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TikTok Researchers Introduce SWE-Perf: The First Benchmark for Repository-Level Code Performance Optimization
Introduction As large language models (LLMs) advance in software engineering tasks—ranging from code generation to bug fixing—performance optimization remains an elusive frontier, especially at the repository level. To bridge this gap, researchers from TikTok and collaborating institutions have introduced SWE-Perf—the first benchmark specifically designed to evaluate the ability of LLMs to optimize code performance in…
How Panic Shack went viral on TikTok before their debut album
On tour across the UK, Panic Shack tried an online experiment for the hell of it. “we’re gonna do this dance in every green room til we get really good, follow us on tiktok to see the progress xxxxx,” the Cardiff punk band wrote on Instagram in May 2025, posting a video of members Sarah…
Now it’s TikTok parent ByteDance’s turn for a reasoning AI: enter Seed-Thinking-v1.5!
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It started with the announcement of OpenAI’s o1 model in Sept. 2024, but really took off with the DeepSeek R1 release in Jan. 2025. Now, it seems that most major AI model providers and trainers are…
What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US and the people who want to buy it | TechCrunch
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 government. Just this past month, the app experienced a temporary outage in the U.S. that left millions of users in suspense before…
Here are the apps battling to be become the ‘TikTok for Bluesky’ | TechCrunch
TikTok’s potential U.S. ban has sparked a flurry of development within the open social web community. Several new applications are being built that could one day serve as a TikTok replacement for those who favor the open source, decentralized social network Bluesky and the technology that powers it, the AT Protocol. Though the TikTok ban…
How to Download TikTok Videos in Bulk Without Watermark (3 Ways)
If you are worried about TikTok being at risk of getting banned in the United States, then you are not alone. It’s a good idea to save your favourite TikToks before the platform gets completely shut down in the country. In this guide, let’s look at 3 easy ways using which you can TikTok Videos…
As TikTok faces a ban, creators brace for an uncertain future
UPDATE: Jan. 24, 2025, 3:30 p.m. EST Shortly after taking office this week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Justice to delay enforcing a TikTok ban for 75 days. The order doesn’t mean TikTok is saved in the U.S. — far from it. It does, however, give time for ByteDance…
Should You Use Lemon8? Here's How It's Different From TikTok
The TikTok ban has been stopped (for now), but it might still be a good idea to consider your other options. Unless a US buyer intervenes, the app could disappear for US users on April 1. Read more: A VPN Alone Probably Won’t Bypass TikTok Bans. Here’s Why But there’s another app owned by TikTok parent company…
Has the TikTok Ban Already Backfired on US Cybersecurity?
Now that the US Supreme Court has upheld a ban on the wildly popular video social media platform we know as TikTok, its most influential users have decided to retaliate by moving their game over to REDnote, a competing Chinese social media company, thus creating an entirely new, and arguably worse, situation for the nation’s…
If TikTok is banned in the U.S., this is what it will look like for everyone else
In just a matter of days, the lights will switch off on the app that has almost dominated, and certainly defined, the United States in the last five years. TikTok — the second most downloaded app in the country in 2024, and with 170 million active American users — is going to shut down in…