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December 26, 2022 | 3:20pm Luis Ruelas spent a combined $50,000 on the extravagant bracelets.Instagram/teresagiudice Who needs Santa when you have Luis Ruelas? Teresa Giudice and Ruelas celebrated their first Christmas as a married couple this year, and the businessman went “big” when it came to gift giving. Giudice’s daughter…

Several buildings on the University of Oklahoma campus. Photo Credit: Nicholas Benson After a number of states prohibited government employees from using TikTok due to security concerns – and as Congress weighs a similar measure at the federal level – public universities are now outlawing the highly controversial app. This…

TikTok parent company ByteDance recently relaunched a free reading app called “Hongguo Novel,” according to a report by Tech Planet on December 23. Previously, another free novel app released by ByteDance called “Tomato Novel” was removed from app stores for a while, and Hongguo Novel was launched during that period.…

Zhuhaojia, the self-operated home decoration unit of Beijing-based TikTok owner ByteDance, has recently launched an independent app, indicating that the tech giant has separated this business division, Tech Planet reported on December 23. Zhuhaojia, which previously belonged to Zhuxiaobang, provides whole house design, standardized construction and after-sales guarantee services. Its…

Photo Credit: Rubaitul Azad I Monster, a Sheffield-based duo that arrived on the scene more than two decades ago, is officially the latest act to experience a significant commercial boost from a TikTok trend.Dharma Records, the longtime label of I Monster, just recently reached out to Digital Music News with…

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Joel Bervell: You have the freedom to choose another doctor if you feel like you're not being heard. Here are five tips about what you should do if you don't feel heard when you go to the doctor's office. When I look back on why I started my…

TikTok's parent company ByteDance has admitted to spying on Forbes journalists as part of a "covert surveillance campaign" aimed at unearthing the source of leaks inside the company following multiple stories exposing the organization's deep ties to China and the ruling Communist Party. Forbes reportedly exclusively on Thursday that ByteDance had "tracked multiple…

ByteDance admits abuses of power — Fired employees “misused their authority to obtain access to TikTok user data.” Ashley Belanger - Dec 22, 2022 9:52 pm UTC Following an internal investigation, TikTok owner ByteDance today confirmed reports from this fall that claimed some of its employees used the popular app…

In 2022, TikTok may have been the most popular influencer of them all—but we’re probably a bit biased; social media is our job. All things considered, there is no denying the influence of the social media app. But if you’re trying to define this past year through TikTok’s lens, there…

A proposal to ban the installation and use of TikTok on US government devices has been inserted into a key spending bill being put before the US Congress and is expected to become law in the coming days, Reuters reports. According to the proposal, the US Office of Management and…