Friday, May 16, 2025

Sources: ByteDance expects 2025 revenue to grow 20% YoY to $186B vs. 29% growth in 2024, driven by TikTok's global expansion; ByteDance has 4B MAUs across apps (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: ByteDance expects 2025 revenue to grow 20% YoY to $186B vs. 29% growth in 2024, driven by TikTok's global expansion; ByteDance has 4B MAUs across apps  —  TikTok's owner expects sales to increase to roughly $186 billion from $155 billion in 2024, people familiar with its finances said.



Charter Is in Talks to Combine with Rival Cox Communications (Michelle F Davis/Bloomberg)

Michelle F Davis / Bloomberg:
Charter Is in Talks to Combine with Rival Cox Communications … The companies are discussing a cash and stock transaction that would value Cox at more than $30 billion including debt, according to the people.  The Cox family would be the largest shareholder in the combined company with a stake …



Epic Games says Fortnite on iOS will be offline worldwide "until Apple unblocks it" after Apple rejected its latest submission to the US App Store (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Epic Games says Fortnite on iOS will be offline worldwide “until Apple unblocks it” after Apple rejected its latest submission to the US App Store  —  Epic says that the game is ‘offline’ on iPhones everywhere after Apple rejected its App Store resubmission.



TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 and the most in three years, with listings up about 2x since mid-2023 (Alistair Barr/Business Insider)

Alistair Barr / Business Insider : TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 and the most in...