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Bytedance reacciona a la posible venta de TikTok en EE.UU.

STORY: This Chilean TikToker bought a new television using only coins found by a metal detector(Luis Alvarez)"It took me about seven days to collect the coins. As I said, it's the amount I usually collect every week, between 200,000 and 250,000 pesos ($210 - $263 USD) in coins alone, and because I had to buy a television because of an unfortunate event with my daughter. I put them together, I spent a whole night cleaning them. It was very late and I couldn't go to the bank. So I took all these coins and put them in little bags of 100 ($0.11 USD), 500 ($0.53 USD), 50 ($0.053 USD) and set off to find a store that would take them."Alvarez said all of the coins were found in parks or on the beach

STORY: This Chilean TikToker bought a new television using only coins found by a metal detector(Luis Alvarez)"It took me about seven days to collect the coins. As I said, it's the amount I usually collect every week, between 200,000 and 250,000 pesos ($210 - $263 USD) in coins alone, and because I had to buy a television because of an unfortunate event with my daughter. I put them together, I spent a whole night cleaning them. It was very late and I couldn't go to the bank. So I took all these coins and put them in little bags of 100 ($0.11 USD), 500 ($0.53 USD), 50 ($0.053 USD) and set off to find a store that would take them."Alvarez said all of the coins were found in parks or on the beach

Chilean man buys TV with coins collected from beaches, parks

STORY: TikTok's algorithm has played a key role in the app's major success.Its unique content recommendation technology is what predicts which videos will pique user's interest.And it has attracted more discussion than the technology used by rivals, like Instagram and YouTube.Let's take a closer look at how it works.Before TikTok, many believed that technology built on users' social connections were the secret sauce to a successful social media app. Such technology helped Meta's Facebook and Instagram become widely popular.But TikTok showed that an algorithm that's driven by the understanding of a user's interest could be even more powerful.Reuters China tech correspondent Josh Ye explains."TikTok is a little different from the previous generation of social networks, where algorithms were built on top of what it called a social graph. But then with TikTok, it actually revolves around what it calls interest signals."While competitors have similar interest-based algorithms, TikTok is able to turbocharge its effectiveness with the short video format."If you think about YouTube, the average length of a video is about 10 minutes. So the user interaction with it is a lot more stagnant when it compares to TikTok where you get 10 second videos, right? If you're scrolling through it and you like it or you follow it, that's sending through a lot of different data points to TikTok, which can determine whether this really suits your interest. So the speed at which it collects this data is unprecedented compared to a previous generation or social networks."But it's not just about feeding users what they want. TikTok also regularly recommends content that falls outside of users' interest, which the company has said is essential to TikTok's user experience.TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance was also an early adopter of the so-called tagging strategy."Through our conversations with some of the ex-ByteDance employees, we realized that there's one very unique advantage that TikTok has over the Western social media platforms, which is they focused very early on tagging or labeling every user and as well as every video that's on their platform. And they not only do it through machine vision. But then they also actually hire a bunch of people to manually, laboriously annotate a lot of these kind of content and user profiles on their platform. And as you know, in China the labor cost is a lot cheaper. So ByteDance can afford to be deploying this strategy very quickly and at a large scale or more so than its Western counterparts."

STORY: TikTok's algorithm has played a key role in the app's major success.Its unique content recommendation technology is what predicts which videos will pique user's interest.And it has attracted more discussion than the technology used by rivals, like Instagram and YouTube.Let's take a closer look at how it works.Before TikTok, many believed that technology built on users' social connections were the secret sauce to a successful social media app. Such technology helped Meta's Facebook and Instagram become widely popular.But TikTok showed that an algorithm that's driven by the understanding of a user's interest could be even more powerful.Reuters China tech correspondent Josh Ye explains."TikTok is a little different from the previous generation of social networks, where algorithms were built on top of what it called a social graph. But then with TikTok, it actually revolves around what it calls interest signals."While competitors have similar interest-based algorithms, TikTok is able to turbocharge its effectiveness with the short video format."If you think about YouTube, the average length of a video is about 10 minutes. So the user interaction with it is a lot more stagnant when it compares to TikTok where you get 10 second videos, right? If you're scrolling through it and you like it or you follow it, that's sending through a lot of different data points to TikTok, which can determine whether this really suits your interest. So the speed at which it collects this data is unprecedented compared to a previous generation or social networks."But it's not just about feeding users what they want. TikTok also regularly recommends content that falls outside of users' interest, which the company has said is essential to TikTok's user experience.TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance was also an early adopter of the so-called tagging strategy."Through our conversations with some of the ex-ByteDance employees, we realized that there's one very unique advantage that TikTok has over the Western social media platforms, which is they focused very early on tagging or labeling every user and as well as every video that's on their platform. And they not only do it through machine vision. But then they also actually hire a bunch of people to manually, laboriously annotate a lot of these kind of content and user profiles on their platform. And as you know, in China the labor cost is a lot cheaper. So ByteDance can afford to be deploying this strategy very quickly and at a large scale or more so than its Western counterparts."

What's so special about TikTok's algorithm?

STORY: From how bots are boosting big tech, to a showdown over TikTok, this is the Week in Numbers. Almost $62 billion was the latest quarterly revenue at Microsoft. The tech giant says the bottom line is already getting a boost from AI services, and there was a similar story over at Google-parent Alphabet too. Facebook-owner Meta sounded more wary though, warning about the huge costs of ramping up the new tech. 270 days was how long U.S. lawmakers gave ByteDance to sell TikTok’s operations there or face a ban. App boss Shou Zi Chew has vowed to defeat the move: “Rest assured, we aren't going anywhere. We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. The facts and the Constitution are on our side.” About $39 billion is how much miner BHP is offering to buy rival Anglo American. It wants to get its hands on more copper reserves, as tech demand drives a boom for the metal. But Friday saw Anglo reject the bid, saying it seriously undervalued the firm. $21.3 billion was the latest quarterly revenue at Tesla. That was well down on a year earlier, marking its first quarterly drop since 2020. It all comes as the EV pioneer grapples with waning demand and a price war that it started. And up to 45% is how much profits could plunge at Gucci-owner Kering as luxury demand wanes. The warning from the luxury giant added to fears that the whole sector faces a slowdown.

STORY: From how bots are boosting big tech, to a showdown over TikTok, this is the Week in Numbers. Almost $62 billion was the latest quarterly revenue at Microsoft. The tech giant says the bottom line is already getting a boost from AI services, and there was a similar story over at Google-parent Alphabet too. Facebook-owner Meta sounded more wary though, warning about the huge costs of ramping up the new tech. 270 days was how long U.S. lawmakers gave ByteDance to sell TikTok’s operations there or face a ban. App boss Shou Zi Chew has vowed to defeat the move: “Rest assured, we aren't going anywhere. We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. The facts and the Constitution are on our side.” About $39 billion is how much miner BHP is offering to buy rival Anglo American. It wants to get its hands on more copper reserves, as tech demand drives a boom for the metal. But Friday saw Anglo reject the bid, saying it seriously undervalued the firm. $21.3 billion was the latest quarterly revenue at Tesla. That was well down on a year earlier, marking its first quarterly drop since 2020. It all comes as the EV pioneer grapples with waning demand and a price war that it started. And up to 45% is how much profits could plunge at Gucci-owner Kering as luxury demand wanes. The warning from the luxury giant added to fears that the whole sector faces a slowdown.

The Week in Numbers: big tech feels the AI effect

STORY: U.S. lawmakers have set the stage for a battle over TikTok. They’ve given Chinese owner ByteDance until mid-January to divest the social network, or face a nationwide ban. But Reuters sources say the company has another idea. They say it will just shut TikTok down in the U.S. rather than sell it. That’s because the algorithm that powers the app is seen as ByteDance’s most valuable asset. It drives other platforms owned by the firm, and sources say its seen as more advanced than products from rivals like Tencent. Separating it from TikTok as part of any sale looks to be legally and technically all but impossible. Instead, ByteDance could just shut the app down in the U.S., and live without its 170 million users there. Late Thursday, the company would only say that it had no plan to sell TikTok. Earlier in the week, app boss Shou Zi Chew had vowed to win a legal battle over the possible ban: “Rest assured, we aren't going anywhere. We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. The facts and the Constitution are on our side. We expect to prevail again.”The U.S. threat is driven by concerns TikTok could be used to spy on Americans - a suggestion the company strongly rejects. Washington first sought to ban it back in 2020, during the Trump administration, but was blocked by the courts. Now White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre says a sale is realistic: “We believe that it is possible there already American investors who are who are willing and are interested in buying TikTok. So the interest is there. It's not like there isn't any.”Whether ByteDance is willing to sell looks like another matter. With TikTok accounting for just a small slice of its revenues, a U.S. shutdown might be no big deal for the firm.

STORY: U.S. lawmakers have set the stage for a battle over TikTok. They’ve given Chinese owner ByteDance until mid-January to divest the social network, or face a nationwide ban. But Reuters sources say the company has another idea. They say it will just shut TikTok down in the U.S. rather than sell it. That’s because the algorithm that powers the app is seen as ByteDance’s most valuable asset. It drives other platforms owned by the firm, and sources say its seen as more advanced than products from rivals like Tencent. Separating it from TikTok as part of any sale looks to be legally and technically all but impossible. Instead, ByteDance could just shut the app down in the U.S., and live without its 170 million users there. Late Thursday, the company would only say that it had no plan to sell TikTok. Earlier in the week, app boss Shou Zi Chew had vowed to win a legal battle over the possible ban: “Rest assured, we aren't going anywhere. We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. The facts and the Constitution are on our side. We expect to prevail again.”The U.S. threat is driven by concerns TikTok could be used to spy on Americans - a suggestion the company strongly rejects. Washington first sought to ban it back in 2020, during the Trump administration, but was blocked by the courts. Now White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre says a sale is realistic: “We believe that it is possible there already American investors who are who are willing and are interested in buying TikTok. So the interest is there. It's not like there isn't any.”Whether ByteDance is willing to sell looks like another matter. With TikTok accounting for just a small slice of its revenues, a U.S. shutdown might be no big deal for the firm.

ByteDance 'will shut TikTok rather than sell it'

STORY: Music label executive JP Morray is one of those who sees potential advantages to a U.S. ban on Tiktok."I do believe it will be a blessing in disguise."On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill to get Tiktok's Chinese owner Bytedance nine months to sell the short video app - that has 170 million American users, or have it banned in the US altogether. President Joe Biden has since signed it into law. But many experts doubt if any potential buyer has the financial resources to buy TikTok, or if China and U.S. government agencies would approve a sale.Morray is CEO of Interlude Studios, which relied on TikTok to launch careers of artists like singer ASTN.He said news of the Tiktok ban didn't come as a shock. He also says most artists he spoke to were ready to move on."It didn't really come along with any major concern. I would say the concern has been relatively minor because the artists are ready to move on to what's next. I think they're a bit tired of the vanity metrics and chasing those with TikToks day in and day out."TikTok has rivaled larger tech companies like Meta for user attention and ad budgets.It's changed how young people discover music, by catapulting emerging artists into viral hits.But Morray admits the app doesn't work as well for his own venture as it used to."The actual use of TikTok and the prioritization of that tool specifically for us and for artists, while it still remains, it isn't as powerful as it once was."Aside from the ban, Tiktok's clashed with music industry giants lately.It started pulling Universal Music's content from its app in February, after failing to reach a licensing agreement with the music label.Ultimately, Morray thinks the music industry should come up with its own platform for music discovery."Obviously it will come with its difficulties initially and its hardships, how can we reach people, how can we reach wider audiences, where are people going to get their music - all of these questions will arise but I think naturally it will resolve itself."The ban caps a four-year battle the US government launched over concerns Beijing could use TikTok to influence content or access user data."Rest assured, we aren't going anywhere."Tiktok's CEO Shou Zi Chew said in a video moments after Biden signed the ban, that the video app would continue working despite restrictions, and they would fight the ban in U.S. courts on First Amendment grounds.

STORY: Music label executive JP Morray is one of those who sees potential advantages to a U.S. ban on Tiktok."I do believe it will be a blessing in disguise."On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill to get Tiktok's Chinese owner Bytedance nine months to sell the short video app - that has 170 million American users, or have it banned in the US altogether. President Joe Biden has since signed it into law. But many experts doubt if any potential buyer has the financial resources to buy TikTok, or if China and U.S. government agencies would approve a sale.Morray is CEO of Interlude Studios, which relied on TikTok to launch careers of artists like singer ASTN.He said news of the Tiktok ban didn't come as a shock. He also says most artists he spoke to were ready to move on."It didn't really come along with any major concern. I would say the concern has been relatively minor because the artists are ready to move on to what's next. I think they're a bit tired of the vanity metrics and chasing those with TikToks day in and day out."TikTok has rivaled larger tech companies like Meta for user attention and ad budgets.It's changed how young people discover music, by catapulting emerging artists into viral hits.But Morray admits the app doesn't work as well for his own venture as it used to."The actual use of TikTok and the prioritization of that tool specifically for us and for artists, while it still remains, it isn't as powerful as it once was."Aside from the ban, Tiktok's clashed with music industry giants lately.It started pulling Universal Music's content from its app in February, after failing to reach a licensing agreement with the music label.Ultimately, Morray thinks the music industry should come up with its own platform for music discovery."Obviously it will come with its difficulties initially and its hardships, how can we reach people, how can we reach wider audiences, where are people going to get their music - all of these questions will arise but I think naturally it will resolve itself."The ban caps a four-year battle the US government launched over concerns Beijing could use TikTok to influence content or access user data."Rest assured, we aren't going anywhere."Tiktok's CEO Shou Zi Chew said in a video moments after Biden signed the ban, that the video app would continue working despite restrictions, and they would fight the ban in U.S. courts on First Amendment grounds.

Music CEO: TikTok ban a 'blessing in disguise'

STORY: A sweeping foreign aid package cleared the final hurdle in the U.S. Congress with ease late on Tuesday, to provide fresh funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of delay. The Senate approved the $95-billion package by a wide margin of 79 to 18 votes.It was a combination of four bills:$61 billion goes to defending Ukraine against Russian advances in its war.$26 billion is for Israel - as well as humanitarian aid for civilians in conflict zones around the world.While some $8 billion will help Taiwan and other countries in the Indo-Pacific "counter communist China".A fourth bill was added to the package by the House of Representatives last week - to move on potentially banning the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok.Members of the House passed the combo package on Saturday, after Republicans there abruptly ended a months-long stalemate.President Joe Biden has promised to sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Tuesday's vote "an inflection point in history"."The conflicts we see right now in Europe and the Middle East and the tensions of the Indo-Pacific will go a long way in shaping the balance of power between democracy and autocracy in the decades to come and the consequences for America's long-term security will be profound."His Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell expressed regret about the delay."For months, our friends have watched to see whether America still had the strength that won the Cold War, or the resolve that has underpinned peace and prosperity, literally for decades. Our enemies have tested whether the arsenal of democracy is in fact built to endure. Well, tonight, the Senate will send a clear message."The two leaders applauded the bipartisan effort to finally get the package passed, after strong opposition mostly from hardline Republicans with close ties to Donald Trump.The former president has been skeptical of funding Ukraine as he pushes "America First" policies.McConnell later told a news conference he believes Congress has "turned the corner on the isolationist movement."About $10 billion of the Ukraine money comes in the form of a loan, which Trump had suggested - though this bill lets the president forgive the loan starting in 2026.

STORY: A sweeping foreign aid package cleared the final hurdle in the U.S. Congress with ease late on Tuesday, to provide fresh funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of delay. The Senate approved the $95-billion package by a wide margin of 79 to 18 votes.It was a combination of four bills:$61 billion goes to defending Ukraine against Russian advances in its war.$26 billion is for Israel - as well as humanitarian aid for civilians in conflict zones around the world.While some $8 billion will help Taiwan and other countries in the Indo-Pacific "counter communist China".A fourth bill was added to the package by the House of Representatives last week - to move on potentially banning the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok.Members of the House passed the combo package on Saturday, after Republicans there abruptly ended a months-long stalemate.President Joe Biden has promised to sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Tuesday's vote "an inflection point in history"."The conflicts we see right now in Europe and the Middle East and the tensions of the Indo-Pacific will go a long way in shaping the balance of power between democracy and autocracy in the decades to come and the consequences for America's long-term security will be profound."His Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell expressed regret about the delay."For months, our friends have watched to see whether America still had the strength that won the Cold War, or the resolve that has underpinned peace and prosperity, literally for decades. Our enemies have tested whether the arsenal of democracy is in fact built to endure. Well, tonight, the Senate will send a clear message."The two leaders applauded the bipartisan effort to finally get the package passed, after strong opposition mostly from hardline Republicans with close ties to Donald Trump.The former president has been skeptical of funding Ukraine as he pushes "America First" policies.McConnell later told a news conference he believes Congress has "turned the corner on the isolationist movement."About $10 billion of the Ukraine money comes in the form of a loan, which Trump had suggested - though this bill lets the president forgive the loan starting in 2026.

Senate passes $95-bln Ukraine, Israel aid bill

STORY: TikTok on Sunday reiterated free speech concerns about a bill that was passed by the U.S. House Saturday.The measure would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if its Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year.The house approved the legislation 360-58 which was a part of a broader foreign aid package.The senate is expected to vote on it this week and President Joe Biden has said he would sign it.In a statement TikTok said, "It is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill that would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans.”Many U.S. lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties and the Biden administration say TikTok poses national security risks because China could compel the company to share the data of its 170 million U.S. users. TikTok insists it has never shared U.S. data and never would.Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Sunday Told CBS News TikTok could be used as a propaganda tool by the Chinese government.While Democratic U.S. Representative Ro Khanna told ABC News Sunday that a a TikTok ban may not survive legal scrutiny in courts, citing the U.S. Constitution's free speech protections.The House voted on March 13 to give ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban.The legislation passed on Saturday extends that deadline.

STORY: TikTok on Sunday reiterated free speech concerns about a bill that was passed by the U.S. House Saturday.The measure would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if its Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year.The house approved the legislation 360-58 which was a part of a broader foreign aid package.The senate is expected to vote on it this week and President Joe Biden has said he would sign it.In a statement TikTok said, "It is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill that would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans.”Many U.S. lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties and the Biden administration say TikTok poses national security risks because China could compel the company to share the data of its 170 million U.S. users. TikTok insists it has never shared U.S. data and never would.Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Sunday Told CBS News TikTok could be used as a propaganda tool by the Chinese government.While Democratic U.S. Representative Ro Khanna told ABC News Sunday that a a TikTok ban may not survive legal scrutiny in courts, citing the U.S. Constitution's free speech protections.The House voted on March 13 to give ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban.The legislation passed on Saturday extends that deadline.

TikTok raises concerns about bill passed by US House

En Estados Unidos, la amenaza de una posible prohibición de TikTok se agrava. ¿Por qué?

Republicanos presentan nuevo proyecto de ley para bloquear TikTok en EE.UU.

STORY: In March, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill giving ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, about six months to sell the app's US assets or face a ban, citing national security concerns. Senators are still undecided on how to proceed.Biden has said he would sign such a bill if it reached his desk.

STORY: In March, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill giving ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, about six months to sell the app's US assets or face a ban, citing national security concerns. Senators are still undecided on how to proceed.Biden has said he would sign such a bill if it reached his desk.