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Vitalik Buterin endorses TiTok AI for onchain image storage
15.6.2024
TiTok AI, a new method for efficient onchain image compression, could be a useful tool for blockchain applications
BytePlus, the premium ByteDance subsidiary, is coming to Sui
18.4.2024
BytePlus, the enterprise technology subsidiary of ByteDance, recently announced its release to Sui. The company is prominently known for being the brain behind TikTok US. Long Bi (BytePlus Regional Manager) and Adeniyi Abiodun (Mysten Labs Co-Founder) made the announcement at Sui Connect, Dubai....
Sui Blockchain Partners With TikTok Subsidiary BytePlus to Explore Web3 Gaming Opps
17.4.2024
Layer 1 blockchain Sui has partnered with BytePlus, a subsidiary of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, to explore artificial intelligence and Web3 gaming projects on Sui’s blockchain.
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20 Video Game TikToks That Prove Why The US Shouldn’t Ban It
14.3.2024
If you haven’t heard, the United States House of Representatives is trying to ban the short-form video app TikTok by forcing it find a new owner that isn’t the China-based company ByteDance, lest it be removed from American app stores because it’s an alleged security risk. It’s unlikely that...
A TikTok Ban Would Be A Tragedy For Gaming Communities
13.3.2024
The House of Representatives, historically known for its excellent priorities, passed a bill on March 13 that could ban short-form video app TikTok in the U.S. The app has over 150 million users in America as of last year, and over a billion people use it worldwide. TikTok is used primarily...
Former Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Wants To Buy Tiktok: Report
11.3.2024
TikTok is in an exceptionally tough spot these days. Despite everyone you know using it for hours on end, the video-sharing app is currently facing legislation that would force its ban in the U.S pending a potential sale, and prospective buyers are lining up. Regrettably, one of these buyers...
New TikTok Trend Uses AI-Generated Kids To Exploit Real Murder Victims
31.5.2023
A whole new sub-genre of awful “true crime” content is taking root on TikTok. Posters there are using “artificial intelligence”-powered media creation tools to create fake videos that purport to show actual murder victims, often children, sharing grisly details about how they were killed. Even...
The Internet Once Again Loses It Over Dudes Playing With Water
16.3.2023
TikTok isn’t just an algorithmic time waster for discovering viral dances and new memes. It’s also full of new niche genres like grindset grifting, chefs doing cooking commentary, and ASMR deep cleaning. Oh, and challenge-based trends like dudes playing with cups of water.Read more
Tencent to Offer Metaverse-Building Services for Asian Markets
24.2.2023
Tencent, the Chinese software and tech company, has announced its metaverse suite of services designed to target Asian markets. The company revealed that it will revamp its media offering with its new “metaverse-in-a-box” proposal, which aims to facilitate the task of building virtual...
Chinese Tech Giants Tencent and Bytedance Plan Cuts in Their Metaverse Divisions
20.2.2023
According to reports, Tencent and Bytedance, two Chinese tech giants, are planning to execute a significant number of job cuts in their metaverse divisions. Tencent recognized it is making some staff adjustments, amidst rumors of hundreds of layoffs in its extended reality division, while Bytedance...
Bobby Kotick Is Stoking Chinese Fear To Champion The Microsoft Acquisition
8.2.2023
In order to ease UK regulators’ reluctance to approve the Microsoft acquisition, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick went on CNBC to make a case for the merger. His comments about the UK becoming “Death Valley” if the merger was not approved have earned him well-deserved ridicule. But maybe...
The Truth Behind Those Wild TikTok Videos Meant To Hack Your Attention
2.2.2023
If you spend any time on TikTok, you may have noticed that a certain kind of video collage is popping up all over your For You page. Maybe it has a clip of the adult cartoon Family Guy in there, or socialist Twitch streamer Hasan “Hasanabi” Piker talking about Black Lives Matter. But no matter...
Twitch Star’s Black Lives Matter Post Gets Him TikTok Permaban On MLK Day
17.1.2023
We’re talking about the mega-popular Twitch streamer Hasan “Hasanabi” Piker again. However, instead of a scandal pertaining to his actions on the Amazon-owned streaming platform or something related to how rich the political commentator is, Hasanabi is making headlines for being permabanned...
Your Guide To Crafting The Perfect Gaming TikTok For You Page
10.1.2023
Before I downloaded TikTok—which is currently the most downloaded app in the world—headlines tried to spook me over vile, international plots to siphon personal data. Grown ups (anyone at least six years older than me) tsk, tsked my generation’s shriveled attention spans, and offline advocates...
Netflix Wednesday TikToks Turned The Wrong Old Song Into A New Radio Hit
21.12.2022
If you have a smartphone, a laptop, or a tablet, you’ve seen the Wednesday dance.Read more
Report: TikTok To Add Games, Testing Has Already Started
20.5.2022
TikTok has already taken over the world. Millions of people (myself included…) spend far too many hours on the popular video-sharing app, watching thousands of bite-sized, often very funny clips created by other users. And now, seemingly in an effort to suck away the few remaining hours of your...
New Marvel Card Game From Ex-Hearthstone Devs Plays Fast As Hell
19.5.2022
Announced today, Marvel Snap looks like a chaotic but fun digital trading card game (TCG) featuring popular Marvel heroes and villains. It’s also the next game from some of the key folks behind Blizzard’s popular digital card game Hearthstone, who left to form their own studio a few years back....
[článek] Marek Rabas (Madfinger Games): Málem jsme nepřežili růst firmy. ByteDance je pro nás studnice vědomostí
16.6.2021
[11 minut čtení] Do brněnského herního studia jako investor vstoupil čínský ByteDance, majitel TikToku. Šéf Madfinger Games vysvětluje pozadí obchodu nebo krizi, kterou si firma prošla. Madfinger Games je celosvětově úspěšné brněnské herní studio, které se soustředí na mobilní akční hry jako Dead...
[aktualita] Po Tencentu i ByteDance. Tvůrce TikToku kupuje podíl v české herní firmě Madfinger Games
10.5.2021
Čínská technologická společnost ByteDance, která stojí za celosvětově populární sociální sítí TikTok, podle informací Lupy kupuje minoritu v brněnském herním studiu Madfinger Games. ByteDance transakci v řádech desítek milionů korun uskutečnil skrze společnost Nuverse (Zhaoxi Guangnian), kterou...
Trump v neděli zablokuje WeChat a TikTok. Proti je ByteDance i CEO Instagramu
18.9.2020
Případné zablokování TikToku a dalších aplikací se v rámci USA řeší již delší dobu a pomocnou ruku nabídl Microsoft i Oracle. Nyní to ale vypadá, že o víkendu dojde k zákazu obou aplikací. Proti je dokonce i CEO Instagramu, pro který je přitom TikTok přímou konkurencí.
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