If you wanted to play PUBG Mobile at a frame rate higher than 60fps, it was a bit tricky. You either needed to live in China or download the Chinese version of PUBG Mobile (well, it’s actually called Game for Peace), plus you needed a phone with a 90Hz or 120Hz refresh rate. Now, Tencent Continue Reading
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TikTok to open $500m data centre in Ireland
TikTok has said it plans to build a $500m (£375m) data centre in Ireland. It will store videos, messages and other data generated by European users from the short-form video-sharing app. Until now all of its users’ records were stored in the US, with a back-up copy held in Singapore. Continue Reading
Twitter users counseled to update over Android security blemish
Millions of Twitter users will be asked to update their Android app after the company found a security flaw. Twitter said the vulnerability could let other malicious apps access private information such as direct messages. It said most users were already protected by an Android security update, but 4% were Continue Reading
Call for TikTok security check before HQ decision
An influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK. Neil O’Brien – co-founder of the China Research Group of Tory MPs – said the intelligence services should publish a Continue Reading
Twitter faces $250 million Federal Trade Commission fine for misusing emails and phone numbers
Twitter said that the Federal Trade Commission may soon fine it up to $250 million for improper use of users’ phone numbers and email addresses. The potential fines would come for violations of Twitter’s 2011 agreement with the FTC to no longer mislead consumers about how it protects their personal information. Between Continue Reading
Twitter says a spear phishing attack led to the huge bitcoin scam
Twitter provided an update about the unprecedented July 15th attack that allowed hackers to tweet from some of the most high-profile accounts on the service, in a blog post and a series of tweets published Thursday evening. Twitter now says that a few employees were targeted in a phone spear phishing attack. While Twitter Continue Reading
Android flaw can be used to hack almost any phone: How to do
If your Android phone can install Google’s May security update, make sure you run the update. A critical vulnerability called Strandhogg 2.0 revealed yesterday (May 26) can be used to “gain access to private SMS messages and photos, steal victims’ login credentials, track GPS movements, make and/or record phone conversations Continue Reading
Google Messages might offer end-to-end encryption on RCS
RCS is heralded as the next generation of messaging, bringing a range of advanced features to messaging that you currently don’t get in normal SMS. Unlike Apple’s iMessage service which has been around for many years, Google hasn’t had a standardised system on Android for a number of reasons. Google Continue Reading