Gauth is a mobile app, owned by ByteDance, that offers homework help to students. getty Gauth AI, an app that uses generative AI to help school-aged children do their homework, has surged in popularity in recent months, skyrocketing to #2 in the Education category in both Apple and Google’s app stores. Owned by ByteDance, it …
TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In late 2022, Biden signed legislation that barred most federal government-owned devices from using TikTok. The provision was part of a massive omnibus spending bill and, at the time, it represented a major win for China hawks in Congress. Several states and New York City …
The 52-year-old Ma, who kept a low profile during China’s 32-month crackdown on Big Tech firms, delivered that positive message in a speech before Tencent’s annual staff meeting on Monday at a stadium in Shenzhen, the company’s home city in southern Guangdong province. Founded in November 1998, Tencent must find new lifelines in its video …
“In the future, internet companies need to be more open-minded and inclusive to promote truly win-win cooperation in the industry,” the Securities Times article said. Increased collaboration between China’s major internet companies are expected to not only benefit consumers, but help further expand the industry, according to state media. Photo: Shutterstock While China’s gross domestic …
Honour of Kings, the blockbuster video game from market leader Tencent Holdings, will return to ByteDance’s short video app Douyin as the two internet giants bury the hatchet following the TikTok owner’s decision to exit the sector. The Shenzhen-based social media and gaming giant and Beijing-based ByteDance have fought years of bidding wars over Chinese …
TikTok parent ByteDance said that its use of OpenAI’s technology to aid the development of its own artificial intelligence (AI) models was in compliance with the US firm’s service terms, refuting a claim that it made use of the technology to build a rival service. ByteDance made the clarification on Sunday after a report by …
Montana’s unprecedented state-wide ban of Chinese short-video app, TikTok, was supposed to take effect on January 1, 2024, but as reported by Reuters, US District Judge Donald Molloy issued a preliminary injunction just one month ahead to block said ban. This means that for now, ByteDance and app stores are allowed to continue serving TikTok …
TikTok is joining Facebook parent company Meta in challenging the “gatekeeper” status under the European Union’s (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA). The development comes a few days after Microsoft, Google and Amazon decided not to challenge their designations, while Apple is yet to respond on the issue.The DMA will essentially force tech giants to make …
Despite bleeding billions over a couple of years, Facebook parent company Meta has been injecting cash in its metaverse project, which includes manufacturing and selling VR headsets. The company may now have a chance to boost the sales of the niche gear by selling it in China. According to a report by the Wall Street …
The former head of short video giant TikTok’s gaming unit, Jason Fung, is launching a blockchain gaming startup as one of two co-founders, he told Reuters in an interview, as the buzz around blockchain games grows while sector heavyweights remain wary. The 34-year-old left TikTok last month after two years with the firm, and his …