Google Search results in “some markets.” Earlier this ...

Google told ad sellers to use potential TikTok ban to push ad dollars to YouTube, per internal memo. TikTok could be forced off app stores if its Chinese parent company doesn't divest. The document pressed ad sellers to move more spend on YouTube in light ...

In the world of social media, TikTok has emerged as a cultural and commercial powerhouse. It reshapes how brands connect with audiences.

Political Director and Executive Director of Politics and White House, CBS News Fin Daniel Gómez is CBS News' political director and executive director, Politics and White House. In this role, Gómez oversees the daily White House and political coverage ...

TikTok is testing a search partnership with Google. An option to search on Google.com now appears on some searches within the TikTok app. Experts say the move could boost traffic and ad revenue for both companies. TikTok is testing a search partnership ...

The looming TikTok ban presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google – as well as other Big Tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon that count its Chinese parent company ByteDance as a business partner. The Biden ...

If China sells TikTok to a U.S. buyer without its algorithm, users will notice a difference in functionality, experts say.

According to internal tests conducted by ByteDance on its proprietary MagicBench platform, Seedream 4.0 scored higher than Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image in several key parameters.

Google 's AI video model now supports the vertical video format in the Gemini API. Now, developers can create Veo 3 videos with the 9:16 aspect ratio, which is the vertical frame size for TikTok and Reels.

Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, several tech companies were in focus amid the US-China geopolitical rivalry, and data on growth and unemployment were released.