TikTok for iPhone is getting passkeys Top social media platform TikTok is implementing secure passwordless login for iPhone users. TechRadar · Jul 18, 2023
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. Bangkok Post · Jul 8, 2023
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 Fortune · Jul 5, 2023
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. The Times of India · Jul 5, 2023
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 MusicRadar · Jun 30, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023
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". Bangkok Post · Jun 28, 2023
TikTok COO V. Pappas, a prominent nonbinary exec, resigns V. Pappas will depart TikTok, while former Disney exec Zenia Mucha joins the Bytedance platform. Fortune · Jun 23, 2023
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’ The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2023
MrBeast's manager says TikTok risk is increasing before 2024 elections In a "state of the creator economy" letter, the CEO of creator talent agency Night says that YouTube should be the centerpiece platform for building a brand. Fortune · Jun 22, 2023
TikTok launches shopping platform to rival Amazon and Shein in major app change 'Trendy Beat' will offer products from viral videos such as clothing and even tools to remove ear wax Liverpool Echo · Jun 22, 2023
TikTok to launch shopping platform to rival Amazon and Shein in major app change 'Trendy Beat' will offer products from viral videos such as clothing and even tools to remove ear wax Nottingham Post · Jun 21, 2023
TikTok launching shopping platform to rival Amazon and Shein in major app change 'Trendy Beat' will offer products from viral videos such as clothing and even tools to remove ear wax Wales Online · Jun 21, 2023
China's ByteDance Has Gobbled Up $1 Billion of Nvidia GPUs for AI This Year China's ByteDance has already ordered around 100,000 Nvidia datacenter accelerators in 2023 — more than the entire Chinese market ordered last year. Tom’s Hardware · Jun 16, 2023
Businessweek · Jun 14, 2023 ByteDance Wants to Build an Everything App to Rival WeChat The company behind TikTok aims to provide food delivery, travel bookings and whatever else people want.
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023 Senators call on TikTok CEO to explain 'inaccurate' statements about how company manages US data Two U.S. senators are asking TikTok to explain what they called “misleading or inaccurate” statements about how it stores and provides access to U.S. user data
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2023 Chinese communist party ‘accessed Hong Kong protesters’ TikTok data’ Ruling party accessed user data including Sim card ID and IP addresses, former executive alleges in legal filing
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023 Former ByteDance executive says Chinese Communist Party tracked Hong Kong protesters via data A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns the popular short-video app TikTok, says in a legal filing that some members of the ruling Communist Party used data held by the company to identify and locate protesters in Hong Kong
Al Jazeera · Jun 7, 2023 China spied on Hong Kong activists using TikTok, lawsuit claims Former ByteDance executive alleges that Chinese officials used ‘god credential’ to get around protections for user data.
Pedestrian.tv · Jun 5, 2023 What The Hell Is Lemon8 And Will It Actually Overtake Instagram Like Influencers Believe? The app was made by ByteDance, which brought us TikTok.
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023 Federal judge calls Indiana attorney general's TikTok lawsuit largely 'political posturing' The fate of an Indiana lawsuit against the social media company TikTok is uncertain after a federal judge lambasted it as “political posturing.”
WEKU · May 22, 2023 TikTok sues Montana over its new law banning the app TikTok says Montana does not have the authority to weigh in on national security issues and that the law deprives American TikTok users of their free speech rights.
TechRadar · May 22, 2023 This new malware scam spoofs CapCut video editing links to infect your device Be careful when downloading CapCut, as it might just be an infostealer.
The Conversation · May 22, 2023 A TikTok ban isn't a data security solution. It will be difficult to enforce – and could end up hurting users Montana has made an unprecedented move to become the first US state to ban TikTok.
Evening Standard · May 19, 2023 TikTok influencers sue Montana to overturn state’s ban A group of social media influencers are trying to get Montana’s ban on the app revoked