TikTok said Friday that it will lay off hundreds of employees worldwide as the company shifts its focus to greater use of artificial intelligence for content review.

疫情时代过后，东南亚电商平台Shopee、Tokopedia、Lazada和TikTok纷纷提高商家佣金缴纳比例，以提升自身盈利能力。

Recently, Amazon and TikTok announced an important collaboration to provide users with a more convenient shopping experience.

TikTok's layoffs in Africa are not alone.

TikTok and Amazon recently reached a cooperation agreement, allowing TikTok users to purchase products from the US e-commerce giant Amazon directly on the platform.

According to reports, TikTok is preparing to accelerate its e-commerce expansion plan and may launch its in app shopping platform TikTok Shop in Spain and Ireland as early as October this year.

Oracle stated in its annual report that the US government's ban on TikTok may harm its business, leading to a serious negative impact on Oracle's revenue and profits.

According to insiders, it is expected that the scope of layoffs will be around 450 people, accounting for about 9% of the total number of employees in the department, and will start as early as this month.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was joining TikTok over the weekend, and in just a few days, his account has already attracted more than 3 million followers.

It is reported that TikTok is developing code for U.S. market exclusively, and the company later denied reports that it would sell its U.S. assets.

ByteDance reportedly spent $2.68 million on lobbying U.S. officials, while TikTok spent more than $4.5 million on advertising.

On April 20, the U.S. House of Representatives on TikTok "ban" by 360 votes to 58 votes, and will be submitted to the Senate as a foreign aid programme for another vote, if passed, will be signed by U.S. President Joe Biden to take effect.

On March 13, local time, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at restricting the operation of TikTok, a social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, in the United States.。

According to the latest data from market intelligence company Sensor Tower, the total number of app downloads on Instagram increased by 20% year-on-year in 2023, reaching 768 million downloads, making it the most downloaded app in the world.

On the day of the Super Bowl, known as the "American Spring Festival Gala," the Biden campaign released its first TikTok video, which included a question-and-answer session for Biden, which has received more than 10 million views so far.。

January 18 news reported that byte beat is Canada, Australia and other places to build R & D center。At present, some R & D centers have been in trial operation for about half a year, and will support TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8 and other overseas business R & D in the future.。According to previous public reports, ByteDance currently has more than 110,000 employees in more than 120 cities around the world, and has R & D centers in 4 countries and 15 cities.。

On January 9, local time, Google announced a number of Android updates during the CES show to help users complete more work on mobile phones, laptops, Bluetooth, TVs, smart homes and cars。

TikTok will spend $1.5 billion to take over GoTo's e-commerce business in Indonesia to circumvent regulatory hurdles and restart its e-commerce business in the country。

Soil flavor short drama, domestic sales to export？At present, the number one video app in the entertainment area of Apple Store in the United States, do you know what it is？Not Naifei, not Disney, not tik tok, but a video playback software called Reelshort。The little-known Reelshort is run by an overseas Chinese team, with 2.25 million downloads in October alone and more than $3.5 million in running water, making it a steady top of the Apple App Store.。Open Reelshort, at first glance stills, in addition to the protagonist is unknown, other and other video apps and no difference。But when I saw the title of the play, I froze, "Goodbye, My Overbearing President," "The Newly Divorced Husband Is the Super Rich Second Generation!," "The Contractual Wife of the Overbearing President," what？Isn't this the explosive short play on Shake Fast in China?？How to set up a European and American shell on the domestic export？To know why, you have to look at it from a capital perspective.。You know, this kind of microdrama can be developed in China, relying on a low cost and high return.。Unlike Hollywood blockbusters, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, this earthy skit costs less than 500,000 on average for a whole shoot, and the shoot cycle is short, basically in a week.。When the whole drama is filmed, the only thing that burns money is advertising, and as long as it's done well, the return on a blockbuster drama can be as high as 170%, which is faster than the realization of traditional film and television.。So ah, to say that foreigners imitate domestic local skits, it's better to say that they imitate the monetization method.。Low cost, high yield, quick realization, this good thing who is not willing to do.？

Since August, the shares of its parent company, Chinese Online, have soared as live-action skit app Reelshort has exploded in overseas markets, mainly in Europe and the United States.。From November 2 to November 9, a steady influx of smell-sensitive funds pulled the company's share price from around $12 to $29, surpassing the April high of 27 this year..76 yuan, up 140% in just one week! Sensortower data shows that Reelshort's active regions are the United States, the Philippines and India, with about 5-10 million downloads and installations, and 2 million downloads in October alone; google play station data shows that its app downloads are about 5 million。On the revenue side, Reelshort earned about $1 million last month.。