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TikTok takes on YouTube, tests 30-minute video uploads
New Delhi: Chinese short-video making platform TikTok is apparently testing to help users upload 30-minute videos in a bid to take on Google-owned YouTube. Social media consultant Matt Navarra first spotted the…
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‘Amazon fired me’: Employee loses job who worked for 7 yrs over TikTok video
San Francisco: An Amazon employee, who worked for the company for seven years, claimed that he was fired because he shared a video on TikTok in which he jokingly asked customers to…
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TikTok parent ByteDance begins mass layoffs in gaming division
San Francisco: Bytedance, TikTok parent company, has started mass layoffs in its gaming division, and several Nuverse employees were awaiting their future, the media reported. According to TechCrunch, after two years of…
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Why is Osama bin Laden’s decades-old ‘Letter to America’ going viral?
Amid the war between Israel and Hamas, a decades-old letter from former Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is going viral on social media platforms after surfaced on the video-sharing app TikTok. Bin…
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American TikToker Megan Rice converts to Islam
American activist and TikToker Megan Rice converted to Islam after she was inspired by the resilience of people in Gaza who are facing genocide and started reading the Quran. In a live…
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TikTok to shut down $1 bn creator fund from Dec 16
San Francisco: Chinese short-video making app TikTok has shut down its $1 billion creator fund from December 16. Creators in the US, UK, Germany and France will no longer be able to…
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After X and Meta, EU warns TikTok over Hamas videos
San Francisco: After warning X owner Elon Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has now warned Chinese short-video-making app TikTok about “disinformation” spreading on the platform…
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Indonesian court sentences TikToker to 2-year jail for blasphemy
An Indonesia court has slapped a fine of USD 16,245 USD (250,000,000 Indonesian Rupiah) on a 33-year-old woman and sentenced her to two years in jail under the country’s blasphemy laws. The…
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Woman ‘gulps down’ Apple AirPod thinking it is a vitamin
San Francisco: A woman in the US accidentally gulped down one of her Apple Airpods thinking of it as a vitamin, a report has claimed. Tanna Barker is going viral after admitting…
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Instagram may bring 10-min long Reels to take on TikTok, YouTube
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram is reportedly working on a longer version of Reels, which will let users record up to 10 minutes of videos. Mobile developer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi shared the…
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NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices over security concerns
San Francisco: New York City has banned the popular Chinese short-form video platform TikTok on city-owned devices over security concerns. A directive was issued on Wednesday following a review by the NYC…
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TikTok takes on Spotify and Apple, launches own music service
New Delhi: Chinese short-video-making app TikTok has launched a subscription-based music streaming service to take on market leaders Apple and Spotify. The company launched the subscription-only music streaming service called “TikTok Music”…
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Non-TikTok users consider it a national security threat: Report
San Francisco: About six-in-ten adults (59 per cent) see the Chinese short-video-making app TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the US, a new report has shown. According…
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Four killed in 6 months for giving in to dangerous TikTok trend in US state of Alabama
Montgamery: Four people were killed in the US state of Alabama recently after they performed dangerous TikTok trend “dubbed boat jumping”, media reports said. Following the trend, thrill-seekers jump or flipp off…
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TikTok launches subscription-based music service to take on Spotify, Apple
New Delhi: Amid the growing Twitter-Meta fight over Threads app, Chinese short-video making app TikTok has launched a subscription-based music streaming service to take on market leaders Apple and Spotify. The subscription-only…
