Beijing’s internet censors have a new target: Echo chambers on social media Chinese internet giants will get about three months to adhere to Beijing’s new directive against “information cocoons.” Fortune · Nov 25, 2024
‘First buddy’ Elon Musk is a source of insight into Trump for TikTok’s CEO as key deadline looms, report says Musk was asked for his opinions on an array of issues, including the incoming Trump administration and potential tech policy, the Wall Street Journal said. Fortune · Nov 23, 2024
TikTok owner ByteDance to publish print books 8th Note Press, an imprint launched by ByteDance, will print novels in genres popular on BookTok including YA and contemporary fiction and ‘romantasy’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2024
China’s richest person wants the ByteDance founder to apologize for not stopping an online smear campaign Zhong Shanshan, chairman of Nongfu Spring, is blaming two of China’s Big Tech companies for troubles at his bottled water company. Fortune · Nov 22, 2024
John Oliver on potential US TikTok ban: ‘May not be necessary, but it isn’t sufficient’ Last Week Tonight host looks into looming US ban over privacy concerns and fear of its Chinese parent company The Guardian - US · Nov 18, 2024
Xi-Biden meet: Tariffs to Taiwan, what ails US-China ties as Trump looms Trump’s presidency could see escalating trade wars. But ties have been rocky under Biden too. Al Jazeera · Nov 16, 2024
Trump led the charge to ban TikTok. Now he says he’ll save it Trump has pledged to ‘save’ popular Chinese-owned app despite signing an order to ban it during his first term. Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2024
META 2025 Forecast: Does a Trump-Musk Combo Spell Trouble for Meta Stock? Meta is the second best-performing Magnificent 7 stock in 2024 for the second consecutive year. What's the forecast for the stock as Trump returns to the White House next year, with Mark Zuckerberg rival Elon Musk as his key lieutenant? Barchart · Nov 14, 2024
Trump Will Step In to Stop TikTok Ban: Report President-elect Donald Trump is expected to intervene to prevent a potential U.S. ban on popular video-sharing app, TikTok. International Business Times · Nov 12, 2024
Trump's Potential Lifeline For Tiktok Amid Legal Battle TikTok faces potential shutdown as Trump opposes ban, legal battles continue. Top News · Nov 12, 2024
The reasons for shutting down TikTok in Canada appear tenuous at best On Nov. 6, the Canadian government did something unexpected: it ordered the owners of the social media app TikTok to wind up their operations in Canada — without banning the app itself. The reason had to do with national security concerns that were not disclosed. The Conversation · Nov 11, 2024
Canada orders TikTok to close offices over ‘security risks’ Chinese-owned firm’s operation falls foul of official review, though Canadian users will be able to use video app as usual The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2024
Canada Orders Dissolution Of Tiktok's Canadian Business Canada dissolves TikTok's Canadian business over national security concerns, but app access remains. ByteDance to challenge decision. Top News · Nov 7, 2024
TikTok's founder is now China's richest person Zhang Yiming has a net worth of $49.3 billion, which has grown 43% since 2023. Fortune · Oct 29, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2024 EU events on curbing big tech ‘distorted’ by attenders with industry links Campaigners say 21% of people at workshops did not disclose on their applications relationships with firms being discussed
PC Gamer · Oct 24, 2024 Still cringing about your first internship? At least you didn't try to sabotage an AI project from one of China's biggest tech firms A little worse than a coffee run disaster.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024 Parking signs, overdue books, and ill-advised decorations – take the Thursday quiz Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
Fortune · Oct 21, 2024 The company that owns TikTok just fired an intern who 'maliciously interfered' with its AI—and caused $10 million in damages The intern allegedly implanted a virus into ByteDance’s AI training program that impacted 8,000 graphics processing units.
International Business Times · Oct 21, 2024 TikTok Owner Fires Intern For Sabotaging AI Research, Downplays Damage Beijing-based ByteDance said the unidentified intern 'maliciously interfered' with a project being conducted by one of its teams.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024 TikTok owner sacks intern for allegedly sabotaging AI project ByteDance dismissed person in August it says ‘maliciously interfered’ with training of artificial intelligence models
TechRadar · Oct 13, 2024 TikTok's parent firm could shun Nvidia, AMD as reports claim it will use 100,000 Huawei AI chips to train its next-gen LLM Reports claim TikTok parent company ByteDance will use 100,000 Huawei AI chips to train its next-gen LLM.
Windows Central · Oct 11, 2024 TikTok axes 500 jobs in Malaysia, embraces AI for global content moderation TikTok is reportedly laying off 500 employees in Malaysia and plans to automate content moderation using AI.
The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024 TikTok sued by multiple states for allegedly causing harm to children’s mental health More than a dozen states have filed lawsuits against TikTok, alleging the app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids
TechRadar · Oct 4, 2024 One of the world's largest mobile networks will train its trillion-parameter strong LLM on Huawei's AI chips as Nvidia, AMD are sidelined China Telecom has trained two new powerful LLMs on Huawei's Ascend AI chips