Mauritz Jarl

TikTok rejects claims that it might be used to track US people.

A rumour that a China-based team at TikTok's parent company ByteDance intended to utilise the app to track the whereabouts of US individuals has been refuted.

The social media behemoth said on Twitter that neither the American government nor any activists, celebrities, or journalists have ever been "targeted."

The company further claims that it doesn't gather precise location information from US consumers.

The statement was made in response to a Forbes article that claimed data would have been accessed without the users' knowledge or consent.

According to the US business journal, who used papers it had access to, ByteDance had launched a surveillance effort to look into employee wrongdoing by both present and former workers.

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TikTok denies it could be used to track US citizens In response to a media report, the firm said it does not collect precise location data from US users.

Five billion phones will be discarded as electronic garbage in 2022.

According to the International Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum, 5.3 billion mobile phones will be discarded this year.

Its projection, which is based on data on worldwide trade, emphasises the expanding environmental issue of "e-waste."

According to study, a lot of consumers keep their old phones rather than recycle them.

The cobalt in rechargeable batteries and the copper in wiring are precious minerals that cannot be obtained from used devices and must instead be mined.

Scientists claim that mine e-waste, not the Earth.

Countless outdated devices are "stockpiled in drawers."

WEEE director general Pascal Leroy noted that "people tend to not realize that all these seemingly little objects have a lot of value and together at a global level represent tremendous volumes."

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E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022 Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.

New Quest Pro VR headset unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg

At an online developer event, Mark Zuckerberg presented the Quest Pro, a new VR headset.

Quest Pro costs $1,499 (£1,499), nearly four times as much as Meta's current headset, the Quest 2, which has a starting price of $399.

It claims slimmer lenses, a curved battery around the back of the head strap, and self-tracking controllers.

The headset also enables users to see their actual surroundings outside the screen's edge.

Unlike its predecessor, Quest Pro supports mixed reality, allowing users to view digital information overlaid on the actual world.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, called mixed reality "the next important step for VR."

The high launch price, according to Tong Nguyen of Gartner, turned it into a device.

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Mark Zuckerberg reveals new Quest Pro VR headset Facebook-owner Meta has revealed a new VR headset as part of its continued metaverse push.