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Time for a quick check in on the U.S. TikTok sweepstakes, with another player looking to refine its offer to acquire the U.S. operations of the short-form video powerhouse. Yesterday, Perplexity AI revised its takeover offer for TikTok U.S., with a new proposal that could hold more appeal to the…

TikTok has launched its 2025 marketing calendar, which is designed to help marketing teams ensure that they maximize their seasonal opportunities. Even better, TikTok’s also launched fifteen regional variations of the listing, so you can choose the calendar that best relates to your target audience, showcasing the key dates in…

MADRID — At Madrid's new restaurant Pecados, the main attraction is not so much its fusion food as the young Ukrainian-born chef running it — a "Gen Z" social media star who shot to fame teaching recipes during the Covid pandemic. Elias Dosunmu, 27, boasts 9.6 million followers on TikTok, nearly…

A heart-wrenching story of betrayal and its devastating consequences has gone viral after a Nigerian woman and her son got HIV infection from her cheating husband. The woman anonymously shared her ordeal with a relationship adviser on TikTok @_yoursafespace_e, stating how her marriage and life collapsed. She revealed how her…

So what’s the latest on TikTok, and its future in the U.S.? Well, that depends on who you ask. To clarify, as of right now, TikTok is operating illegally in the U.S., due to the “ Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act ”, which was approved by the…

Despite the fact that you can still use the service, TikTok is still very much so banned in the United States. President Trump promised to not fine TikTok and its service providers for continuing to run the services, but that’s just a promise. He also signed an executive order officially…

Photo illustration of TikTok app logo on a smartphone screen displayed with the American flag. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Perplexity AI on Sunday revised the merger proposal it had submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance. The proposal, which would create a new entity combining Perplexity and TikTok U.S., would…

Xiaohongshu, also known as Rednote, saw its US daily active users drop by more than 50% this week, according to data from Similarweb cited by TechCrunch. The app’s daily active users fell to 16.25 million on Monday, down from a peak of 32.5 million on the day the ban was…

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was in talks with multiple people over buying TikTok and would likely have a decision on the popular app's future in the next 30 days. "I have spoken to many people about TikTok and there is great…