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Canada Orders Shutdown of TikTok’s Offices Over National Security Risks
The Canadian government ordered the shutdown of TikTok’s business in the country, citing national security risks. On Wednesday, the country’s…
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TikTok’s ByteDance founder is now the richest in China, Xiaomi’s Lei Jun is also doing extremely well
China’s richest person is valued at almost $50 billion; that’s the ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, age 41. To be precise,…
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TikTok’s troubles continue with lawsuits from 14 states alleging it’s harmful to children
Texas recently sued TikTok (alleging a violation of a new child privacy law, which TikTok refused). Before that, the video-sharing…
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It could take up to three years to review TikTok’s source code
As you’ve probably already heard, yesterday (Monday the 16th) was an important day for TikTok. No, there wasn’t another hashtag…
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TikTok’s direct messaging gets even better thanks to new features and bigger group chats
For a change, I can write about video-sharing platform TikTok for reasons other than the app being in trouble. While the app…
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TikTok’s ByteDance rivals Sora with its own AI text-to-video models, now available for Android and iOS
Forget AI-generated images: that’s so 2023! In 2024, it’s all about AI-generated videos! That’s why ByteDance, the company behind TikTok,…
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TikTok’s appeal to not be considered ‘gatekeeper’ by the EU gets dismissed
In an attempt to make the internet space more competition-friendly, the EU with the DMA (Digital Markets Act) has established…
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TikTok’s Instagram rival, Whee, has no traction
TikTok earlier this month launched a new social app called Whee, an Instagram-like service for taking photos to share with…
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TikTok’s AI video generator made to recite Hitler, quickly pulled after that
Generative AI is all the hype nowadays, but its rapid adoption can cause problems. In a dramatic and somewhat comic…
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