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TikTok India Return Rumours Debunked by Company: Report
TikTok on Friday denied circulating reports that it had been unbanned in India. The app was first banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in June 2020, due to concerns regarding national security and data privacy. The rumours of a possible comeback surfaced on Friday, after the official website of the Chinese social...
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OnlyFans Founder, Crypto Foundation Submit Late-Stage Bid To Buy TikTok
A startup run by Tim Stokely, founder of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has partnered with a cryptocurrency foundation to submit a late-stage plan to acquire short video app TikTok from Chinese owner ByteDance, the two said on Wednesday.
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TikTok to Let US Android Users Download App via Kits on its Website
Apple and Google have not reinstated TikTok to their app stores since a US law took effect on January 19 requiring its Chinese owner ByteDance either to sell it on national security grounds or face a ban.
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Honor Announces Integration of DeepSeek-R1 AI Model With Yoyo Assistant in China
Honor, the Chinese smartphone brand, announced the integration of its Yoyo virtual assistant with the DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model on Saturday. The company claimed to have become the first Android manufacturer to offer the AI model in its devices. With this, the company's native assistant will be able to tap into the capabilities ...
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Researchers Discover DeepSeek Has Links to Chinese Telecom Firm Banned in US: Report
DeepSeek’s source code has reportedly revealed the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s connection with a Chinese telecommunication provider. As per the report, a cybersecurity firm has uncovered code that could be used to send data being added to the web client of DeepSeek to China Mobile. The code reportedly relates to the account creation ...
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From Italy To Taiwan, Countries That Have Banned The Use Of China's DeepSeek
Even the US has expressed concerns over the app's potential national security implications.
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Microsoft Is in Talks to Acquire TikTok, Says US President Donald Trump
US The reported talks mark the second time that Microsoft has been in the frame to acquire TikTok. The app, which has about 170 million American users, was briefly taken offline just before a law requiring its Chinese owner ByteDance to either sell it on national security grounds or face a ban took effect on January 19.
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What Is TikTok And How People Got Hooked To This Platform
Hours after TikTok went dark in the United States, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would work with the Chinese video-sharing app to ensure it remained functional in America.
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US Supreme Court Rules Against TikTok, Upholds Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday in its challenge to a federal law that would have required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned in the United States on Jan. 19.
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Opinion | US Ban On TikTok Could Be Devastating
For the first time in American tech history, the US has passed a law targeting a major Chinese tech giant. If the ban kicks in on Sunday, what lies ahead for the app and its millions of users?
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TikTok India Return Rumours Debunked by Company: Report
TikTok on Friday denied circulating reports that it had been unbanned in India. The app was first banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in June 2020, due to concerns regarding national security and data privacy. The rumours of a possible comeback surfaced on Friday, after the official website of the Chinese social...
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OnlyFans Founder, Crypto Foundation Submit Late-Stage Bid To Buy TikTok
A startup run by Tim Stokely, founder of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has partnered with a cryptocurrency foundation to submit a late-stage plan to acquire short video app TikTok from Chinese owner ByteDance, the two said on Wednesday.
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TikTok to Let US Android Users Download App via Kits on its Website
Apple and Google have not reinstated TikTok to their app stores since a US law took effect on January 19 requiring its Chinese owner ByteDance either to sell it on national security grounds or face a ban.
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Honor Announces Integration of DeepSeek-R1 AI Model With Yoyo Assistant in China
Honor, the Chinese smartphone brand, announced the integration of its Yoyo virtual assistant with the DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model on Saturday. The company claimed to have become the first Android manufacturer to offer the AI model in its devices. With this, the company's native assistant will be able to tap into the capabilities ...
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Researchers Discover DeepSeek Has Links to Chinese Telecom Firm Banned in US: Report
DeepSeek’s source code has reportedly revealed the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s connection with a Chinese telecommunication provider. As per the report, a cybersecurity firm has uncovered code that could be used to send data being added to the web client of DeepSeek to China Mobile. The code reportedly relates to the account creation ...
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From Italy To Taiwan, Countries That Have Banned The Use Of China's DeepSeek
Even the US has expressed concerns over the app's potential national security implications.
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Microsoft Is in Talks to Acquire TikTok, Says US President Donald Trump
US The reported talks mark the second time that Microsoft has been in the frame to acquire TikTok. The app, which has about 170 million American users, was briefly taken offline just before a law requiring its Chinese owner ByteDance to either sell it on national security grounds or face a ban took effect on January 19.
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What Is TikTok And How People Got Hooked To This Platform
Hours after TikTok went dark in the United States, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would work with the Chinese video-sharing app to ensure it remained functional in America.
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US Supreme Court Rules Against TikTok, Upholds Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday in its challenge to a federal law that would have required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned in the United States on Jan. 19.
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Opinion | US Ban On TikTok Could Be Devastating
For the first time in American tech history, the US has passed a law targeting a major Chinese tech giant. If the ban kicks in on Sunday, what lies ahead for the app and its millions of users?
