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TikTok’s Algorithm and AI Tech Are Now up for Sale
Now anyone can tap into the secret sauce behind ByteDance’s globally successful TikTok app — for a price. The China-based company quietly launched a new BytePlus division back in June focused on selling TikTok’s artificial intelligence technology, including the popular recommendation algorithm behind its ForYou feed, to businesses worldwide, the Financial Times reported Sunday.
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H&M Purged From Chinese Maps and Online Stores for Criticising Forced Labour in Xinjiang
H&M has been purged from maps and internet listings in China after the clothing retailer criticised the use of forced labour in Xinjiang province, the area in northwestern China where Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group, have been systematically oppressed by the Chinese government.
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China Enlists Tech Titans To Help It Track Coronavirus With Colour-Based QR Codes: Report
In its latest dystopian stab at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the Chinese government has employed two of the biggest tech giants in Asia to help it roll out a nationwide colour-based tracking system to keep tabs on those suffering from coronavirus symptoms, according to a new Reuters report.
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America Sells Chinese Hacking Fears At Silicon Valley’s Biggest Security Conference
Leading them around practically by the tie, neatly dressed NSA handlers guided the American spy agency’s most powerful leaders through labyrinthine crowds in San Francisco’s Moscone Center last week at the annual RSA Conference. With 50,000 attendees, RSA is the biggest cybersecurity conference in the world, known for attracting industry start-ups, giant corporations, and top…