The social video app TikTok is popular with the kids, which could cause all kinds of problems for parents. To lend a hand, the company released a set of safety features Wednesday that it says will help ensure a healthy digital diet. Family Safety Mode lets parents link their account to their kids’ accounts. Once …
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It was a dark day in 2017 when Twitter announced it was shutting down Vine, the six-second video-looping social app. In less than four years, Vine became a hub for micro-video memes, creating the rise of a generation of young Vine stars with its potential for quick and quirky humor. As users consoled themselves with YouTube compilation videos of their …
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TikTok, known for its quirky 15-second videos, said Thursday that it’s reached a deal with Merlin, the biggest digital rights agency for independent record labels, to license its music collection for the popular short-video app. Launched in 2007, Merlin’s membership consists of more than 20,000 independent record labels and distributors from over 60 countries, including DangerCrue, Dim Mak, Domino, !K7 …
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For TikTok, 2019 closed with ominous news: Both the US Army and Navy banned it on the grounds of security concerns. But that doesn’t change the fact that 2019 was a slam dunk year for the Chinese social media app. With over 700 million downloads around the world, according to data firm Sensor Tower, it was the second most downloaded …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Call it the biggest phone accessory ever. Samsung’s latest gizmo, as seen at CES 2020, is the Sero, a TV the company says is “designed for the mobile generation.” As in, it automatically flips from a standard wide-screen TV into a …
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TikTok on Wednesday published a lengthy update to its community guidelines, aiming to clarify what content isn’t allowed on the popular social video app and how the company handles moderation. “While the language and structure of our Community Guidelines are new, the fundamental values that shape them remain unchanged,” TikTok’s global trust and safety team wrote in a blog post. …
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TikTok parent company ByteDance has reportedly developed deepfake tech that scans your face so it can be inserted into other people’s videos. The video app’s coding refers to the feature as “face swap,” according to a Friday report by TechCrunch. The face swap code was reportedly found in both TikTok, and Duoyin, its Chinese sister app. The face swap feature …
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TikTok released its first transparency report this week, revealing that it received no user information requests from China in the first half of 2019. The release follows the US Army and Navy banning the video app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, from government phones over fears that it’s tied to the Chinese government. The app isn’t generally available in China — …
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The US Navy has banned Chinese app TikTok from government-issued mobile devices because of cybersecurity concerns. In a bulletin posted early this week to a Facebook page for military personnel, the Navy said those who didn’t delete the short-video app would be blocked from the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, Reuters reported Friday. NMCI users were directed “to not install/uninstall the app …
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The 2010s have seen some major changes in the way we interact with the world: We now take rides from strangers via ride-hailing platforms such as Uber and Lyft, we rent other people’s homes through Airbnb and Vrbo instead of booking a hotel. We also play console-quality video games on our phones with Apple Arcade and mobile releases of games such …
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