TikTok preparing a US copy of the app's core algorithmTikTok is developing a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its U.S. users to operate independently from its Chinese parent, ByteDance...
31 May, 2024, 07.06 AM IST
ByteDance’s Resso to shut in India on January 31ByteDance’s music streaming app, Resso, will shut its service in India effective January 31, after the Ministry of Electronics and Informat...
13 Jan, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
OpenAI suspends ByteDance’s account over ‘secretly using’ its AI techAccording to a report, internal ByteDance documents confirmed the "OpenAI API has been relied on to develop its foundational LLM". It was c...
16 Dec, 2023, 01.27 PM IST
Risky China apps need India-style action: FCC Commissioner Brendan CarrIndia banned TikTok and nearly 300 other Chinese apps in phases, starting from June 2020, over national security concerns.
15 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Ranjan Pai in talks for stake in FirstCry; IT hardware firms may get more time for local manufacturingManipal Group chairman Ranjan Pai is likely to pick up a stake in FirstCry, as part of a secondary share sale. Pai’s Rs 250 crore investmen...
14 Aug, 2023, 07.01 AM IST
TikTok owner bets on Resso & Lark for a Byte of India marketIndia is the world’s largest internet market after China with close to 800 million users and provides a huge opportunity for apps looking t...
12 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Driver's licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user dataTikTok has downplayed the access that its China-based workers have to US user data. In a congressional hearing in March, TikTok's CEO, Shou...
29 May, 2023, 09.12 AM IST
Driver's licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user dataTikTok's China-based employees have access to U.S. user data on an internal platform called Lark, according to internal reports and former ...
25 May, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
Plike X Vlike + Pcomment: This TikTok equation keeps users hooked to videosA recent report demonstrated how TikTok relies on your time spent on each video to steer you toward more videos that will keep you scrollin...
06 Dec, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming steps down as chairmanByteDance New CEO Liang Rubo, who announced a major organisational restructuring at the TikTok parent, will take on the role of chairman fr...
03 Nov, 2021, 10.02 AM IST
ByteDance to reorganize, CFO steps down to focus on TikTokThe move comes after ByteDance shelved its plan to go public in April and said it had no imminent plans for an initial public offering. It ...
02 Nov, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
ByteDance launches Volcano Engine brand to offer TikTok 'secret' to businessesThe algorithm is considered the "secret sauce" behind short-video app TikTok's global success and was one of the focal points when China's ...
10 Jun, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance considers listing China business in Hong Kong or Shanghai: SourcesOf the two venues, the company prefers Hong Kong, according to two of the people. One of the two also said ByteDance is simultaneously stud...
31 Jul, 2020, 11.24 PM IST
TikTok-maker is launching Google-like work tools during coronavirus outbreakBy focusing on the local China market first and targeting individual users, ByteDance will try to capture the latent demand in the country ...
11 Mar, 2020, 09.42 AM IST