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• What’s hot on TikTok LIVE? You can find out through a new newsletter.
• New details emerge regarding TikTok’s rumored plan to support direct payments

  Code in the U.S. TikTok app alludes to the eventual launch of a feature that would let users accept and send payments via DMs.

  
• As YouTube airs Eurovision, TikTok brings back in-house music contest

  After launching its global music competition in 2025, TikTok LIVE is bringing back its Music On Stage event.

  
• TikTok’s return to U.S. government devices represents easing tensions

  The Department of Justice said that the U.S. version of TikTok is now allowed to be downloaded onto government devices.

  
• TikTok’s plan to break into sports involves slam dunks and right hooks
• TikTok’s new ad product helps brands distribute and scale their microdramas
• On your marks: TikTok, Strava establish six-digit fund for running creators
• Creators love collectibles, so TikTok is launching World Cup trading cards
• With a live stream of the Pope’s Sagrada Familia visit, TikTok becomes part of history
• TikTok assembles global roster of Creator Correspondents for 2026 FIFA World Cup
• TikTok has the cure for your wanderlust: A vacation booked from the For You Page
• TikTok adds to out-of-home push by letting brands “reformat and reimagine” ads for billboards