ByteDance aims to finalize the design of its next-generation in-house CPU by early next year, targeting mass production in the second half of 2027 to power its AI infrastructure. The company is collab…
Selena Gomez is the subject of false pregnancy rumors after a TikTok video with fiancé Benny Blanco sparked speculation, amplified by AI-generated images and a resurfaced clone conspiracy theory. Neit…
A Bank of America Institute study found that one in three Gen Zers used AI tools for homebuying research in the past year, reflecting a generational shift toward technology for major financial decisio…
A new guide details TikTok account warming in 2026, explaining that new accounts must gradually build natural activity to avoid shadowbans or view throttling. The process involves completing the profi…
ByteDance's Volcano Arc platform and Seedance AI video model are addressing the IP problem in AI video generation by licensing real actor likenesses and film assets through a revenue-sharing model. Th…
Videogenr.com launches an AI-powered video creation platform that generates short-form videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts in under 60 seconds. The tool uses GPT-4o for scripting, E…
Higgsfield's hype is genuine, but not for the reasons touted by TikTok creators who claim to have canceled their editors. The platform's true value lies elsewhere, according to a critical analysis on …
China's unicorn count rose to 381 in the 2026 Hurun Global Unicorn Index, up 38 from last year, with ByteDance ranking third globally behind OpenAI and Anthropic. The US leads with 806 unicorns, while…
A new tool called Carousel lets users paste an X (Twitter) link and automatically generate a carousel of slides for Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok. The tool splits threads into clean, editable slides…
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison quietly donated about $45 million to a pro-Trump nonprofit during the 2024 campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal. Since then, Oracle has secured major governmen…
The White House helped Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai avoid testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child safety scheduled for June 23, 2026, according to sources.…
ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 AI video model generates native 30-second clips in a single pass and supports up to 50 multimodal references for controlling subjects, styles, and scenes. The model, developed…
Meta is turning Facebook Creator Studio into a standalone AI companion app for creators, moving core creator workflows out of the dashboard into its own product. The app includes an AI-powered comment…
Facebook announced on Wednesday it is reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a standalone AI companion app to help creators grow audiences, as Meta competes with TikTok and YouTube. The app, currently…
A Kapwing study found that 59% of videos on new TikTok accounts' 'For You' feeds are AI-generated, with 57.4% in the Kids category classified as 'AI slop'. The research analyzed over 10,700 videos acr…
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is in early-stage talks to raise approximately $20 billion in what would be its largest offshore loan ever, nearly doubling its previous record. The funds are …
A new report from video editing software company Kapwing found that 57.4% of TikTok videos targeting children are AI-generated slop, with the #cartoonkids hashtag almost entirely composed of such cont…
A new tool called SocialClaw generates viral-worthy UGC videos and photo carousels from app screenshots or screen recordings, using real creator reaction clips and AI-written captions. The product off…
Qualcomm is negotiating to design custom chips for ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, as part of a deeper push into AI data center infrastructure. The deal would involve application-specific integrat…
ByteDance is in preliminary talks with banks to secure a record $20bn offshore loan, its largest ever, to fund AI infrastructure build-out including chips and data centers. The three-year facility, ex…