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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,...

WASHINGTON: New Jersey and Ohio said on Monday they were joining other states in banning use of the popular video app TikTok on government-owned and managed devices. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said in addition to banning the short-video app owned by Chinese Technology conglomerate ByteDance from state devices he also was banning software vendors, products, and services from more than a dozen vendors including Huawei, Hikvision, Tencent Holdings, ZTE Corporation and Kaspersky Lab. Murphy's office said "there have been national security concerns about user data the Chinese government might require ByteDance to provide." Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, said in his order "these surreptitious data privacy and cybersecurity practices pose national and local security and cybersecurity threats to users of these applications and platforms and the devices storing the applications and platforms." TikTok said it was "disappointed th...

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...

Australia banned TikTok on Tuesday from all federal government-owned devices over security concerns, becoming the latest US-allied country to take action against the Chinese-owned video app. The ban underscores growing worries that China could use the Beijing-based company, owned by ByteDance Ltd, to harvest users' data to advance its political agenda, undermining Western security interests. It also risks renewing diplomatic tension between Australia and its largest trading partner after things eased somewhat since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took office in May at the head of a Labor government . TikTok said it was extremely disappointed by Australia's decision, calling it "driven by Politics , not by fact". The ban will come into effect "as soon as practicable", Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said in a statement, adding that exemptions would only be granted on a case-by-case basis and with appropriate security measures in place. With Australia'...

OTTAWA, CANADA: Canada on Monday announced a ban on Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government -issued devices , saying it presents an "unacceptable" level of risk to privacy and security , adding to the growing rift between the two countries. The move underscores the growing lobby against TikTok, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance Ltd, over concerns of its proximity to Beijing and hold over user data across the world. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that his government was looking carefully at how to ensure Canadians' online safety. "This may be a first step, it may be the only step we need to take," he said referring to the action against TikTok. As government bans TikTok on work phones, "many Canadians, businesses and private individuals will reflect on the security of their own data and perhaps make choices in consequence," he said. The ban would go into effect from Tuesday and federal employees would also be blocked f...

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...