Treaty of Sèvres

In an era of TikTok favorites getting record deals and lead acting roles, follower counts and blue checkmarks seem to be a requirement for getting a big break in Hollywood. It is therefore refreshing and rare when a 19-year-old from Manhattan with no internet fame whatsoever is plucked from relative…

Issued on: 28/01/2022 - 17:41 At 98 years old, Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert, has gained more than 1.6 million followers on TikTok – with the help of her 18-year-old great grandson Dov Forman. © TikTok/ @LilyEbert One of the last remaining survivors of Auschwitz, 98-year-old Lily Ebert, who now lives…

A new TikTok trend has people reporting that their front doors have been kicked open by strangers. The Vancouver, Washington Police Department issued an alert on Thursday which said that they are investigating "at least seven very concerning incidents linked to a popular challenge being perpetuated on the media-sharing app…

ByteDance launches new products involving metaverse and robot ByteDance, the Chinese Internet company that owns popular short video app TikTok, will launch a number of new services, involving a metaverse-based social app “Party Island”, a new search engine “Wukong Search”, and an online game community “Lingxuan”. In addition, ByteDance is…

(Source: Missfresh) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Chinese fresh grocery e-commerce retailer Missfresh announced Thursday that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Ocean Engine, a digital marketing platform owned by Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance, and has expanded its presence on TikTok’s sister app for mainland China, Douyin, by launching a livestream grocery shopping service…

Photo: Rawpixel.com (Shutterstock) I recently saw a TikTok featuring a young woman who didn’t know how to use a toaster oven, claiming something to the effect of, “My parents just always made my toast and I didn’t know there were different settings. Mine came out cold—and untoasted.” Needless to say,…

Video platform TikTok has become the first standalone title sponsor in the 21-year history of the Women’s Six Nations rugby tournament, agreeing a four-year deal that includes an Official Fans category sponsorship of the men’s event. TikTok will embed "TikTok Rugby Creators" within each of the six home unions with…

This article was contributed to TechCabal by Seth Onyango/bird TikTok made huge waves when it announced its sponsorship of the African Cup of Nations, the continent’s biggest football tournament. Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph who helped lead TikTok’s entry into Africa, was no longer with the company for that moment of triumph. Instead,…

After taking off with impressive velocity towards the end of 2021, “abcdefu” — the breakout hit from 17-year-old singer-songwriter GAYLE — has become one of the first official smashes of 2022. Last week, the song — which was initially teased on TikTok, and went viral on the service upon its…

TikTok could be forced to update its creator funding model due to several high profile users raising questions about their monetization options, and highlighting some key flaws in the platform’s current process. As outlined by YouTube and now TikTok star Hank Green, TikTok’s current Creator Fund, through which it’s allocated…