The trend known as “sleep maxing” is gaining popularity on social media platforms like tiktok. It encourages users to adopt a series of habits, products, and devices aimed at enhancing sleep quality. While some sleep maxing practices align with expert recommendations, others could be ineffective or even detrimental. Sleep maxing includes various routines such as […]
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TikTok’s hottest chef opens a restaurant in Los Angeles
Tue Nguyen, popularly known as @TwayDaBae, has gone from being a little-known prep cook to becoming a social media star with over a million followers on TikTok and Instagram. Her viral popularity has led to the opening of Di Di, an elite Los Angeles restaurant where she embraces her Vietnamese roots through culinary pleasures. Nguyen’s […]
TikTok advertisers stick by the app amid threat of US ban
Advertisers are committed to continue spending on TikTok due to its immense popularity with users despite threats of a potential ban in the US over national security concerns, ad experts said. The steadfastness comes as TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance, is fighting to prevent a ban in the U.S. after lawmakers introduced a bill […]
TikTok updates community, safety guidelines
TikTok has announced its refreshed community guidelines, to ensure safety and transparency and standards for inclusion in the TikTok community which apply to everyone and everything on the platform, according to a statement. The short video-sharing platform has also introduced community principles. TikTok is advancing its rules for how they treat synthetic media, which is […]
UK bans TikTok on government phones over security concerns
LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other western countries in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data from the app owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance […]
Reddit receives a TikTok-style feature that adds a separate video feed
Reddit announced platform updates today, including the testing of a TikTok-like feature that separates text and video content into separate feeds. The two split-view feeds, dubbed “Read” and “Watch,” will allow users to switch from browsing text-based posts to browsing videos, depending on their mood. The new feeds are currently being tested, but will go […]
TikTok sets 60-minute daily screen time limit for under-18s
If young people hit the new limit, they will have to enter a passcode to continue to use the service that day. But they will be able to opt out of the new measure, which TikTok says will be rolled out “in the coming weeks”. The video app, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, […]
TikTok to develop parental control tool to block certain videos
TikTok said on Wednesday it is developing a tool that will allow parents to prevent their teens from viewing content containing certain words or hashtags on the short-form video app, as the embattled company looks to shore up its public image. TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, is facing renewed scrutiny worldwide over its […]
Hareem Shah says friends behind leaked video controversy
Following the release of several of the TikToker’s videos, which she claimed were leaked by “close pals” Sandal Khattak and Ayesha Naz, the newest issue surrounding social media phenomenon Hareem Shah surfaced. Shah’s films went popular on social media on Tuesday, but the TikTok star later clarified that Khattak and Naz had “taken and released” […]
TikTok planning 2 more data centers in Europe amid data security concerns
BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Chinese social media company TikTok plans to open two more data centers in Europe, a senior executive said on Friday, a move that could mitigate concerns over the security of users’ data and ease regulatory pressure on the company. TikTok has been seeking to assure governments and regulators that users’ […]