TikTok wants to foster a community where its users treat each other with kindness and respect. With that goal in mind, the popular video-sharing app on Wednesday introduced new features intended to combat bullying and harassment on the platform. Enlarge Image TikTok’s new filtered-comments feature allows people to review every comment before it shows up …
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Samsung is the biggest TV-maker in the world and it had a successful 2020 as people stayed home and invested heavily in home entertainment. Its follow-up for 2021 is a TV lineup heavy with “lifestyle”-centric screens, expensive image quality innovations and, yes, a shelf. The company’s Unbox and Discover virtual event on Tuesday covered home entertainment products already announced at …
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Every TV you can buy these days is oriented for horizontal, “landscape mode” images, but numerous phone apps work best with vertical images, also known as portrait mode. One of the most popular such apps is video-sharing social network TikTok, home of pasta recipes, happy animals and election misinformation. Samsung says most of its 2021 smart TVs will get a TikTok …
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It’s easy to get sucked into videos from The Dodo, even when you’re not doom-scrolling about local COVID-19 case numbers. Maybe it starts with a clip about an emaciated stray dog who’s been rescued and is lovingly nursed back to health. Or maybe it’s the story of a dog and cat who defy convention and become cuddling best friends. In …
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In a bid to slow the spread of misinformation on its platform, TikTok announced that users who try to share flagged videos will soon be prompted to reconsider. TikTok said in a Wednesday blog post that while it partners with independent fact-checking organizations to vet certain content for removal, the new pop-up prompt will be displayed to users sharing videos …
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A vulnerability identified in the popular video-sharing app TikTok exposed users to having personal information scraped from their profile, including their phone number and profile settings, security researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point said Tuesday. That information could have been used to manipulate users’ account details and build a database of TikTok users for malicious activity, researchers said. The flaw …
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At the onset of the pandemic, neatly organized planners got left behind on office and classroom desks across America. But Gen Z seems to have found an answer to the organizational woes of studying from home in a strange yet aesthetically-pleasing place: A piece of enterprise software called Notion, which offers a digital workplace for taking notes, making to-do lists, …
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In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump has moved against another Chinese tech giant. On Wednesday, the Trump administration officially added Xiaomi, along with eight other companies, to its list of “Communist Chinese military companies.” Firms designated as Communist Chinese military companies by the Department of Defense are blacklisted from receiving investments from US citizens or organizations. If …
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The accounts of TikTokers between the ages of 13 and 15 will default to private, TikTok said in a blog post Wednesday. The change is part of several updates to the social network’s privacy policies aimed at its younger users. “As young people start their digital journey, we believe it’s important to provide them with age-appropriate privacy settings and controls,” …
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that prohibits transactions with eight Chinese-made apps, including WeChat Pay. Trump’s order, titled Addressing the Threat Posed by Applications and other Software Developed or Controlled by Chinese Companies,” says that action is needed to “deal with the national emergency” caused by the pervasiveness of apps created and controlled in China that …
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