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To quickly bring everyone up to speed, iOS 16 introduced a security feature that has iPhones running the mobile operating system prompt users when an app tries to access the copy clipboard. This is meant to prevent malicious apps from getting access to sensitive data you may have copied. But instead, it pops up way more often than it is supposed to. Rather than prompting only when there is sensitive information, the prompt shows up every time a user pastes anything....

Ip Man 4 is currently smashing it at the Malaysian box office. The Hong Kong film has already raked in RM 20.5 million ($US 4.97 million) in Malaysia in merely 7 days, making it the fastest Chinese-language movie to ever to do so in the country. It’s unclear exactly how much the film had made up till this point at the global box office, as unlike Hollywood films, the data isn’t always reliable, nor up to date....

The man, referred to as J. Hillard, said that the incident took place during his lunch break, when he noticed a strange smell coming from his phone, which also happened to be inside his rear pants pocket. It wasn’t until Hillard felt a large amount of heat and burning on his skin that it became clear something was wrong with the device. No sooner after that, Hillard said that “green and yellow smoke” began popping out of his phone....

Replacing him in the top seat is Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal, who is the new CEO effective 29 November. Dorsey said that he will remain on Twitter’s board until the end of his term in May to assist with the transition, after which, he will exit the company completely. Salesforce president Bret Taylor, who was appointed to the board of directors in 2016, has been announced as the new chairman....

The job is based in the quaint and well-defended fortress of Kaer Morhen, and your primary role is pretty simple – you’ll be one of many Witchers that provides protection to Netflix’s 158 million members from monsters, beasts, rogues, demons, and many others. You’ll have the freedom and responsibility to determine the monsters you agree to slay and how you choose to do it. If required, the company will provide training and support, as well as plenty of opportunities for your career growth....

But as it turns out, this sequence wasn’t originally a part of the script. Screenplayed posted the scene on Twitter along with commentary from the director of the film, Todd Phillips. https://twitter.com/Screenplayed/status/1181962526558433280?s=20 In it, Phillips explains that the original script had Arthur panicking as he came dashing into the bathroom, puking and then staring at the mirror asking himself, “What have I done?” While this could’ve worked just fine, especially since Phoenix is such a terrific performer, it’s nowhere near as interesting as the sequence we eventually got in the film....

Bernama reports that this will be part of the first phase of what is called the Single Token Journey initiative. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) group CEO Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh said the initiative will make use of facial recognition to provide passengers will a single-token biometric identification authentication. This token will replace the usual process of you showing your boarding pass at regular checkpoints. One benefit of the new process is reducing the time it takes for someone to go from check-in to the boarding gates....

“We realise our previous problem of high traffic due to too many online users at any one time,” said KTMB CEO Datuk Kamarulzaman Zainal. “As such, we want to avoid the problem by using ‘cloud’ technology, to ease buying of tickets at the counters or via online at home.” The rail operator hopes that this new approach, known as KTMB Integrated Ticketing System (KITS), will be more efficient and secure for passengers and will also reduce congestion at station counters....

The first of which pretty much resembles Apple’s product in terms of design. However, its rounded square shaped case is shown to be slightly taller, and features ventilation on its side. In front of the device are two USB ports and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, as well as a power button. As for specifications, it is said that this particular model will be running an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor with integrated Radeon 680M RDNA2 GPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 512 GB SSD....

That being said, Varinderjit didn’t reveal any specific release date for the gaming phone in Malaysia. However, he did mention that it will take place towards the end of this year. In general, today’s revelation was rather surprising as we do not expect that Lenovo has planned to release the Snapdragon 865-based Legion gaming phone in Malaysia give that the teasers and leaks so far have been originated from China....

The Legion Y70 sports a flat 6.67-inch OLED display with a high refresh rate of 144Hz — which can go down to 48Hz to save power — and a peak brightness of 1000 nits. It has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, dual speakers with Dolby Atmos, and X-axis vibration motors. The phone runs on the powerful Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset from Qualcomm and can be configured with up to a whopping 16GB of RAM as well as 512GB of storage....

A Korean YouTube channel which translates to Rainbow Entertainment has uploaded a video of the supposed LG Wing. In it, we see its second screen from its T-shape twisting back into the standard phone form factor. There doesn’t seem to be any sliding motion involve, transforming instead in a single motion. This does make it look like the swivelling only goes in one direction. There are other details of the supposed LG Wing that we can gleam from the video....

The highlight of the collection is the Apple Watch Series 6 Black Unity. Using the Apple Watch Series 6 with a black aluminium case as its foundation, this limited-edition release includes the Black Unity Sport Band that is draped in black, green, and red which was inspired by the Pan-African flag. The stainless steel fastening pin on the watch band has also been laser-engraved with “Truth. Power. Solidarity.” According to Apple, the Black Unity Sport Band was hand-assembled from individual pieces of coloured fluoroelastomer which were then compressed together to create the band....

In response to the question from the MP of Kampar, Thomas Su, the minister said that online purchases made up the highest numbers with 18,857 cases, followed by 15,546 non-existent loans. Yasin said that the police are carrying out various efforts to combat scam syndicates, including stepping up law enforcement, operations, and charging against those involved. CCID Check Scammers’ website and app are among the easiest way to verify suspicious bank accounts....

BleepingComputer reports that there’s a fake Pixelmon NFT site out there that baits token enthusiasts with freebies. But once victims take the bait, their PC then gets infected with malware that steals passwords to their cryptocurrency wallets. But first, some background information. Pixelmon is an NFT project which involves making a metaverse game centred around collecting, training and battling with the eponymous pixelated creature pets. Not to be confused with a Minecraft mod with a similar name....

The reason the buyer of the sole copy of the album was not named is due to a confidentiality provision within the contract that was agreed upon by both parties. Shkreli is currently serving a seven-year sentence for securities fraud. One requirement of his sentencing was that he also forfeit the album. For US Attorney Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, she says that the sale of the album concludes Shkreli’s payment of its forfeiture....

Russia’s latest move against the US-based Meta comes after its two major social networks were banned back in March, after it was accused of tolerating and “Russophobia”. An accusation that came right after the country invaded neighbouring Ukraine. [Photo: Max Pixel]Specifically, Moscow says that Meta was allowing anti-Russian rethoric, such as “death to Russian invaders”, to be used freely. Not long after, the social network changed it so that those statements could only be made by users posting from within the now war-ravaged Ukraine....

It is said that the company’s decision to delay the feature, which was originally planned to launch as soon as next year, is to allow for extra time to its development. According to Davis, Meta needed the extra time “to get things right.” Meanwhile, the company itself has yet to officially announce the delay. While the full version of its e2ee has yet to be implemented, the social media giant did roll out an early version of the feature to its Messenger and Instagram app back in August....

The company said this in a very short tweet, which doesn’t really say much in the long run. While it means that Xbox will not be announcing any acquisitions this weekend, it doesn’t mean talks aren’t already happening behind the scenes either. — Xbox (@Xbox) September 23, 2020 As for TGS itself, there doesn’t seem to be much going on in that space either. There’s a short clip showing some gameplay for the NieR Replicant remake, but that was seemingly it....

This arrives months after the company announced some significant changes to its Store’s policy, where it now allows developers to keep 100% of their revenues from app sales if they use alternative payment platforms – with the exception of games. In addition, Microsoft head of Windows and devices Panos Panay also revealed in the same month that the company is open to the idea of accepting third-party apps and stores to its digital storefront, with the aim of transforming Microsoft Store into a universal hub for Windows-based apps....