A TikTok, a dating-app ad, and a teenager's lawsuit over her rights to her identity

On the day she graduated from high school last year, Kaelyn Lunglhofer donned a bright orange crop top — the signature color ...
THE WEEK

Chinamaxxing: the American trend co-opting and romanticizing Chinese culture

Even though relations between China and America remain tense, many young Americans’ perspectives seem to be shifting as they adopt Chinese cultural habits. The online trend, dubbed Chinamaxxing, has ...
Forbes

How TikTok Shop Is Amazon’s Most Powerful Commerce Demand Engine

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. TikTok Shop’s biggest impact doesn’t stay on TikTok. Success on TikTok Shop lifts ...
Gizmodo

Amazon Echo Dot Max (Newest Model) Sees Its First Discount of 2026, Falling to Its Lowest Price Ever

This article features deals sourced directly by Gizmodo and produced independently of the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. Reading time 2 minutes If you ...
The Economist

TikTok is still a danger. America no longer cares

TikTok has sucked up countless hours of teenagers’ lives. But it has kept plenty of politicians awake past their bedtime, too. Ever since the short-video app launched nearly a decade ago, Western ...
Variety

FIFA Sets TikTok as ‘Preferred Platform’ Content Partner for 2026 World Cup

TikTok has been set as FIFA’s first-ever “preferred platform” partner in a deal ahead of the 2026 World Cup that aims to make the social media app the “go-to place for fans and creators throughout the ...
CNBC

TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says

TikTok's U.S. operations will be housed in a new joint venture, according to a memo sent to employees by CEO Shou Zi Chew. The entity is named TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. As part of the venture, ...
Engadget

TikTok announces shared feed and collections features

TikTok just announced a couple of updates that that should make the app a bit more social. There's something called Shared Feed, which is exactly what it sounds like. It's a feed that friends and ...
Rolling Stone

Kesha Has Learned to Love ‘Tik Tok’: ‘That Was Just Me!’

Fifteen years after Animal and Cannibal, Kesha is finally feeling glittery again. Now that her long legal battle with producer Dr. Luke is over, she’s ready to reembrace her career breakthrough, which ...
TCTMD

Largest AI-Echo Model Shows Promise for Increasing Workflow Efficiency

A new artificial intelligence (AI)-based model called EchoPrime, trained on more than 10 times more data than existing models, appears to provide more comprehensive interpretation of echocardiograms, ...
The New York Times

What the ‘Bird Theory’ Reveals About Your Relationship

Experts weigh in on whether those viral TikTok tests are a real litmus for a couple’s connection. By Catherine Pearson Layne Berthoud, an occupational therapist who lives in Los Angeles, did not ...
Business Insider

There's a ton of investing advice on TikTok. Most of it is bad, a new study says.

TikTok is awash in investing advice. Investors should be wary, though. A study shows that much of the advice on the platform is misleading. That poses a danger, especially to younger investors who are ...