Beijing-based company has lured top AI talent from local rivals while becoming China’s biggest buyer of Nvidia chips
Further appeal expected for bipartisan measure targeting video app owned by China’s ByteDance over security concerns
Video app owned by China’s ByteDance is hoping for a lifeline to avoid being sold or shut down in the US
Far-right candidate Georgescu says he will challenge decision of top court to order rerun of first-round vote
Social media accounts promoted Călin Georgescu without flagging political ads, MEPs hear
Gen Z workers posting redundancy videos are trending — but can harm their future prospects
Bucharest lodges complaint after far-right candidate who went viral on Chinese platform topped presidential vote
French billionaire warns that if region misses AI boom it will be ‘a very small continent abandoned for a few generations’
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Both campaigns are using TikTok to try to reach younger voters
Our fractured, algorithm-driven attention economy is all too easily exploited when people aren’t paying attention
Hair mists are playing an increasingly important part in women’s beauty routines
The social media platform is threatened with a ban but remains wildly popular among users, including Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
App’s lawyer urges a federal appeals court to throw out rule requiring its Chinese owner to divest it or be shut down
Bite-sized verse has its place, but two new anthologies offer a chance for deeper engagement with poetic traditions
TikTok memes may be silly, but they’re also the great social emollient of the 2020s
Could a high-cost monthly intervention do more for your appearance than a complex daily regime?
Inaccurate push notifications increase fears about spread of misinformation on video-sharing platform
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission bring lawsuit against popular video app and its Chinese parent
Huge rise in prescriptions for women aged 25 to 34 in England driven by social media highlighting symptoms
Department of Justice alleges sensitive American user data was stored in China
Parents will stop at nothing to help their children celebrate the end of exam season
Agency heads say row over security of ByteDance-owned app has already hit brands’ confidence in the platform
Federal Trade Commission also investigating Chinese video app over potential breaches of act outlawing ‘unfair practices’
