• It Was India That First Banned Chinese App TikTok Over Security Concerns

    NEW DELHI, (IANS) – As the US House of Representatives passed legislation that could lead to a ban on TikTok that is being used by over 170 million Americans, it was the Indian government which first took the decision to block the Chinese short-video making […]

  • TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance paying influencers to push its other app Lemon8 as ban looms

    Influencers are being offered cash to push the Instagram-clone run by the Chinese giant ByteDance. The move could be a bid to dodge a TikTok ban.

  • 'This is NOT a ban on TikTok' insists House Intel Chairman Mike Turner after intense backlash from those who rely on Chinese social media app for income

    Rep. Turner (R-Ohio) claims the TikTok bill isn't an outright ban of TikTok. The legislation requires TikTok's Chinese parent company to divest or else be prevented from download and use in the U.S. Advocates claim hundreds of thousands of Americans rely on income either entirely or partly from TikTok and will 'lose their livelihood' if its banned

  • Banned Parler app back in the App Store, amid ownership mystery

    The Parler app – which was removed by Apple after accusations that it was used to plan and facilitate the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 – is now back in the App Store. The Android version of the social media app has not yet been accepted back into the Google Play Store. The company’s new CEO says that the app’s focus on completely unmoderated posts has now changed, though it’s unclear who actually owns and controls the business now more

  • Parler, Social Media App Infamous For Hosting Jan. 6 Content, Back On Apple App Store After A Year

    Parler, a once censorship-free social media platform, has returned to Apple's App Store under new ownership. It now vows to ban violent and controversial content. read more

  • 'Critical' Chinese Apps Coming to Apple Vision Pro

    Chinese tech giant Tencent has agreed to make some of its most important apps available on Apple's Vision Pro headset ahead of its launch in the country later this year, The Information reports. Tencent is one of the biggest multimedia companies in the world and its apps and services are ubiquitous in China. It owns Weibo, WeChat, QQ, WeBank, Tencent Pictures, and games such as Honor of Kings and PUBG. Apple TV+ and many other entertainment services such as Disney+ are not available in...

  • India bans Islamic schools in big state before election

    Shafaqna English- A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. The Friday ruling scraps a 2004 law governing madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, saying it violates India’s constitutional secularism and

  • Judge bans 2 content creators from all Delphi proceedings after altercation

    Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull has barred two content creators following the Delphi killings from all future court proceedings after an altercation during Monday’s hearing

  • US planning to ban 4 more Chinese chipmakers linked to Huawei

    The battle between the United States and Huawei continues as the Biden Administration is considering blacklisting four more chipmakers from China linked to the tech giant. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, the companies are Qingdao Sien, SwaySure, Shenzhen Pensun Technology, as well as China's leading memory chip maker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). Huawei HQ All these companies might be added to the US Entity List, which means American companies wanting to do business with...

  • CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried

    It is the world’s biggest battery maker, it powers electric vehicles for Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW, and its EV technology is miles ahead of US offerings, say expertsThe world’s two superpowers are so intricately linked that it’s hard to think of a pillar of the economy that hasn’t been strained by tensions between the US and China.And the next frontline in the economic conflict may be the most fundamental yet: a fight for power itself. Continue reading

  • Gumroad Leaves Adult Creators Worried After It Bans Most NSFW Content

    Gumroad, an e-commerce platform that helps creators sell digital products, has implemented stricter regulations regarding the sale of NSFW content.

  • Chinese EV maker BYD targets 20% jump in annual sales

    Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has set a 3.6- million-unit sales target for 2024, a jump of 20% from its record-breaking sales last year, according to three people who were familiar with the matter. The world's largest EV manufacturer aims to sell 500,000 vehicles overseas this year, more than double last year's total, and one million units in 2025, Chairman Wang Chuanfu told a BYD investor meeting on Wednesday, the sources said. They declined to be named as the meeting was not open to the...