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Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing software now lets you set virtual backgrounds

Cisco’s Webex has unveiled virtual backgrounds for its videoconferences. Users can either apply a “blur” effect to mask their background or replace with one of Webex’s preset background images. Zoom, the most popular videoconferencing app of the moment, and rivals Google Meet and Microsoft Teams all allow users to upload their own custom images for […]

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Wells Fargo Directs Employees to Delete TikTok, Citing Security Concerns

America’s fourth-largest bank, Wells Fargo, is barring the app TikTok on company devices and instructing any employees who have it currently installed to remove it immediately, citing privacy concerns. We have identified a small number of Wells Fargo employees with corporate-owned devices who had installed the TikTok application on their device,” Wells Fargo said in […]

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Amazon bans TikTok citing “security risks,” then says it was all a mistake

Amazon ordered employees to delete TikTok from their phones today, citing “security risks.” Amazon’s email to employees did not specify what security risks the company is worried about or whether TikTok has already caused a security problem internally. Last month research found TikTok’s app was able to read clipboard data on iOS devices. TikTok said […]

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LinkedIn faces lawsuit over claims it secretly read iPhone clipboard data

Reuters reports that iPhone user Adam Bauer has sued LinkedIn over claims the job-focused social network “secretly” read iOS clipboard data often, including the Universal Clipboard that shares copied content with nearby devices. The Microsoft-owned firm was spying on users, according to the lawsuit, and allegedly violated California law in the process. A spokesperson from […]

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Sony shares first look at PlayStation 5 box

Sony offered a sneak peek at what physical PlayStation 5 game box art will look like on store shelves starting this holiday season. The first official PS5 box art shared was for Spider-Man: Miles Morales, an action-adventure game from Insomniac Games that was first revealed during Sony’s June 2020 PS5 event. Games will come packaged […]

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Tinder starts testing video dates

Tinder is now testing a brand new interactive video One-on-one video chats. The company announced today that it has begun testing the ‘Face to Face’ chat feature (which we first caught wind of in May) in the U.S., Brazil, South Korea and several other countries. Tinder says around half of its surveyed users said they […]