After trying to buy TikTok, adtech giant AppLovin is launching its own social media challenger

AppLovin just launched a new social media app called Gist. Screenshot/Apple App Store Adtech company AppLovin is making a big swing into social media with its own app. After losing a bid to buy TikTok, the company quietly launched a new app called Gist. Gist describes itself as a "handbook for the curious" and is quite similar to Lemon8 and RedNote. AppLovin lost its bid to buy TikTok, and now it is taking its social media aspirations into its own hands. The adtech firm quietly released a n...