In a statement posted on social media on Saturday night, the broadcaster admitted that it "didn't get it right" and that it would be "stopping all activity" on the account. The channel, which was only announced on Thursday, was touted by the broadcaster as an "inclusive, dedicated platform for women to enjoy and explore content from all sports, while amplifying female voices and perspectives."
TikTok is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to share content from Amazon Music to the social network, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. With a new "Share to TikTok" button, Amazon Music users can share songs, albums, playlists, and personal listening highlights from their Insights on Amazon Music directly to TikTok. For context, Amazon Music Insights is a new personalized feature that gives listeners a detailed look at their music habits and stats.
To try it yourself, first focus your eyes on the cross between the photos of Liv Tyler and Tom Cruise. Keep the photos in your peripheral vision, but stay focused on the cross. The images will begin to change, first to snaps of Kevin Spacey and Patrick Stewart, and then to Jennifer Lopez and Drew Barrymore. After a few seconds, something very strange will happen - the faces will start to look disfigured, as if their features are out of proportion.
In a video posted on social media on Monday, Ms Miller admitted to lying about the diagnosis and said it came from "one stupid sentence that I deeply regret". "I said something to someone within my immediate circle in confidence. I said I had an illness, which was cancer," she said in the emotional post. "I didn't do this with malicious intent or to scam people, I did this out of desperation, I did it to keep the people in my life close to me."
That's exactly what happened to one creator before they realized something important: views matter a lot. The more views a video gets, the more the algorithm takes notice. And once that happens, TikTok starts showing it to new people. Over time, this creator learned that more views didn't just mean higher numbers it meant real reach, more engagement, and an audience that actually cared.
iHeartMedia, the leading audio company in America, and TikTok, the world's leading destination for short-form mobile video, today announced a groundbreaking, multiplatform partnership that will bring TikTok creators into iHeart's ecosystem. This collaboration includes the launch of the TikTok Podcast Network, which will feature up to 25 new podcasts hosted by TikTok creators, as well as a national broadcast and digital radio station, and a series of live event integrations.
Authorities are investigating a newly surfaced video that suggests a woman who hit and killed a man while driving in the Chicago suburb of Zion, Illinois, on Monday night was livestreaming on TikTok at the time of the crash. The video in question was reportedly taken by a user in Zion, and it shows a woman behind the wheel of a car reacting to a loud thud by saying, Fuck, fuck, fuck I just hit somebody.
"What are you using in your hair because you have the nicest hair?" the same person asks. "My hair, I thought I was having a bad hair day actually," the star responds. "I'm using Moroccan oil. I wash my hair every other day and I went in the ocean this morning. That's the best thing for your hair. "You have great hair. I don't know why you're asking me," he adds.
TikTok's super keen to highlight its value to Americans, as a means to ensure that it remains in President Trump's good books, which, hopefully, will allow it to keep operating in the U.S., its biggest usage region. In line with this, TikTok has announced that it's supporting a major U.S. concert event for Veterans Day, to honor American military veterans, with TikTok to host the exclusive live-stream of the celebration.
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and TikTok has launched a range of new tips videos and pointers to help users improve the security of their profiles, and ensure they avoid common scams and schemes. Because more and more people are falling for online scams, with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reporting a record $16.6 billion in consumer losses in 2024.
Apple Maps may soon feature advertisements, marking a significant shift in the app's user experience. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing to roll out sponsored listings as early as next year, allowing physical businesses like restaurants and retail stores to pay for placement in search results. In an effort to stand out from rivals, Apple is expected to leverage artificial intelligence to deliver more relevant ad placements.
Model and social media personality Wilson responded: "Honestly, sure, why not? You brought this cringe upon yourself though. I'm f****ng bored." Tagging her 1.7 million followers, she then played K-pop boy band Stray Kids' song "God's Menu," putting on a deep voice and imitating rapper Felix's verse: "Cookin' like a chef, I'm a five-star Michelin." Wilson executed her impression without giggling, but viewers didn't fare so well trying to hold it together.
With TikTok's fate up in the air, Meta has launched an aggressive campaign to attract TikTok creators with substantial cash bonuses and new tools designed to enhance content creation and distribution. Whether the effort will pan out remains unclear. Amid the ongoing uncertainty surrounding TikTok's future in the United States, Meta is seizing the opportunity to lure creators away from the embattled ByteDance-owned app.
"Not really. I think the things that you don't like you just have to either compromise on and realize that, like, no guys are perfect, so are you willing to sacrifice? No guys are perfect, so what are you willing to compromise on?"
2. "Just put the fries in the bag" - Something to say to someone who is waffling, or talking for way too long. When you want to "Cool story, bro" someone, you say, "Just put the fries in the bag." Shush. 4. "Ohio" - To describe something that's weird, odd, or creepy. If you speak Gen Z, this is basically "backrooms," and if you're more fluent in millennial, it's similar to "creepy pasta."
If the sale goes through without major changes to the terms, TikTok could radically change for US users. After US owners take over, they will have to retrain TikTok's algorithm, perhaps shifting what content Americans see on the platform. Some speculate that TikTokers may only connect with American users through the app, but that's likely inaccurate, as global content will remain available.
BABYMETAL got a viral boost this week thanks to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter North West, who, along with a couple of other girls, dressed up as the Japanese pop-metallers for Halloween. A few clips were uploaded to Kim and North's shared TikTok of North fangirling in her BABYMETAL-style outfit. Flanked by a couple friends (we think?) to complete BABYMETAL's core trio, North takes on the role of lead singer Su-Metal, dancing and lip syncing to the band's music. North made sure to tag BABYMETAL in the clips, which have already generated millions of views and thousands of likes, as is the case with most of the content posted to the popular TikTok account.
Those who liked or repeatedly watched clips glorifying notorious serial killers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer or fictional villains like Joe Goldberg from Netflix's "You," scored higher for hybristophilia, than those who scrolled past, according to the peer-reviewed research published in the journal Deviant Behavior, the only journal that specifically and exclusively addresses social deviance. The findings also indicate that personality traits like Machiavellianism and psychopathy are strong predictors of these tendencies.
We reached a final deal on TikTok, Bessent said on Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. Alluding to Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Bessent continued: We reached [a deal] in Madrid, and I believe that as of today, all the details are ironed out, and that will be for the two leaders to consummate that transaction during a meeting scheduled for Thursday in Korea.
According to a TikTok mash-up that has been used in more than 463,000 videos, you don't just scream "What's going on?" Linda Perry thinks the viral remix of 4 Non Blondes' 1993 track "What's Up?" with Nicki Minaj and 2 Chainz's 2012 hit "Beez in the Trap" is "ridiculous in all the best ways," she said in a statement to Rolling Stone. It's the reason she joined TikTok this month.
In his seminal book " Amusing Ourselves to Death," the late Neil Postman rued a media landscape in which news was presented in ever shrinking nuggets of time. "While brevity does not always suggest triviality, in this case it clearly does. It's simply not possible to convey a sense of seriousness about any event if its implications are exhausted in less than one minute's time," he wrote.
After he graduated in 2018, though, he faced a problem that's become commonplace for job seekers today: No one in the design industry seemed to be hiring. So he started working as a barista at a local bookstore with a coffee shop. While organizing the shop's books into categories by color palette and typography, he became fascinated with book cover design.
TikTok has announced the shortlists for its Nordic TikTok Ad Awards for 2025, highlighting a range of top ad agencies and creators that have put together some of the best performing, attention-grabbing campaigns in the app.
