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The reasons for shutting down TikTok in Canada appear tenuous at best

On Nov. 6, the Canadian government did something unexpected: it ordered the owners of the social media app TikTok to wind up their operations in Canada — without banning the app itself. The reason had to do with national security concerns that were not disclosed.

The Conversation

Canada orders TikTok to close offices over ‘security risks’

Chinese-owned firm’s operation falls foul of official review, though Canadian users will be able to use video app as usual

The Guardian - UK

Canada Orders Dissolution Of Tiktok's Canadian Business

Canada dissolves TikTok's Canadian business over national security concerns, but app access remains. ByteDance to challenge decision.

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Meta Stock Falls As Facebook Parent Left Out Of Trump Stock Rally

Trump has called Facebook an "enemy of the people" and opposed a ban on TikTok.

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TikTok's founder is now China's richest person

Zhang Yiming has a net worth of $49.3 billion, which has grown 43% since 2023.

Fortune

EU events on curbing big tech ‘distorted’ by attenders with industry links

Campaigners say 21% of people at workshops did not disclose on their applications relationships with firms being discussed

The Guardian - UK

Still cringing about your first internship? At least you didn't try to sabotage an AI project from one of China's biggest tech firms

A little worse than a coffee run disaster.

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Parking signs, overdue books, and ill-advised decorations – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

The company that owns TikTok just fired an intern who 'maliciously interfered' with its AI—and caused $10 million in damages

The intern allegedly implanted a virus into ByteDance’s AI training program that impacted 8,000 graphics processing units.

Fortune

TikTok Owner Fires Intern For Sabotaging AI Research, Downplays Damage

Beijing-based ByteDance said the unidentified intern 'maliciously interfered' with a project being conducted by one of its teams.

International Business Times

TikTok owner sacks intern for allegedly sabotaging AI project

ByteDance dismissed person in August it says ‘maliciously interfered’ with training of artificial intelligence models

The Guardian - UK

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TikTok's parent firm could shun Nvidia, AMD as reports claim it will use 100,000 Huawei AI chips to train its next-gen LLM

Reports claim TikTok parent company ByteDance will use 100,000 Huawei AI chips to train its next-gen LLM.

TechRadar

TikTok axes 500 jobs in Malaysia, embraces AI for global content moderation

TikTok is reportedly laying off 500 employees in Malaysia and plans to automate content moderation using AI.

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The Independent UK

TikTok sued by multiple states for allegedly causing harm to children’s mental health

More than a dozen states have filed lawsuits against TikTok, alleging the app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids

TechRadar

One of the world's largest mobile networks will train its trillion-parameter strong LLM on Huawei's AI chips as Nvidia, AMD are sidelined

China Telecom has trained two new powerful LLMs on Huawei's Ascend AI chips

Fortune

TikTok’s parent launched a web scraper that's gobbling up the world’s online data 25-times faster than OpenAI

The crawler, dubbed Bytespider, is scraping the internet at 3,000 times the rate of other gen AI tools like Anthropic.

Fortune

Nvidia shares fall and its Chinese rivals soar after Beijing urges AI companies to look elsewhere for chips

China’s move is designed to bolster its local AI chip ecosystem.

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Wait, now Broadcom makes GPUs? Nvidia could face unexpected foe in China as ByteDance could use rival bigger than Intel, AMD, Arm and Qualcomm to design its AI chips

TikTok parent company ByteDance wants Broadcom and TSMC to design its AI chips.

MusicRadar

TikTok Music is closing for good in November, after just over a year

Following an extensive spat with Universal that saw artists such as Taylor Swift off the service, it’s now closing up entirely

International Business Times UK

Survey Shows Americans Trust Amazon And TikTok More Than Elon Musk's X And The US Government

A recent survey reveals X has plummeted in public trust among Americans, ranking last among major tech giants and other social media platforms.

Fortune

TikTok risks federal ban by not seeking divestment, U.S.-China Commission member warns

"TikTok is barreling toward an outright federal ban as a direct result of its failure to pursue an orderly divestiture."

Tom’s Hardware

TikTok owner ByteDance taps TSMC to make its own AI GPUs to stop relying on Nvidia — the company has reportedly spent over $2 billion on Nvidia AI GPUs

A report says ByteDance will deploy its AI GPUs in 2026 to reduce reliance on Nvidia.

The Conversation

TikTok ban goes to the court: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences

TikTok headed to court on Sept. 16, 2024, in a bid to overturn a law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned in the U.S.

France 24

Boeing announces hiring freeze, sweeping cost cuts as strike continues

Boeing has announced a hiring freeze and cost-cutting measures amid a crippling strike at its assembly plants that has brought production of its best-selling jets, including the 737 MAX, to a virtual halt. But first, lawyers for TikTok and ByteDance have made their case against a US law, signed back…

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