A young woman slowly adds Chinese dates to hot water, then stirs in rose petals, goji berries and a slice of lemon, creating a hot and healthy drink inspired by Chinese traditions. “My morning routine since I became Chinese,” says this TikTok fan from Frankfurt, Germany. She hopes her recipe will inspire others to “become…
I’ve yet to meet a parent who wished their child had more screen time. Though just how far the problem can go was laid bare in the recent case of KGM against Meta and Google in a US court. The 20-year-old plaintiff, KGM, sued the owners of Instagram and YouTube, claiming that her extensive use…
Let’s face it, Trump memes are the flavour of the season, no matter what season or where. And on China’s social media, Trump memes, cartoons and video clips do the rounds, netizens making fun of the man they heartily dislike. A current meme going viral on the web is the prayer for Trump at the…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is at a very Chinese time in its life. Recent moves from Chinese AI labs are throwing the dominance of American “frontier labs” such as Google and OpenAI into question. Last week ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, released an AI video-generating tool called Seedance 2.0 which produces high-quality film-like clips from text…
TikTok AI videos of Warner Bros.-owned characters like Superman and Batman have been flooding the internet of late, drawing a reaction from the production company. ByteDance’s launch of Seedance 2.0 is a game-changer in AI-generated content creation, prompting numerous AI clips to surface online. The viral videos then caught the attention of Warner Bros. Discovery,…
A Florida nurse has been fired after posting a viral social media video wishing for President Donald Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt to be seriously injured during childbirth. The nurse, identified as Lexie Lawler, was let go from Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital after recording herself in a TikTok video saying she hopes Leavitt…
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has finalised a deal to establish a majority US-owned joint venture company to avoid a ban on the popular social media app used by more than 200 million Americans. The deal is a milestone for the short video app after years of battles that began in August 2020, when US President…
ByteDance may not allow all American TikTok employees to join the newly proposed US-based entity. Instead, the social media company is reportedly planning to split its US employees between two different corporate units. A report citing the company’s internal memos claimed that a portion of TikTok’s US workforce will join a new joint venture called…
The more than US$2 billion acquisition of agentic AI start-up Manus by US social media giant Meta Platforms could face scrutiny from Beijing over technology export controls, experts warn. The sale of Manus, a Singapore-based but Chinese-founded AI agent developer, could raise compliance questions around Beijing’s technology export regime, and expectations that the company can…
Top tech talent in China can expect lavish bonuses for 2025 as big tech firms from ByteDance to Tencent Holdings double down on efforts to retain and lure people with specialised skills in fields such as artificial intelligence. TikTok owner ByteDance expanded its bonus pool by 35 per cent from a year earlier, as well…