TikTok Hits Astounding 3 Billion Downloads, Entering Elite Social Media Club With Facebook

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The popular app has hit three billion downloads worldwide, a number [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution Lights Up GitHub As Hot Game Engines Add Support]( By Brandon Hill on Jul 15, 2021 01:43 pm [AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution Lights Up GitHub As Hot Game Engines Add Support]( AMD officially launched FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) last month, and the company has already announced a big update for gamers. For those that aren't familiar with FSR, it's a spatial upscaling technology that allows game engines to, for example, 4K-worthy levels of detail and image quality using a fraction of a GPU's resources. The result [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Windows Hello Biometric Security Has Been Compromised With An Elaborate Spoof]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 15, 2021 01:26 pm [Windows Hello Biometric Security Has Been Compromised With An Elaborate Spoof]( Over the past few years, biometric security solutions have been on the rise, replacing the use of traditional passwords on both mobile devices and the PC. Windows Hello is one such implementation. It allows users to near-instantaneously log onto their machines with their face or fingerprint (or a PIN), and is in wide use today. It's also apparently [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Hackers Exploited 0-Day iOS Flaw To Infiltrate Government Officials' iPhones]( By Nathan Ord on Jul 15, 2021 12:20 pm [Hackers Exploited 0-Day iOS Flaw To Infiltrate Government Officials' iPhones]( Earlier this year, a vulnerability within Apple’s WebKit for Safari was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and then tracked as CVE-2021-1879. Now, it is reported that this vulnerability was likely exploited by a familiar Russian government-backed threat actor: Nobelium. Yesterday, Google TAG researchers Maddie Stone and Clement [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Dell Latitude 7320 Detachable Revisited: Refined And Ready]( By Ben Funk on Jul 15, 2021 12:20 pm [Dell Latitude 7320 Detachable Revisited: Refined And Ready]( A lot can happen as a system is under development, especially with a relatively new family of hardware. Maybe the drivers and BIOS aren't quite tuned for the best possible performance or power efficiency, and sometimes early reviews aren't completely indicative of what a user will experience when they first purchase a laptop, even a new one... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Paralyzed Man Regains Ability To 'Speak' After Neuroprosthesis Taps His Brain Waves]( By Brittany Goetting on Jul 15, 2021 12:09 pm [Paralyzed Man Regains Ability To 'Speak' After Neuroprosthesis Taps His Brain Waves]( One of the potentially devastating side effects of strokes is the loss of ability to speak. Researchers for the most part have adopted “spelling-based” systems that allow patients to type out their words one letter at a time. However, researchers have recently discovered other ways for patients to more quickly communicate. Neuroprosthesis [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Elon Musk Confirms 300 kW Tesla Supercharger Upgrade For Faster Charging, Shorter Wait Times]( By Brandon Hill on Jul 15, 2021 11:59 am [Elon Musk Confirms 300 kW Tesla Supercharger Upgrade For Faster Charging, Shorter Wait Times]( Tesla has been in the news frequently over the past few months, namely for its new and comically fast Model S Plaid sedan and for the late arrival of the Full Self Driving Beta v9 software. Now, Elon Musk is making headlines for an upcoming upgrade to Tesla's vast Supercharger network. Tesla's last big Supercharger V3 update occurred in mid-2019 [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Devilish Joker Android Malware Tricks Its Way Into Google Play Store Yet Again]( By Nathan Ord on Jul 15, 2021 10:44 am [Devilish Joker Android Malware Tricks Its Way Into Google Play Store Yet Again]( The billing fraud and SMS-stealing malware known as Joker has returned to the Google Play Store after having its ups and downs dating back to 2017. Researchers now say Joker has a new bag of tricks and can avoid Google’s app-vetting process and sneak onto the market. Disguised within legitimate-looking apps, Joker can steal text messages, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Hops On Windows 11 Train With First WDDM 3.0 Graphics Driver, A Hat Tip To DG2?]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 15, 2021 10:30 am [Intel Hops On Windows 11 Train With First WDDM 3.0 Graphics Driver, A Hat Tip To DG2?]( Surprising as it may seem, Intel is the first company to release a stable (read: not beta) graphics driver tuned for Windows 11, beating both AMD and NVIDIA to the punch. This kind of aggressive push bodes well for Intel's efforts to infiltrate the modern discrete GPU market, and as far as gamers are concerned, specifically its Xe-HPG part. Just [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Core i9-12900K And Core i7-12700K 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU Specs Allegedly Leak]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 15, 2021 09:42 am [Intel Core i9-12900K And Core i7-12700K 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU Specs Allegedly Leak]( There have been lots of leaks pertaining to Alder Lake, the hybrid CPU architecture Intel will launch later this year. As we get closer to launch, the leaks presumably become more reliable, and so we might already know some finalized details about three upcoming SKUs, including what is poised to be the flagship CPU of the bunch, the Core i9-12900K. In [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Phil Spencer Admires PS5's DualSense Controller Which Could Be Good News For Xbox Gamers]( By Brandon Hill on Jul 15, 2021 09:20 am [Phil Spencer Admires PS5's DualSense Controller Which Could Be Good News For Xbox Gamers]( The console war between Microsoft and Sony is currently in a new generation, with the Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S battling it out against the PlayStation 5/PlayStation 5 Digital Edition. However, the consoles are broadly similar concerning internal hardware, with each sporting an AMD Zen 2-based Ryzen processor coupled with an RDNA 2 GPU. But [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Netflix Eyes Game Streaming Expansion And You're Going To Love The Price]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 15, 2021 09:05 am [Netflix Eyes Game Streaming Expansion And You're Going To Love The Price]( Don't look now (er, do look, actually), but Netflix apparently has aspirations of being the Netflix of games! That is to say, it is reported the company wants to expand into video games (as previously rumored) and has brought on some key talent to help lead the effort. Should Netflix pull this off, it could be a major disrupting force, just [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Windows 10 As A Service Heads For The Cloud With Windows 365]( By Nathan Ord on Jul 14, 2021 03:30 pm [Windows 10 As A Service Heads For The Cloud With Windows 365]( Everything is going to the cloud, it seems, and that now includes Windows with Windows 365. Windows 365 will allow people to stream their Windows experience so you can continue where you left off anywhere on any device starting August 2. Though virtualization, remote access, and cloud-based devices have been commonplace for several years [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Razer’s Flagship Blade 17 Gaming Laptop Lands Tiger Lake-H And RTX 3080 Knockout Punch]( [Microsoft's July 2021 Patch Tuesday Delivers 117 Critical Security Fixes, Update Now]( [Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift Issues Could Be Fixed With This Super Quick And Easy Mod]( [Here's Why Destiny 2 Annual Events Need A Major Revamp To Reengage Weary Gamers]( [DICE Confirms Battlefield 2042 Crossplay Between PC And Console Platforms]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( Copyright © 2021 Hot Hardware, Inc., All rights reserved. You're receiving this because you opted in to our list at HotHardware.com or are an industry partner. 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