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    Beware of TikTok snooping on your phone's data

    Life, James Hein, Published on 02/03/2022

    » If you didn't already know, TikTok is potentially dangerous. The app bypasses both Apple and Google protections and is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. According to reports, the app passes all your data back to servers in China, including unposted information and the contents of your phone. The app also has many security vulnerabilities allowing hackers to take over your phone. This is in addition to the expansion of your digital footprint across the planet. In China, people are rewarded for posting serious videos like those showing them using a chemistry set. Those outside China are rewarded for the dumbest presentations. I'll let the readers work this last one out for themselves.

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    Computing genetic manipulation

    Life, James Hein, Published on 20/05/2015

    » What is the next big thing? Microsoft and some others would like you to believe it is all things cloudy. The problems with that are factors like communication channels between continents, security of information, the reliability of a server somewhere else versus on-site and the army of hackers trying to get into all that information just sitting there. If you have seen the intro to CSI: Cyber you will know what I mean. Another group want it to be virtual reality glasses for all, but as the Google Glass demonstrated, people walking around with even small glasses were not appreciated. At least the VR goggles will mostly be at home. This technology still has quite a way to go.

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    Facebook introduces "Home"

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/04/2013

    » It's not a phone, it's not an operating system. It's "Facebook Home", a sort of super-app for the latest versions of Android that puts Facebook on the home-screens of smartphones.

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    Apple's iPad mini introduced

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/10/2012

    » Apple has introduced a smaller, lighter and less expensive iPad, but at $329 (10,120 baht) for the cheapest version, it is still considerably more expensive than its rivals.

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    Mobile phone battle: Apple 1, Samsung 0

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/08/2012

    » Apple wins round #1 in global battle over ownership of mobile phone technology but the fight is not over yet.

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