Trump's tariff shockwaves; Scapia's fundraisePresident Donald Trump's broad import tariffs will have repercussions for the tech world. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
03 Apr, 2025, 07.56 PM IST
TikTok case before Supreme Court pits national security against free speechThe Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether national security justifies banning or selling TikTok. The decision will influence th...
10 Jan, 2025, 06.55 AM IST
Bizarre sight out of plane window during flight baffles internet, gets 14 million views, thousands of commentsWhile flying from Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne, Brad Stewart got a strange sight out of the plane window that has baffled the social media...
28 Dec, 2023, 06.07 PM IST
Fed up with poor pay, Vietnam workers turn to TikTokVi Thi Anh spent half a decade doing monotonous low-paid work in industrial hubs near Vietnam's capital Hanoi, assembling mobile phones for...
08 Dec, 2023, 03.44 PM IST
TikTok to take proactive steps to address issues in MalaysiaShort video app TikTok is committed to taking proactive measures to address issues raised by Malaysia, a spokesperson said, after its gover...
13 Oct, 2023, 09.41 AM IST
TikTok shuts shopping feature in Indonesia following banTikTok, a hugely popular short-form video platform, shut down its Shop apparatus in Indonesia on Wednesday after the country banned commerc...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
TikTok launches online shopping in the USTikTok is bringing online shopping through a series of features on its main app and is hoping to replicate the success of Asian platforms S...
12 Sep, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and EuropeSince 2019, western e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Facebook have experimented with livestreaming e-commerce after seeing the success ...
19 Jul, 2023, 10.28 AM IST
TikTok emerges as threat to Amazon with $20 billion shopping pilotFor the company, best known for viral dance challenges and owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., TikTok Shop is its fastest-growing feature with...
05 Jul, 2023, 09.48 PM IST
Vietnam tells foreign social media to use AI to detect 'toxic' contentVietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta's Facebook, Google's YouTube and TikTok to coordinate with authorities to stamp out conten...
30 Jun, 2023, 08.08 PM IST
TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia: CEO Shou Zi ChewSoutheast Asia is one of TikTok's biggest markets in terms of user numbers. But the platform has yet to translate the large user base into ...
15 Jun, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
Vietnam to conduct 'comprehensive inspection' of TikTok over harmful contentThe popular Chinese-owned application, that carries bite-sized videos, has recently allowed "toxic, offensive, false and superstitious" con...
06 Apr, 2023, 10.54 AM IST
TikTok to sign deal with TalkShopLive for live shopping platform in US: ReportsShort video app TikTok is in talks with TalkShopLive to launch its live shopping platform in North America.
02 Oct, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
ByteDance shuts game development studio, lays off over 100ByteDance's gaming studio had around 300 employees and according to the report, some of them have been transferred to other verticals withi...
18 Jun, 2022, 06.08 PM IST
TikTok plans big push into gaming, conducting tests in VietnamFeaturing games on its platform would boost advertising revenue as well as the amount of time users spend on the app - one of the world's m...
20 May, 2022, 08.25 AM IST
TikTok plans big push into gaming, conducting tests in VietnamBoasting a tech-savvy population with 70% of its citizens under the age of 35, Vietnam is an attractive market for social media platforms s...
19 May, 2022, 03.15 PM IST
On the downside, blocking TikTok opens a can of worms for Facebook, GoogleThe decision opens a Pandora’s Box that digital platforms might one day wish had been kept closed. By citing data privacy and foreign influ...
07 Aug, 2020, 08.32 AM IST