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Tencent-ByteDance Ceasefire Holds With Honor of Kings Deal

The agreement will allow the popular battle arena game to be streamed on Douyin in the wake of a longrunning tussle over copyrights

Caixin Global

LVMH is fed up of fake goods being sold on TikTok—so it is in talks to join forces with the video platform to stop it

The issue of counterfeit luxury goods online goes far back—well before TikTok became a Gen Z craze.

Fortune

ByteDance in Talks to Sell Gaming Assets: TikTok Owner Seeks Change!

Get ready for a gaming shakeup! ByteDance, the genius minds behind TikTok, are in talks with gaming giant Tencent and other companies to sell their gaming ...

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The Big Flaws in That Study Suggesting That China Manipulates TikTok Topics

The errors are so glaring that it's hard not to suspect an underlying agenda at work here.

Reason

How 2023 became the year Congress forgot to ban TikTok

Momentum seemed to be with US lawmakers as they planned to stop 150m Americans from using TikTok. What happened?

The Guardian - US

TikTok’s data collection being scrutinised by Australia’s privacy watchdog

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner launches inquiry into platform’s use of marketing pixels to track people’s online habits

The Guardian - AU

Will the 2024 US election save TikTok from near-death?

After a year of tough government scrutiny, the stars seem to have aligned in favour of TikTok as it enters the new year.

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Shanghai Composite Index Fell 1.03% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 1.41%

Caixin Global

TikTok the First Non-Game App to Hit $10 Billion User Spending Milestone

Video-sharing platform on track to be highest earning mobile app ever with revenue topping $14.6 billion in 2024

Caixin Global

China's ByteDance Accused Of Using UK News Sites To Train Its ChatGPT Rival

Publishers have raised concerns about the problem they face when it comes to blocking ByteDance's AI bot called Bytespider.

International Business Times UK

TikTok maker ByteDance scraps VR headset in favor of high-end Apple Vision Pro rival

A new report says ByteDance-owned PICO is ditching its Meta Quest rival in pursuit of the Apple Vision Pro.

iMore

Digital platforms like TikTok could help China extend its censorship regime across borders

China’s drive to expand its influence through soft power mechanisms like censorship is coming into sharper focus, especially under Xi Jinping’s leadership. Recently, the social media app TikTok has become a prominent symbol of this global strategy.

The Conversation

TikTok is spending $1.5 billion on a joint venture to solve the problem of Indonesia's surprise social media shopping ban

In September, Jakarta banned social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook from offering e-commerce services on their social media platforms.

Fortune

‘We cannot work with both sides’: A major Emirati AI company has picked a side in the U.S.-China tech war

“We need to be very cautious,” G42’s CEO said after U.S. intelligence officials raised concerns over the firm’s ties to Chinese technology companies.

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The Independent UK

TikTok ban struck down in Montana

The ban have seen Montana become the first US state to ban TikTok

WEKU

Federal judge blocks Montana's TikTok ban before it takes effect

The law is seen an important test case. More than a dozen other states are weighing similar bans of the wildly popular video-streaming app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company.

Android Central

Pico lost the first battle, but it could still win the VR war

More competition is always good for consumers, so why haven't we seen some real competition for the incredibly successful Meta Quest platform?

PC Gamer

Marvel Snap reassures players it will 'continue to operate' despite closure of publisher Nuverse as TikTok parent ByteDance looks to exit gaming

ByteDance's move into mainstream gaming has come to an unhappy end.

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GamesRadar

Marvel Snap publisher faces reports of shutdown, dev assures players the card game will "continue to operate"

International Business Times

TikTok's Owner Cuts Hundred Of Jobs In Gaming Unit: Reports

The Chinese tech giant is scaling back its Nuverse unit, Reuters and CNBC reported.

TechRadar

Marvel Snap will ‘continue to operate and flourish’ as publisher Nuverse faces restructure

Marvel Snap publisher Nuverse is facing restructure after a review at its parent company ByteDance.

Tom’s Hardware

TikTok parent company used AI to optimize Linux kernel, boosting performance and efficiency

TikTok developer ByteDance used AI and machine learning to optimize the Linux kernel, improving it in a variety of areas.

Android Central

VR news of the week: Quest 3 Lite, Pico woes, SteamVR Theater, and a stacked November

Everything you need to know about the world of VR this week, including Meta's plans to steal Pico's Chinese market, AAA game releases in November, and a cool new SteamVR trick.

Android Central

The Meta Quest 3 Lite could cause big problems for Pico in China

Meta and Tencent have reached a provisional deal to bring Meta Quest VR headsets to China, and the first major product could be the Quest 3 Lite.

Radio France Internationale

EU opens probe into TikTok, YouTube and Google over child protection

The EU announced investigations on Thursday into YouTube and TikTok to find out what action the US and Chinese-owned platforms are taking to ensure the safety of minors.

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