TikTok’s new Local Feed will show you nearby shopping, dining, events, news, and more.
The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation engine.
EU regulators have declared that TikTok’s “addictive design” may put it in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA), in the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into the social media app. If those findings are confirmed, TikTok could face a major fine and be required to “change the basic design of its service” in […]
TikTok usage dropped following ownership change, benefiting rival apps. But now, its numbers are climbing again.
Upscrolled founder said that the social network was launched six years ago and had 150,000 users until January
TikTok says it finally solved all issues related to outages caused by last week’s U.S. snowstorm.
Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks. The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion i…
The significant problems with the TikTok app last weekend were, according to the company, because of a technical issue stemming from a power outage at a “US data center partner.” Users could not upload new videos and view counts were all out of whack, with few answers or explanations. For TikTok, the timing was unfortunate. […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom is launching a review of TikTok’s potential violations after more users are reporting anti-Trump censorship.
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ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, recently established a separate American entity to run the app’s U.S. operations. This restructuring aims to separate U.S. TikTok from its Chinese parent, addressing concerns about data privacy and foreign c…