Virtual relationship on social media turns real-life as Mississippi family flies in to cement bond with online Chinese pals ...

TikTok could be shut down in the US once again. A ban is scheduled to begin on April 5 unless the government intervenes or a ...

Duolingo killed off its brand mascot and brought it back to life as part of an unhinged social media strategy and more ...

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese ...

Let's dive into some power players you should keep an eye on! 1. Duolingo: Known for Engaging Short-Form Videos on TikTok Duolingo has taken the language-learning world by storm, and its success on ...

SINGAPORE – In January, as the threat of a TikTok ban loomed in the US over ... Chinese-owned short video platform – Xiaohongshu or RedNote. This has subsequently sparked a wave of cross ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A visitor passes the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany ...

TikTok has been identified as a threat to U.S. national security, domestic user privacy and indigenous tech firms. Each of these threats on its own would be nothing new. Posed all at once by one ...

The new tools are meant to ensure a safer experience for teens on the platform. TikTok is expanding its Family Pairing feature with new tools designed to give parents more control and ensure a ...

But in the midst of this chaos, another app emerged: RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu on the mainland. The Chinese platform quickly gained traction among TikTok’s displaced users.

Should TikTok be compelled to find a new American owner, RedNote’s moment in the spotlight may prove to be short-lived. And yet, in the quotidian moments of cultural exchange, inside jokes ...

Only then did I start to realize the potential of a site like Xiaohongshu — apparently better known as RedNote abroad — for reaching a pool of students just like the ones I teach in Beijing, only on a ...