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TikTok has upgraded its user interface on devices such as tablets and foldables for a seamless and visually appealing experience for users worldwide. Users can now enjoy their favourite videos on bigger screens, benefiting from a clear video feed, simplified navigation bars, and orientation support, enhancing their TikTok experience . The details of the key features are as follows; 1. Clear video feed : Users can enjoy a more polished video feed with better clarity. 2. Streamlined navigation bars: TikTok now features streamlined navigation bars at the top and bottom of the screen, making it easy to access favourite features and tabs. 3. Support for landscape or portrait use: Whether you hold your device in landscape or portrait mode, TikTok will adapt to your preference. Read More OpenAI outlines AI safety plan, allowing board to reverse decisions TikTok is also exploring new features like Topic Feeds, enabling users to explore videos in specific categories like gaming, food,...

Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Thursday they found spyware they linked to Israeli firm NSO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in Apple  devices . While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen Lab said it found the flaw had been used to infect the device with NSO's Pegasus spyware , it said in a statement. "This shows that civil society is once again serving as the early warning system about really sophisticated attacks," said John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at Citizen Lab, which is based at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Citizen Lab did not provide further details on the affected individual or the organization. The flaw allowed compromise of iPhones running the latest version of iOS (16.6) without any interaction from the victim, the digital watchdog said. Apple issued new updates on its devices aft...

The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all US House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into effect banning the app from US government devices. The app is considered "high risk due to a number of security issues," the House's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) said in a message sent to all lawmakers and staff on Tuesday, and must be deleted from all devices managed by the House. The new rule follows a series of moves by US state governments to ban TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd, from government devices . As of last week, 19 states have at least partially blocked the app from state-managed devices over concerns that the Chinese government could use the app to track Americans and censor content. The $1.66 trillion omnibus spending bill, passed last week to fund the US government through to Sept. 30, 2023, includes a provision t...