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Daily Tech Roundup: ByteDance Revives Gaming Ambitions

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The headquarters of ByteDance in Beijing. Photo: VCG

The headquarters of ByteDance in Beijing. Photo: VCG

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Exclusive: ByteDance revives gaming ambitions amid fears of U.S. TikTok ban

In a surprising reversal of its recent strategy, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. plans to re-enter the gaming industry. This decision came less than four months after it chose to wind down its Nuverse gaming brand and retreat from mainstream video games.

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