Today’s top tech news: TikTok’s new phone, Xiaomi’s Black Shark and Samsung’s ‘deepfake’

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Today’s top tech news: TikTok’s new phone, Xiaomi’s Black Shark and Samsung’s ‘deepfake’
ByteDance, TikTok's parent company is looking to rumoured to be working on a smartphone of its ownGoogle Play Store/TikTok
  • The company behind TikTok, Bytedance, is making the switch from software to hardware with rumours of a new smartphone in the making.
  • Xiaomi-backed tech company, Black Shark, just launched their gaming phone starting at ₹39,999 undercutting the only other gaming phone in the market, the ASUS ROG phone.
  • Samsung's AI Center in Moscow's come up with a way to produce 'deepfakes' with using just one image.
  • Microsoft and IDC's new report shows that business leaders and employees differ in opinion when it comes to how AI will impact jobs.
  • Lenskart, the eyewear startup, could be joining the league of India's unicorn startups with new funding coming in at $350 million.

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