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• TikTok is turning ByteDance’s AI video generator into a brand’s best friend
• Chinese market powers TikTok parent company to $330 billion valuation

  TikTok parent company ByteDance is claiming a $330 billion valuation as it prepares to launch a stock buyback program for employees.

  
• ByteDance is challenging Meta in the virtual reality of wearable tech

  ByteDance is reportedly teaming up with wearable device developer Pico to bring a VR headset to market in 2027.

  
• TikTok made $39 billion outside of China last year. How’s that ban looking?

  It ended up accounting for a quarter of ByteDance's total revenue for the year ($155 billion), its highest proportion yet.

  
• Trump may give TikTok another reprieve. Will a deal ever get done?
• China might nix Trump’s TikTok deal. If it does, other platforms will be ready.
• Trump thinks he can broker a deal to keep TikTok running
• Asia is ByteDance’s bread and butter, but TikTok earnings are growing in the West
• ByteDance’s founder is China’s richest person with a net worth of $49.3 billion
• TikTok parent ByteDance became an e-book publisher. Now it’s ready to revive print media.
• ByteDance is getting into AI text-to-video. Can it avoid the issues that have plagued OpenAI?
• TikTok’s new app looks like an Instagram competitor, but it’s not available in the U.S. just yet