How TikTok's parent, ByteDance, became an AI powerhouseByteDance is also using the data as the linchpin of a growing business in artificial intelligence. The company has invested billions of dol...
11 Apr, 2025, 03.44 PM IST
An 18 year old pays just Rs 550 in rent—but you won’t believe where she lives!An 18-year-old woman in China, Ms. Yang, lives in her workplace restroom, paying only for electricity and water. She saves most of her earn...
29 Mar, 2025, 04.12 PM IST
Minimal toilet breaks, alarm clock curbs: Chinese tricksters take cue from Squid Game to prey on the indebtedFraudsters in China are capitalising on the popularity of the South Korean TV series “Squid Game” to exploit the financially vulnerable in ...
25 Dec, 2024, 08.54 PM IST
Chinese Social media platform bans Tibetan language, Tibetans condemn decisionTibetans in Tibet and around the world have expressed concerns over the Chinese social media platform Douyin's ban on Tibetan language cont...
04 Aug, 2024, 02.32 PM IST
Luxury influencers vanish from Chinese social media in wealth crackdownChinese social media censors have blocked multiple influencers known for showing off their lavish lifestyles after an official campaign to ...
28 May, 2024, 09.02 AM IST
Chinese cat accidentally sets house on fire, causes Rs 11 lakh damageA cat in China accidentally sets its owner's house on fire by turning on the induction cooker, causing over Rs 11 lakh in damages. The cat,...
28 Apr, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
ByteDance testing content paywall on TikTok's sister app DouyinThe Chinese internet giant has recently started to allow some content creators with more than 100,000 followers to put part of their videos...
16 Nov, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
Alibaba banks on aggressive Singles Day pricing to recoup sales mojoWhile Alibaba has announced that it will offer 80 million products at their lowest prices this year during Singles Day, which began in late...
31 Oct, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
Tencent Music's quarterly revenue rises as more Chinese users pay for musicTotal revenue of the company, controlled by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, stood at 7.29 billion yuan ($1.00 billion) in the quar...
15 Aug, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Tencent bets big on WeChat Channels in push to build its own TikTokWeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned...
13 Jan, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
In fresh regulatory move, China tells tech giants to stop blocking rivals' linksThe comments, made by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, mark the latest step in Beijing's regulatory crackdown that has ...
13 Sep, 2021, 04.31 PM IST
ByteDance says it will downsize fintech business, plans to sell stock broker opsByteDance also operates Douyin Pay, its own third-party mobile payment, to facilitate users on e-commerce transactions on short video app D...
02 Sep, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
Timeline: ByteDance founder who put TikTok on global map to quit as CEOZhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulators
20 May, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
Tencent's quarterly revenue jumps 26%, helped by online gamesProfit rose 175% in the same period to 59.3 billion yuan, largely thanks to fair-value gains in companies Tencent has invested in, and sale...
24 Mar, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance launches Douyin Pay, its mobile payment service for China"The set-up of Douyin Pay is to supplement the existing major payment options, and to ultimately enhance user experience on Douyin," Douyin...
19 Jan, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
TikTok owner to start music service, secures rights from T-Series, Times MusicPaid music services have boosted music sales across the world, and are now the single largest source of revenue for the global record busin...
21 May, 2019, 09.20 AM IST
All about TikTok, the Chinese app in the eye of a storm in IndiaThe Madras HC has just ruled that the downloading of this app be prohibited in India.
05 Apr, 2019, 06.03 PM IST