TikTok

TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now • TechCrunch

All the major social media players are racing to rip-off BeReal, a small, buzzy French app.

TikTok rolls out a basic in-app text-to-image AI generator – TechCrunch

TikTok has rolled a new in-app text-to-image AI generator that lets users type in a prompt and receive an image that can be used as the background ...

DALL-E, the Metaverse, and Zero Marginal Content – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Machine-learning generated content has major implications on the Metaverse, because it brings the marginal cost of production to zero.

TikTok partners with GIPHY on new video creation tool, ‘TikTok Library’ – TechCrunch

TikTok is announcing a new in-app creation tool called TikTok Library

It’s time to pay serious attention to TikTok – TechCrunch

If you haven’t been paying attention to TikTok, you haven’t been paying attention. The short-form video app hailing from Beijing’s ByteDance just h...

Musical.ly’s shutdown of Live.ly was contractually obligated – TechCrunch

Musical.ly has begun redirecting users of its Live.ly app, which it decided to kill off last month, to a competing app called LiveMe. Existing Live...

F.T.C. Hits Musical.ly With Record Fine for Child Privacy Violation - The New York Times

The agency found many users of the app, now known as TikTok, were under 13 and revealed sensitive personal information without their parents’ permi...

8 Lessons from the rise of Douyin (Tik Tok)

"So what makes Douyin so appealing, and why did it grow so fast? Here are eight lessons on Douyin’s meteoric rise that Western companies can learn ...

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The Kids Use TikTok Now Because Data-Mined Videos Are So Much Fun - Bloomberg

The video-sharing app by the Chinese-owned Bytedance, the world's most valuable startup, has a younger audience than Facebook, an algorithm that le...

Zuckerberg misunderstands the huge threat of TikTok – TechCrunch

“It’s almost like the Explore Tab that we have on Instagram,” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in leaked audio of him describing TikTok during an ...

Reddit CEO: TikTok is ‘fundamentally parasitic’

TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms but the CEO of Reddit had some harsh words for the popular app, calling it “fundamentally paras...

HN Discussion - Privacy analysis of Tiktok’s app and website | Hacker News

> They also use audio fingerprinting to identify visitors. This doesn’t mean they actually use your microphone or speaker. Instead they generate a ...

Vine reboot Byte officially launches – TechCrunch (2020)

Two years after Vine’s co-founder Dom Hofmann announced he was building a successor to the short-form video app, today Byte makes its debut on iOS ...

TikTok now banned for TSA employees

The list of government agencies forbidden from using the app grows

TikTok "Cloud Raves" are the Hottest Trend During China's Coronavirus Quarantines

Nightclubs are taking an innovative approach to reach their quarantined audience. The Shanghai nightclub TAXX earned $104,000 in tips paid throu...

TikTok explains how the recommendation system behind its ‘For You’ feed works

Open up short-form video app TikTok and you’re met with a stream of popular videos, tailored to your own interests. But when your friend launches T...

TikTok & Beyond: The Algorithm Question, The Future of Product - Andreessen Horowitz

a16z Podcast on Spotify With the U.S. tech partnership for TikTok being finalized, what happens if source code is excluded (and more specificall...

The TikTok War

How TikTok exposed Facebook’s blindspot, thanks to its Chinese roots, and why those Chinese roots make TikTok a genuine concern. Tuesday, July 1...

TikTok reveals details of how its coveted algorithm works

The beleaguered app describes the inner workings of its video-selection code.