MICROSOFT has realised new AI that can make creepy videos of people using just one photo – but won’t release tool over impersonation fears. The technology can create synchronised animated clips of a person talking […]
What is Shou Zi Chew’s Net Worth? Shou Zi Chew is a Singaporean businessman and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $200 million. Shou Zi Chew serves as the CEO of the video-hosting service […]
AN expensive tote bag released by a TikTok influencer has sold out despite people slamming the exorbitant price. Emily Mariko, who created the viral sushi bowl recipe, was ripped for charging $120 for her seemingly […]
Photo Credit: Plann / CC by 4.0 Last week, a report indicated that TikTok had stored creators’ sensitive financial information on servers in China – where government officials can unilaterally demand access to companies’ records. […]
Photo Credit: Solen Feyissa Last year, Beijing-headquartered ByteDance acknowledged that its employees had improperly accessed TikTok user data. Now, as the app continues to grapple with regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and abroad, a report […]
Photo Credit: Alejandro Luengo The Chinese government will require stringent government checks on AI services operating within the country. The move comes after Chinese tech companies rolled out ChatGPT-like services. According to the guidelines, any […]
Photo Credit: Collabstr As TikTok grapples with continued user-data criticism and regulatory scrutiny, a Senate vote to ban the controversial video-sharing platform has been blocked. This newest development in the long-running push to prohibit TikTok […]
Paris, France. Photo Credit: Anthony Tan Days following TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s appearance before Congress, France has become the latest country to prohibit the video-sharing app’s use on government devices. France’s minister of public […]
Beijing, China. Photo Credit: zhang kaiyv As the White House reportedly demands that ByteDance sell its interest in TikTok or grapple with the short-form app’s potential stateside ban, both the video-sharing service and the Chinese […]
Photo Credit: TikTok After months of intensifying scrutiny over TikTok’s user-data policies and national-security implications, the White House is reportedly “demanding” that Beijing-headquartered ByteDance sell its stake in the short-form app or grapple with a […]
Photo Credit: Rene DeAnda The House Foreign Affairs Committee has officially advanced a bill that would allow the president to prohibit the use of TikTok and other digital services “that threaten U.S. national security.” This […]
Photo Credit: Rene DeAnda About two months after the No TikTok On Government Devices Act became law, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has officially instructed all executive agencies to remove the highly controversial […]
Brussels’ Berlaymont building, which serves as the headquarters of the European Commission. Photo Credit: EmDee After Congress (and north of 20 state governments) banned TikTok due to far-reaching privacy and national-security concerns, the European Commission […]
TikTok has been outlawed in both chambers of Congress and by more than 20 state governments. Now, as federal lawmakers push for an outright ban, different senators, also from both sides of the aisle, are […]
Following a Chinese spy balloon’s much-publicized entry into U.S. airspace – and amid continued talks of a possible TikTok ban in the U.S. – a top Justice Department official is now advising Americans against using […]
A nighttime shot of Melbourne, Australia. Photo Credit: Linda Xu Earlier this month, amid continued licensing talks between the major labels and TikTok, it came to light that the video-sharing app had started limiting the […]
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo Credit: Jordan Last March, TikTok rolled out SoundOn in the U.S., the U.K., Brazil, and Indonesia. Now, the distribution and marketing service has debuted in Australia, where the ByteDance-owned platform […]
Photo Credit: TechCrunch / CC by 2.0 Following the approximately $200 million sale of Justin Bieber’s catalog, Scooter Braun has reportedly become Hybe America’s sole CEO. Upon announcing its massive investment in the 28-year-old’s music […]
An aerial shot of the University of Texas at Austin, where a TikTok ban has gone into effect. Photo Credit: Chirag Tripathi With a number of governors having banned TikTok on state devices due to […]
Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio Both members of the music community and content creators have long sought to ignite viral trends on TikTok. But the impact of these efforts – and the idea that virality is […]