When the Trump administration announced it would ban TikTok in the U.S., a number of alternative short-form video apps began to flourish, as users hedged their bets on a potential TikTok exit. Among these was Byte, an app co-created by Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann, which topped 1.3 million downloads in its first week alone. But […]
Windows 11インストール後にInstagramやTikTokがプリインストールされている？について（スタートメニューに表示される）
Windows 11へのアップデート後、スタートメニュー内に「Instagram」や「TikTok」、「Prime Video（Amazon）」「Facebook」等が表示され、Instagramがプリインストールされる
The future of China’s work culture
In a late-August ruling, China’s supreme court declared one of the country’s most infamous work practices illegal. Known as “996,” the term is shorthand for a work schedule spanning from 9AM to 9PM, six days per week. Though popularized by the country’s soaring tech firms, often evoking images of hip urban startup employees with stock […]
TikTok adds new sound partners to allow brands to leverage audio on the platform
TikTok is announcing new partnerships aimed at making it easier for brands to tap into music and sound on the platform. The company has expanded its TikTok Marketing Partners program and introduced six certified partners that will help brands create “sound-on” strategies for the platform. TikTok notes that it essentially wants to connect brands with […]
Revealed: anti-vaccine TikTok videos being viewed by children as young as nine
Covid misinformation remains on site for months adding to concern over impact of social media on young peopleLies and conspiracy theories about Covid-19, which have amassed millions of views and are accessible to young children, have been available on …
2匹の挙動不審なドーベルマン、植木鉢を倒したのはどっち？
＜「こんなに分かりやすい罪悪感の表れはない」と話題に＞ 目に入ったものは何でも食べ、隙あらば家の中を荒らす。犬は何かと騒々しい動物だ。 ただ、彼らが得意なのは散らかしたり混乱させることだけでなく、反省するのもまた上手なのである。自分が悪いことをしたと分かっていて、許しを乞うためにひれ伏すことも珍しくない。 2匹のドーベルマンの飼い主であるアンバーリー・ザモラがTikTokに公開した映像を見れば、いたずらした後の犬がどんな表情を見せるのかがよく分かる。 @amberlyzamora Let’s tak…
Websites hosting porn in UK told to enforce age checks or face fines
Ofcom threatens severe financial penalties for sites such as OnlyFans and video apps including TikTokUK websites and apps that host pornography and adult material – such as OnlyFans and PocketStars – must put in place strict age-verification processes …
The critique of everyday life in 15 seconds.
Nayanjyoti’s roundup of proletarian TikTok in India for the political webzine Raiot includes videos of rural workers, workers on the long walk home, workers goofing off, construction workers goofing off, reaction videos, lipsynched labor, and synchroni…
Instagram ditches the IGTV brand, combines everything but Reels into an ‘Instagram Video’ format
Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently said was “no longer a photo-sharing app,” noting the company was prioritizing a shift into video amid significant competition from TikTok and YouTube. Today, Instagram is taking another step towards its larger goal of making video a more central part of the Instagram experience with news that it will now […]
China roundup: Tesla supplier CATL to buy Canada’s Millennial Lithium
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. China’s anti-competition tech crackdown continues to redefine the dynamics among the country’s internet giants, leading to collaboration between Alibaba and Tencent in the payments race. In […]