From PC Mag: TikTok reportedly found a loophole in Google's Android OS that allowed the app to collect data from millions of mobile devices and track users online without consent.

Hidden beneath an "unusual" layer of added encryption, the tactic, according to The Wall Street Journal, granted access...

From CNET: Qualcomm has won its appeal against the US Federal Trade Commission, with the court finding that Qualcomm's licensing policies are not anticompetitive. In a judgment published Tuesday, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the previous judgment, reversing the district court's...

From The Verge: Google-owned navigation app Waze is rolling out a global safety feature that alerts users about upcoming railroad crossings.

The feature is not wholly new, and was quietly launched in the US, Belgium, and Canada earlier this year, but Waze says it’s now expanding the alerts to more...

From The Verge: Nvidia started teasing a big GeForce GPU announcement yesterday, and now the company says it has an event planned for September 1st. The graphics card maker will broadcast the event, featuring Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, at 9AM PT / 12PM ET on September 1st. Nvidia says...

From PC Mag: Goodbye, Twitch Prime. Hello, Prime Gaming. Amazon this week rebranded the gaming arm of its subscription-only entertainment platform, inviting paying members to access free content for more than 20 popular PC, console, and mobile titles.

Since 2016, Amazon subsidiary Twitch has...

From CNET: In a blow to Uber and Lyft, a California judge ruled Monday that the ride-hailing companies must start classifying their drivers as employees in the state. This is something the companies have fought for years because it would mean millions of dollars in added costs and a complete...

From ASUS Press Release: ASUS today launched ProArt StudioBook One (W590), a laptop designed for graphic professionals such as digital artists, animators, and architects. This 15 inch laptop is the flagship of the ProArt StudioBook series and is the first to be powered by an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000...

From The Verge: Facebook-owned WhatsApp appears to be working on new multiple device support with synchronized chat history. WABetaInfo reports that WhatsApp is testing the ability to use an account on multiple devices, including a separate iPad app. WhatsApp currently supports multiple devices...

From PC Mag: Twitter is testing a new way to track Retweets with Comments (now called "Quotes") directly from your timeline.

Earlier this year, the social network gave iOS, Android, and web users the ability to see Retweets with Comments in one place: Click on "Retweets" to see who annotated the...

From CNET: Microsoft's next-gen Xbox Series X console will be hitting store shelves later this year, we know this. But recent months have seen rumors swirl around a less powerful, less expensive version. The cheaper console is said to carry the codename Xbox Lockhart.

But leaked packaging for a...