TikTok evolved from a teen dance app into a dominant US platform shaping culture, commerce and politics.

By: Rylee Lyons TikTok, one of the most popular apps used by people worldwide, has gone through many trials since it began in 2017. After its merge with Musical.ly, the app has hooked many to scroll ...

What started as “the dance app” became the center of political clashes, legal battles and a widely watched business deal. Here’s how it got here. Credit... Supported by By Madison Malone Kircher and ...

Emerson College students have gotten used to seeing troves of political videos on their TikTok feeds. From scenes of chaos ...

Foodie Bethany Gaskin reacts to fun moments from Darius on Musical.ly. China issues new Greenland warning to Trump administration US plane used in boat strike was made to look like civilian aircraft ...

Influencer Cole LaBrant is opening up about a scary health emergency involving his wife, Savannah LaBrant. “Today was one of ...

YouTube collabs. Slime. These are all trademarks of what some people call the best year of their lives: 2016.

Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States. Some are choosing to avoid the U.S. altogether.

On TikTok or Instagram Reels you might have seen posts saying “2026 is the new 2016.” But what does yearning for earlier times say about our culture today? In 2016 I was only nine, and, although my ...

As 2026 started, pop culture from 2016 made a comeback. From trends like the “Mannequin Challenge” to the iconic dance ...

When Chinese internet giant ByteDance officially split TikTok into separate entities for the United States and the rest of ...

Financial powerhouse Susquehanna International Group, an early ByteDance investor, is now central to the app’s new US leadership.