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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicByteDance

Topic: ByteDance

TikTok parent ByteDance launches global hiring spree with 10,000 new jobs

ByteDance, the world’s largest start-up, is recruiting for 10,000 open positions, of which a third are high-level research or software coding jobs.

TikTok rival Byte debuts at top of Apple’s US app store

Byte was downloaded more than 780,000 times over the weekend, with three quarters of those installs coming from the US.

ByteDance is looking for a new CEO for its TikTok business

The hiring of a new US-based CEO may be aimed at resolving security concerns raised by American politicians over the Chinese video app.

Vigo — the Chinese social media app where India’s cows & newlyweds’ PDA are going viral

Chinese social media app Vigo has been in the news with the alleged disappearance of one of its Indian stars.

TikTok to PUBG, Indian users in Chinese grip: free apps come with data privacy concerns

China’s domination of India’s app economy rides on users' aversion to pay for online services. But Chinese apps have been repeatedly criticised for their misuse.

TikTok owner testing music app in bid for next global hit

The new app Resso displays lyrics and also allows users to generate music-accompanied GIFs and videos, emulating a favorite feature of TikTok.

California college student sues TikTok over data use

The student alleged TikTok harvested her videos, gathered personally identifiable information and then transferred that data to servers in China.

TikTok locks teen’s account after video on China Muslims, then says no political censorship

China's TikTok suspended the account of US teen Feroza Aziz allegedly after she uploaded a video criticising treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

TikTok owner ByteDance plans major global expansion and then go public

ByteDance, the world’s most valuable start-up, is unlikely to rush into an IPO in the middle of a bitter trade war and rising scrutiny from Washington.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.