Share Seedance 2.0. Image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUKpIVaU12A In February 2026, the release of Seedance 2.0 marked a significant shift in the generative AI landscape. Developed by ByteDance, the model has…
Read more What is Seedance and why does it have Hollywood spooked? – Tech DigestNetflix “will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art,” the streamer told the TikTok owner tonight. In a short…
Read more Get Your AI Off Our ‘Stranger Things’ & ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Netflix Tells ByteDance In Latest Hollywood Cease & Desist LetterShare For American users, TikTok has undergone a massive transformation – and not necessarily for the better. Following years of legislative battles and a trip to the Supreme…
Read more How to stop TikTok tracking you – even when you are not on the app – Tech DigestShare Disney has the rights to Marvel characters such as Spider-Man (above). Image: Marvel Chinese technology giant ByteDance has pledged to curb a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) video-making…
Read more Disney threatens ByteDance with legal action over AI tool, Four new astronauts arrive at the ISS – Tech DigestParamount Skydance has joined Disney as the latest Hollywood studio to slam ByteDance over AI models Seedance and Seedream that it says are ripping off intellectual property and…
Read more Paramount Latest Studio To Hit ByteDance With Cease And Desist Letter Over AI ModelsWhen a company releases a new AI model, it’s become customary for it to make a splash by pissing off an intellectual property owner or some other entity…
Read more Disney Sends ByteDance an AI Trophy in the Form of a Cease and Desist Letter Over Seedance 2.0Disney is going after another generative AI tool, accusing ByteDance and its recently released Seedance 2.0 of using its copyrighted material without permission. As first reported on by…
Read more Disney accuses ByteDance of ‘virtual smash-and-grab’ when using copyrighted works to train its AITikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for…
Read more TikTok finalizes a deal to form a new American entityShare TikTok has officially finalized a deal to transfer its American operations into a new, majority US-owned entity, effectively ending years of legal battles and a looming nationwide…
Read more TikTok secures US future with new independent company – Tech DigestA new entity has been created that will allow ByteDance to sell a majority stake in the U.S. operations of TikTok to a group of investors outside of…
Read more TikTok Creates Legal Entity to Eventually Maybe Possibly Sell to U.S. Investors (Don’t Call It a Done Deal)TikTok has finalized the deal for its US entity, with its parent company ByteDance selling majority of its stake to a group of non-Chinese investors. The deal was…
Read more TikTok finalizes deal for its US entityA year after a law that effectively banned TikTok from the U.S. went into effect, China and the U.S. have signed off on a deal, according to a…
Read more What to know as U.S. and China sign off on TikTok dealShare Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, has reached a settlement in a high-profile social media addiction lawsuit just days before it was scheduled to go to…
Read more Snapchat owner settles social media addiction lawsuit days before trial – Tech DigestAn Oracle-backed investor group is set to take majority control of TikTok’s U.S. operations, pending regulatory approval. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A yearslong saga over the future…
Read more TikTok Reaches Deal With US Investors: Here’s Who Owns WhatTikTok has reached a deal to cede a substantial portion of its U.S. operation to a group of American investors, thus ending a years-long tussle in which the…
Read more TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of US business to American investor group | TechCrunchWhen Chinese AI startup DeepSeek became a global sensation in January, it not only shocked Silicon Valley but also startled ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. The Chinese tech giant…
Read more How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI ChatbotHere’s a new element of the East Coast vs. West Coast beef: The City of New York is reaching across the country to sue tech giants headquartered in…
Read more New York City Sues Social Media Companies Over ‘Youth Mental Health Crisis’A secondary share sale propelled OpenAI’s valuation, setting a new record for private companies. The Washington Post via Getty Images OpenAI has reached a new milestone: a $500…
Read more Sam Altman’s OpenAI Is Officially the World’s Most Valuable Startup at $500BPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday that’s intended to give the green light for U.S. investors to…
Read more ‘If I Could Make It 100% MAGA, I Would’: Trump Gives Green Light to TikTok DealOn Thursday, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order to transfer ownership of TikTok’s US operation to a group of American investors, including Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison.…
Read more Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors