The company called Perplexity AI has introduced a plan to merge with TikTok US to form a new company known as the New Capital Partners. As per media statements,

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kecheng and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series of hacks against American telecom companies.

TikTok is an AI app. Not an “ask a bot to do your homework” kind of AI app, but an AI app all the same: Its algorithm processes and acts upon huge amounts of data to keep users engaged. Without that fundamental, freakishly well-tuned technology, TikTok wouldn’t really be anything at all—just another video or shopping platform.

But the model is only meant to be used within China’s mainland, a ByteDance spokesperson told TechCrunch. The e-reader’s China-based manufacturer, Onyx International, which sells Boox e-readers in both China and to the U.

TikTok has shut down its app for its US users, and Apple and Google have removed the app from app stores. A driver is facing DUII and other charges after a Northeast Portland crash left a pedestrian hospitalized with serious injuries early Saturday morning, officials said.

U.S. search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok U.S., a source familiar wi

The search engine platform Perplexity AI submitted a bid to merge with TikTok on Saturday, a source familiar told The Hill. The move follows a Friday Supreme Court ruling that upheld the decision

Perplexity AI has submitted an offer to ByteDance (BDNCE) to merge with TikTok U.S., an unnamed source told CNBC, marking the latest bid for the social media app that was banned and then quickly reinstated over the weekend.

US Big Tech started preparing for today’s start of the second term of US Republican President Donald Trump as soon as he was elected last November with companies improving their relationship with the incoming President before the start of the mandate.

Donald Trump inauguration LIVE: President-elect Donald Trump and first lady-to-be Melania Trump are attending a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church near the White House, alongside vice president-elect JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance.