TikTok Reverse Engineered: What Was Discovered Will Make You Delete It ASAP

Hot Headlines in Technology for today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [TikTok Reverse Engineered: What Was Discovered Will Make You Delete It ASAP]( By Brandon Hill on Jun 26, 2020 03:22 pm [TikTok Reverse Engineered: What Was Discovered Will Make You Delete It ASAP]( Yesterday, we brought you news that the TikTok app has been doing some shady things behind the scenes with devices running iOS. Following the release of the first iOS 14 beta, it was discovered that TikTok was pinging the system clipboard constantly and pasting that data for its own use. Without the steady stream of pop-up notifications [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Leaked Document Hints Xbox Series X Is Just One Of Microsoft's Next-Gen Consoles]( By Paul Lilly on Jun 26, 2020 03:03 pm [Leaked Document Hints Xbox Series X Is Just One Of Microsoft's Next-Gen Consoles]( Gamers are in a for a treat this holiday season. Well, multiple treats—on the PC side, new graphics cards are coming, and in the realm of consoles, Sony is preparing its PlayStation 5 and Microsoft is readying its Xbox Series X. But could there be more more consoles to come shortly after? Perhaps so, according to a new leak. We have already [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Closing Nearly All Retail Stores Globally In Favor Of New Online Approach]( By Brandon Hill on Jun 26, 2020 02:22 pm [Microsoft Closing Nearly All Retail Stores Globally In Favor Of New Online Approach]( The coronavirus (COVID-19) has hit the business sector particularly hard over the past few months, and some big-name companies have either been forced to drastically change their operations, or have closed their doors altogether. Even a tech giant like Microsoft is not immune to the aftereffects of COVID-19, as the company has announced a [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [All-New Ford F-150 Debuts With Hybrid Power, Self-Driving Tech And Plush Comfort Features]( By Shane McGlaun on Jun 26, 2020 01:17 pm [All-New Ford F-150 Debuts With Hybrid Power, Self-Driving Tech And Plush Comfort Features]( Ford has been teasing for months about the all-new F-150 pickup. To say the F-150 is a critical model for the automaker would be an understatement. Anyone who expected a radical change from the formula that's made the truck the most popular vehicle in the country for decades running was wrong. While the all-new Ford F-150 features a new exterior [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Amazon Acquires Self-Driving Vehicle Startup Zoox For Over $1B]( By Paul Lilly on Jun 26, 2020 12:15 pm [Amazon Acquires Self-Driving Vehicle Startup Zoox For Over $1B]( It may not happen in my lifetime, but it sure seems like we trending towards a world where the majority of automobiles on the market will be capable of driving themselves. In preparation for that day, Amazon on Friday confirmed it is acquiring Zoox, a California-based startup that has been designing an autonomous vehicle from the ground up. "Zoox [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Partnership Series Adds NAVBLUE Flight Planning And Analysis]( By Shane McGlaun on Jun 26, 2020 11:27 am [Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Partnership Series Adds NAVBLUE Flight Planning And Analysis]( The latest Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 update has been published, and it promises that Alpha 5 is coming in early July. The release date will be unveiled on July 2, with full build notes offered along with the update. Developers are also sending out new Alpha invitations and reminding Alpha testers they will be automatically granted access [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Cyberpunk 2077 Is All In On Ray Tracing, Here’s What GeForce RTX Gamers Can Expect]( By Paul Lilly on Jun 26, 2020 11:00 am [Cyberpunk 2077 Is All In On Ray Tracing, Here’s What GeForce RTX Gamers Can Expect]( One of NVIDIA's major selling points when it introduced its GeForce RTX graphics cards based on Turing was the presence of dedicated RT cores to handle ray-traced visuals. It has been somewhat of a slow march to ray-traced territory by developers, though things have certainly improved. And looking ahead, Cyberpunk 2077 will embrace ray tracing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Steam Summer Sale 2020 Is On With Deals On Destiny 2, Half Life Alyx, Borderlands 3 And More]( By Paul Lilly on Jun 26, 2020 10:26 am [Steam Summer Sale 2020 Is On With Deals On Destiny 2, Half Life Alyx, Borderlands 3 And More]( Summer is here (the season officially kicked off on June 20), and with it comes Steam's annual Summer Sale with discounts on a whole bunch of games, including Borderlands 3 and Destiny 2. As an added incentive, Steam has opened up a new Points Shop where you can spend points that you earn from buying games. The Points Shop features dozens [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Galaxy Book S Benchmark Leak Sheds Light On Intel Lakefield Performance]( By Paul Lilly on Jun 26, 2020 09:57 am [Samsung Galaxy Book S Benchmark Leak Sheds Light On Intel Lakefield Performance]( I will admit, I am an impatient person, which can have its challenges when writing about unreleased technology. For example, we all know Intel is getting ready to launch its next-generation Lakefield CPUs. But how will they perform, what impact will Lakefield's graphics have, and when exactly can buy a laptop with Lakefield inside? Those are [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Pixel 4a Gains FCC Certification But Has Google's Moment Passed?]( By Brandon Hill on Jun 26, 2020 09:34 am [Pixel 4a Gains FCC Certification But Has Google's Moment Passed?]( At this point, we've almost given up hope on the Pixel 4a. It's been over a year since Google launched the very well-received Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL mid-range smartphones, and the successor is nowhere to be found. That's not to say that we haven't seen leaked images, specs, and even retail box shots for the Pixel 4a, but what's taking Google [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Shady TikTok Caught Snooping iPhone Clipboard Data Via iOS 14 Privacy Feature]( By Brandon Hill on Jun 25, 2020 09:38 pm [Shady TikTok Caught Snooping iPhone Clipboard Data Via iOS 14 Privacy Feature]( TikTok has taken the world by storm as people of all ages uses the social networking platform to share videos. People use the platform to lip-sync to their favorite songs, perform short skits, or any number of humorous hijinks that the platform has been recognized for over the past year. 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