Siri: Who's first to offer voice search on Chinese TikTok? ByteDance's Douyin strikes up a conversation with Apple's digital assistant AI + ML09 Feb 2022 | 2
TikTok tops Google to win Cloudflare’s 2021 traffic ratings Other Chinese properties also doing very well Off-Prem21 Dec 2021 | 8
China lists 100 topics citizens can't include in online vids No crypto, no sex, no clips from the telly. Enthusiastic and historically accurate socialism welcome Legal17 Dec 2021 | 29
ByteDance launches a raft of public cloud services Volcano Engine adds plenty of the IaaS and SaaS you'd expect from a hyperscaler Off-Prem03 Dec 2021 | 2
Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget 'If you don't get your timing right you get whacked round the back of the head' admits scrappy octogenarian Bootnotes17 Sep 2021 | 14
Pakistan bans TikTok, for the fourth time Previous bans were imposed for nasty content, then lifted after promises of proper moderation. And here we are again Legal21 Jul 2021 | 3
Chinese AI censors live-streamed Alpacas – beasts with a very NSFW and political back story Be alert, not a-llam-ed Offbeat14 May 2021 | 16
TikTok no worse than Facebook for privacy, says Citizen Lab (although Chinese TikTok is a horror) App has common code base for three versions: one global edition; one for south-east Asian; one for China Security23 Mar 2021 | 18
TikTok to cough up $92m to settle data privacy sueballs over harvesting too much data Or about five days of annual operating profit Personal Tech27 Feb 2021 | 6
Biden administration pauses pursuit of TikTok and WeChat Chinese New Year gift for Beijing, maybe for Oracle too Personal Tech12 Feb 2021 | 14
ByteDance sues Tencent over lack of link love on its messaging services Is there anywhere in the world TikTok isn’t in trouble? Personal Tech03 Feb 2021 | 4
India makes China app ban permanent, forces TikTok to hose out local office But China's Xiaomi again tops booming smartphone market which just hit record of 100m sales in six months Personal Tech28 Jan 2021 | 4
TikTok to be hit by a UK class-action-style lawsuit backed by the Children's Commissioner And funded by private venture that'll take a chunk of the damages for itself Personal Tech07 Jan 2021 | 14
New York Stock Exchange bins China’s three biggest telcos As China launches Alibaba antitrust probe, warns Tencent, and the clock keeps TikTok-ing for Oracle Legal04 Jan 2021 | 13
Judge strikes down another attempt by President Trump to force a TikTok US sale Donald-appointed jurist says Uncle Sam 'likely overstepped' authority, 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner' Personal Tech08 Dec 2020 | 25
TikTok given another week to sort out how to sell itself New ways to evade sticking points apparently under discussion Personal Tech26 Nov 2020 | 12
Mr President? Donald?! Any chance you can actually decide if Oracle can buy us or do we have to leave? Updated TikTok asks court to intervene as administration says injunction preventing closure means its hands are tied Personal Tech11 Nov 2020 | 47
TikTok wins right to stay in America past current Art of the Deal deadline on November 12th Court ponders keeping it alive for three plaintiffs before deciding Made-in-China app can keep amusing everyone Legal02 Nov 2020 | 14
Pakistan restores TikTok, says it needs to crack down on video nasties, and anything else outside 'societal norms' App promises to curb behaviour but this might be about control than morals Personal Tech20 Oct 2020 | 1
TikTok says Trump administration ban is based on fake news about the app and its back end Claims code and infrastructure aren't shared with China or very scary. Also reveals Oracle will win biz from AWS, Azure, Alibaba and Google! Personal Tech16 Oct 2020 | 14
Pakistan bans TikTok because of its users not its owners Warnings to clean up its act went unheeded, but door remains open for a return Personal Tech12 Oct 2020 | 11
China takes TikTok-WeChat ding-dong to World Trade Organization, accuses US, India of breaking global rules One person still believes forced sale is a good idea. Hint: He’s in hospital Personal Tech05 Oct 2020 | 20
TikTok wins reprieve as judge rules it can stay in American iOS, Android app stores for now Justice won't say why he granted injunction, orders Uncle Sam and vid app maker to keep talking Software28 Sep 2020 | 8
'Robbery, economic plunder, victim of larcenous cronyism and a heist' That’s China’s view of the Oracle/Walmart TikTok takeover. Now to see if that translates into a ban on the sale Legal25 Sep 2020 | 34
TikTok seeks injunction to halt Trump ban, claims it would break America's own First and Fifth Amendments Video-sharing app appears to have had enough of presidential posturing Personal Tech24 Sep 2020 | 44
TikTok proposes coalition with other social apps to curb harmful content Seemingly ignorant of the fact that Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter already operate a similar project Personal Tech23 Sep 2020 | 1
Have no idea WTF is going on with the Oracle-Walmart TikTok deal? Don’t sweat it, here’s our latest rundown Analysis TL;DR: Trump is confusing everything to stay in the spotlight SaaS21 Sep 2020 | 35
Oracle Zooms past rivals to run TikTok’s cloud, take stake alongside WalMart and ByteDance investors Deal dilutes Chinese stake enough for Trump to tentatively approve On-Prem20 Sep 2020 | 34
Bad news for 'cool dads' trying to bond with their teens: China-owned TikTok and WeChat face US download ban by Sunday Unless the Orange One steps in to save the day. Fancy that! Security18 Sep 2020 | 41
Oracle hosting TikTok US data. '25,000' moderators hired. Code reviews. Trump getting his cut... It's the season finale Comment Reality TV has now come to international business deals SaaS16 Sep 2020 | 61
Wow, you guys have so much in common: Oracle hotly tipped to power TikTok’s operations as Microsoft deal rejected Updated A strange pairing indeed SaaS14 Sep 2020 | 33
ByteDance rebuffs Microsoft's TikTok purchase proposal Updated Redmond wishes good luck to whoever gets to fix TikTok's security and fake news problems - which may be Oracle as a host not an operator Software14 Sep 2020 | 33
ByteDance says it will abide by China's new export laws TikTok TikTok … the sound of a sale slipping away? Personal Tech01 Sep 2020 | 7
Pakistan demands TikTok and YouTube block 'vulgar' content Calls for more moderation to stop video nasties reaching local eyeballs Personal Tech01 Sep 2020 | 15
China trolls Trump with tech export rules changes that could imperil TikTok sale Won’t somebody think of Microsoft and Oracle? Or Huawei, which says it’s too poor to sponsor an Australian football team Software31 Aug 2020 | 65
Here's some words we never expected to write: Oracle said to offer $10bn cash, $10bn shares for TikTok US – plus profit share promise When Larry said he wanted the app, he meant on his phone, not... oh God Personal Tech27 Aug 2020 | 94
TikTok CEO quits after less than three months in the job Thanks The Donald for messing up his dream gig with order for US sale Personal Tech27 Aug 2020 | 18
TikTok takes to the courts to challenge US ban Updated On grounds that Trump administration hasn't allowed proper discussions about security or a sale Software24 Aug 2020 | 15
Trump backs Oracle as potential TikTok buyer Larry Ellison hailed as 'terrific guy' but Big Red stays shtum on its intentions Software19 Aug 2020 | 30
From per-processor licensing to... per-follower? Oracle said to be in talks to buy TikTok’s US operations Plotting new Enterprise Video Sharing Cloud, making mischief for Microsoft, or playing politics? Personal Tech18 Aug 2020 | 18
Android user chucks potential $10bn+ sueball at Google over 'spying', 'harvesting data'... this time to build supposed rival to TikTok called 'Shorts' These are the class-action-suit-joining 'droids lawyers are looking for. (We'll get our coats) Security07 Aug 2020 | 41
Trump administration labels WeChat, TikTok ‘threats’ to national security, bans transactions with both On grounds that they can track users, conduct corporate espionage and oppress Chinese-Americans Security07 Aug 2020 | 72
TikTok to splurge €420m on Ireland data centre to get Euro-data into Europe by 2022 Nothing but love for regulators, but nothing for hyperscalers despite previous Google Cloud entanglement On-Prem06 Aug 2020 | 12
China slams President Trump's TikTok banned-or-be-bought plan in the US Beijing accuses America of working to destroy businesses it doesn't like Security05 Aug 2020 | 74
Trump bans Feds from contracting H-1B workers and makes telehealth the new normal Also touts scheme to have USA to pocket finder’s fee for allowing TikTok sale Legal04 Aug 2020 | 26
UK Defence Committee chair muses treating TikTok like Huawei: So eyeball its code then ban it from the country? Chinese-owned vid app reportedly moving HQ to London Security03 Aug 2020 | 9
Microsoft confirms pursuit of TikTok after Satya Nadella chats to Donald Trump ‘Appreciates President Trump’s personal involvement’ and promises so much security, you’ll be tired of securing Software03 Aug 2020 | 91
Pakistan bans one Chinese app and gives TikTok a final warning to clean up its act Objects to obscene content, not data leakage Security22 Jul 2020 | 2
An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon Shock TikTok block clocked, unblocked as poppycock amid media aftershock Security11 Jul 2020 | 40
India bans 59 apps it says have privacy, national security problems. In a massive coincidence, they’re all Chinese They may have a point with some of them, though Applications29 Jun 2020 | 19
TikTok on the clock, and the hacking won't stop: SMS spoofing vuln let baddies twiddle teens' social media videos Uploads, deletions, private-to-public switcharoos, all bad stuff Security08 Jan 2020 | 4
TikTok boom: US Army bans squaddies from using trendy app on govt-issued phones Guess they'll have to attract new recruits on the 'Gram Security02 Jan 2020 | 55
A mobe with obnoxious teen karaoke app TikTok built in?! Wow, thanks ByteDance, sign us up Chinese app titan switches course, but it's a risky one Personal Tech28 May 2019 | 4