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Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have made a comeback with a new social app that will offer a personalized news feed. Dubbed Artifact, the app will offer an AI-curated personalized news feed based on users’ choices. It will use machine learning to create a personalized news feed. The launch of the app has … Read more
The United States may be planning to go the ‘India way’ on the popular short video app TikTok. According to reports, the US plans to ban Chinese short video-making app TikTok nationwide. The House Foreign Affairs Committee reportedly plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking the use of China’s … Read more
Last year, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri made it clear that the social media platform wasn’t a “square photo-sharing app” and that the focus would be on videos. This didn’t go down well with a lot of photographers who felt that Instagram was pushing videos, Reels or more of video content in some form. Now, Mosseri … Read more
As relations between China and the United States continue to be tense, Chinese companies are facing a tough time. The popular short video app TikTok is a case in point. TikTok troubles in the US seem refusing to end. Wisconsin and North Carolina are the latest US states to ban the app on state government … Read more
On a hot summer’s day last year, the 90’s boy band Backstreet Boys clambered on to a stage in Pennsylvania and belted out hits as 44 million viewers tuned in from thousands of miles away for the online concert hosted by China’s WeChat Channels. The show is just one of many events held by WeChat … Read more
Seattle’s public school district filed a lawsuit against Big Tech claiming that the companies were responsible for a worsening mental health crisis among students and directly affected the schools’ ability to carry out their educational mission. The complaint, filed on Friday against Alphabet Inc, Meta Platforms Inc, Snap Inc, and TikTok-owner ByteDance with the U.S. … Read more
TikTok faces an uncertain year ahead in the United States as anti-China Republicans take greater control in Congress demanding tighter scrutiny for the highly popular video sharing app. Owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, TikTok has become a political punching bag for US conservatives who allege that the app downloaded by millions of US young … Read more
The tech industry has seen scores of employees lose their jobs as companies including Twitter, Meta, and Amazon among others have laid off workers to balance their sheets. In the latest development, TikTok-owner ByteDance has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees. News agency Reuters cited South China Morning Post as saying that the company has … Read more
Samsung has reportedly collaborated with social media platforms – Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok to improve the quality of pictures shot on the inbuilt camera of the social media apps. As per a report, the quality of photos will no longer see a drop when clicked via these apps. A large number of people use these apps to … Read more
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, accepted that it used the app to spy on the reporters to track down their sources, as per emails exchanged within the company, reports The New York Times.TikTok’s parent company conducted an internal investigation, uncovering that four of its employees in China used the app to gather information on … Read more