If we're no longer using Facebook or Twitter, Threads or Instagram, TikTok -- where are we supposed to go? And I don't mean "which app is next." Bluesky has been an acceptable Twitter alternative for me so far,
This week, X began rolling out a dedicated video tab for U.S. users with a TikTok-esque endless scroll. “The Video Tab has arrived. LFG,” X CEO Linda Yaccarino wrote in a post Sunday night. If you’re still getting your dopamine from X despite, well, everything, you can find the tab next to the Grok AI button on the bottom of your screen.
There’s a screenshot of a deleted tweet from Eric Trump that’s going around, but what did it say and is the post on X actually legitimate?
Other potential buyers include the philanthropist Frank Mccourt ’s Project Liberty, which is raising capital to make a bid for TikTok in order to “rearchitect the platform” and protect user data. McCourt is a billionaire who previously owned the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. The project is supported by the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
Whether TikTok stays with Perplexity AI's backing or goes, without that juicy algorithm ByteDance doesn’t seem willing to part with, the app won't ever be the same.
TikTok has been shutdown in the U.S. — and social media users are already joking about what comes next. Here are some of their funniest reactions.
In a move to capitalize on the uncertainty surrounding TikTok, X has introduced a new tab specifically for vertical videos. While X already offered short-form videos accessible through scrolling the feed, the new tab consolidates them into a central location.
As TikTok mentioned, the company is hoping that Donald Trump will bring it back online after he officially becomes the next U.S. President on January 20, but there has been no definite word as of yet. He did, however, say to NBC News in an interview on January 18 that he will "most likely" delay the ban for 90 days.
According to NPR, Apple and Google still have yet to re-add TikTok to their app stores, so new users can’t join just yet. Software updates also can’t happen, and in-app purchases are severely hobbled. So don’t delete Red Note just yet.
Since TikTok was pulled off app stores in the U.S., people are selling their phones with TikTok downloaded. But it's not as easy as it looks.
After the entire TikTok drama that caused Marvel Snap to be shut down, developer Second Dinner will move the game to a new publisher
The app went dark in the U.S. on Saturday as new federal legislation mandating the platform's removal took effect.