ByteDance Introduces OmniHuman-1: AI-Powered Realistic Video Generator

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 10 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has unveiled OmniHuman-1, an advanced artificial intelligence technology that can create lifelike human films using only a single shot. This AI…

Trump Gets TikTok Back for US Users

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

The U.S. version of TikTok is back online just hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration, fulfilling his promise to save the app from a government ban…

TikTok US Merger Proposed by Perplexity AI to Avoid Potential Ban

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a strategic move to avert a ban, Perplexity AI, a search engine startup, has merged its US operations with TikTok’s American division. This offer…

TikTok Shuts Down for U.S. Users Ahead of Potential Ban

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

Before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app could take effect, TikTok went dark in the US on Saturday, cutting off access to a…

RedNote Takes Over as TikTok Faces Possible US Ban

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

As TikTok faces a looming shutdown in less than a week, a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, is rapidly gaining popularity in…

TikTok US Sale to Elon Musk Likely Before Ban Implementation

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Chinese officials are considering a potential deal that could see Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the popular short-video app fails to…

Is TikTok’s Popularity at Risk? Ban Expected by January 2025

By Tehniyat Zafar ⏐ 12 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The United States federal appeals court has affirmed a statute mandating that ByteDance, a Chinese-owned entity, divest its widely-used short-video application, TikTok, by January 19th,…

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New York City Bans TikTok on all Government Issued Devices

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 2 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Effective immediately, the new TikTok ban has left agencies with just 30 days to delete the application from all city-owned hardware New York City has…

US State Montana Bans TikTok on All Personal Devices

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Protesting to the ban, TikTok issued a statement saying that the state-wide ban “infringes on the First Amendment rights of the people of Montana” Starting…

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UK Ministers Banned From Using TikTok on Government Devices

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The ban comes after multiple similar decisions taken by parliaments in the EU, USA and Canada The United Kingdom has now banned its ministers from…

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Canada Bans TikTok on Government Owned Devices

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

TikTok “presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security” said a Canadian government spokesperson in his statement The Canadian government has announced that…

TikTok sued for billions over collection of children’s data

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

TikTok, the incredibly popular short-form video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High…

TikTok considers adding a group chat feature this year

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The ever-popular video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, as per details from sources, thereby putting the Chinese-owned app in more…

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