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Nvidia Faces Billions In Revenue Loss As U.S. Bans Chip Exports To China

China's biggest tech firms, including Alibaba and ByteDance, cancel AI chip orders worth $5 billion

Zenger

‘Your argument just confuses me’: judge questions Montana TikTok ban

Federal judge seems to side with ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation that ban is unenforceable and unconstitutional

The Guardian - US

With $7, TikTok users are running ads that shape TikTok's Israel-Palestine searches

For as little as $7, TikTok users can inject themselves into the conversation on hot-button topics, providing a low cost pathway to spread propaganda and biased info.

Fortune

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New rules from Jakarta are dealing a blow to TikTok's e-commerce dreams

The social media giant TikTok puts a pause on TikTok Shop, its online retail operation, in Indonesia to comply with new government restrictions.

Fortune

TikTok has matchmaking service for staff to play cupid for co-workers

Meet Cute on company’s intranet allows employees to advertise family and acquaintances to colleagues

The Guardian - UK

EU targets Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft in next phase of digital crackdown

The European Union is targeting Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies

The Independent UK

U.S. Emulates Communist China in New TikTok Draft Agreement

Plus: Americans vote too much, Indiana abortion ban to take effect, and more...

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Apple Vision Pro’s controller-free approach may be catching on with other headsets

ByteDance-owned Pico may be choosing the Apple Vision Pro's hand tracking over Meta Quest's controller-based approach. Here's why that matters.

Tom’s Guide

Chinese Companies Spend $5 Billion on Nvidia GPUs for AI Projects

In a race to hoard computing power, Chinese Big Tech companies Baidu, ByteDance, and Alibaba have already ordered $1 billion-worth of Nvidia GPUs this year - and have added an extra $4 billion for purchases to be delivered throughout 2024.

Tom’s Hardware

‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers

TikTok recommendations are driving sales and launching authors’ careers as the social media app continues to reshape the industry

The Guardian - UK

Chinese plans to limit smartphone use for children hit tech shares

Proposals would cut usage for 16- to 18-year-olds to a maximum of two hours, with under-16s limited to one hour

The Guardian - UK

China proposes to limit children's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day

China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest blow to firms such as Tencent and ByteDance, which run social media platforms and online games

The Independent UK

Australian Senate committee warns TikTok and WeChat could be the country's biggest security risks

A ban on WeChat from all government devices has been recommended.

PC Gamer

TikTok ban on Australian government devices should also cover WeChat, parliamentary committee recommends

Senate committee examining foreign interference on social media says it is ‘concerned’ with ‘unique national security risks’ the companies pose

The Guardian - AU

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The Walrus

TikTok Is Becoming a Publisher. Will It Ruin the Book Industry?

BookTok is beloved as a guerrilla democratizing force, but the platform’s pivot risks killing the thing that makes it great

Evening Standard

TikTok takes on Twitter and Threads with text posts

Users can now share 1,000-character text posts to an app known for short-form video content, as battle for social media attention heats up

TechRadar

TikTok for iPhone is getting passkeys

Top social media platform TikTok is implementing secure passwordless login for iPhone users.

Bangkok Post

Shopping the next frontier for TikTok

JAKARTA: Inside a shophouse in Northeast Jakarta, dozens of salespeople take turns peddling cosmetics, contact lenses and hair accessories. A woman helps a potential customer choose the right shade of lipstick for her skin tone, while a man yells out the latest markdown on vitamin tablets.

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Fortune

TikTok paying thousands to creators for longer-form content

TikTok is opening its cash coffers to creators in the hopes of attracting bigger ad spend—and upping the ante in its rivalry with YouTube

The Times of India

TikTok is venturing into book publishing

After the huge popularity of the hashtag #BookTok on social media platform TikTok, its parent company ByteDance has ventured into the book publishing business, reported The New York Times.

MusicRadar

TikTok owner ByteDance launches Ripple, a new app that generates music based on what you sing or hum into it

Pick a style and machine learning will do the rest

Tribune News Service

Billionaires and bureaucrats mobilize China for AI race with US

China’s tech sector has a new obsession: competing with U.S. titans like Google and Microsoft Corp. in the breakneck global artificial intelligence race.

Bangkok Post

Chinese billionaires go all-in on AI

China’s tech sector has a new obsession: competing with US titans like Google and Microsoft in the breakneck global artificial intelligence "arms race".

Fortune

TikTok COO V. Pappas, a prominent nonbinary exec, resigns

V. Pappas will depart TikTok, while former Disney exec Zenia Mucha joins the Bytedance platform.

The Guardian - US

TikTok chief operating officer V Pappas steps down after five years

Key executive at Chinese-owned company says ‘I feel the time is right to move on and refocus on my entrepreneurial passions’

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