Seedance 2.5(seed.bytedance.com)
416 points by njaremko | 242 comments
ByteDance Seed blog post announcing Seedance 2.5, a video generation model featuring one-take creation and flexible referencing.
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U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China(wsj.com)
413 points by Mgtyalx | 606 comments
Wall Street Journal article on U.S. investors and the Trump administration nearing a deal with China over TikTok's U.S. operations; page shows a captcha.
Performance and telemetry analysis of Trae IDE, ByteDance's VSCode fork(github.com)
924 points by segfault22 | 328 comments
GitHub repository README documenting an analysis of Trae IDE's resource usage and telemetry to ByteDance servers that continues even when disabled.
TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users(nbcnews.com)
714 points by Leary | 2270 comments
NBC News article reporting that TikTok began restoring service for U.S. users after President-elect Trump gave assurances to its service providers.
TikTok goes dark in the US(techcrunch.com)
1116 points by mfiguiere | 2140 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that TikTok went offline for users in the United States in January 2025 ahead of the federal ban taking effect.
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline(cnbc.com)
933 points by kjhughes | 2431 comments
CNBC news article reporting that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban law, setting the stage for U.S. users to begin losing access on Sunday.
TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday(reuters.com)
630 points by xnhbx | 1627 comments
Reuters article reporting TikTok is preparing to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday; the capture shows a captcha puzzle instead of the article.
Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada(cbc.ca)
627 points by empressplay | 360 comments
CBC News report that the Canadian government ordered TikTok to wind down its Canadian operations after a national security review, while Canadians can still use the app.
House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app(nytimes.com)
331 points by jbegley | 712 comments
New York Times article reporting that the US House passed a bill requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States.
OpenAI suspends ByteDance's account after it used GPT to train its own AI model(theverge.com)
323 points by webmaven | 225 comments
The Verge quick post reporting that OpenAI suspended ByteDance's API account after ByteDance used GPT-generated data to train its own competing AI model.
TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges(businessinsider.com)
502 points by consumer451 | 347 comments
Business Insider article on a lawsuit alleging TikTok owner ByteDance maintained a backdoor allowing Chinese Communist Party access to US user data.