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Other than Apple, it looks like an Android smartphone manufacturer will also be following the footsteps by excluding the in-box chargers in the future. It turns out that Samsung has also reportedly decided to ship their future smartphones without chargers, and they might be planning to execute it as early as next year.

The latest iOS 14 has been in beta testing by developers about two weeks ago, bringing a lot of new features and revealing issues like the clipboard snooping. Now, Apple is ready for the second beta phase and has announced that iOS 14 beta 2 can be installed through an over-the-air update.

In this age of the internet, privacy and security are major concerns. So when it was reported that iOS apps were caught accessing clipboard data, it's understandable that people were more than worried. Most companies have already fixed or started to fix this issue, however, with Reddit and LinkedIn the next to do so.

It seems that Apple's new feature is under scrutiny by groups backed by Google and Facebook because of how it handles tracking, which may lead to more users disabling the tracker. With the tracker disabled, it may affect certain services from displaying personalized ads to the user.

Way back in March, Google confirmed that it's hard at work on the Nearby Sharing feature. As you may know, this is Google's answer to Apple's AirDrop feature. The company has now confirmed that the feature is now in beta and users who are interested can try it out.

It's no secret that mobile game apps are doing very well in the Asian region compared to the West, business is booming and more attractive mobile game titles are being made for the market. Many of them can be downloaded for free on the Google Play and the Apple App Store, but the Apple Arcade has games that are exclusive and they aim to keep it that way with some new tweaks.

Wearables that can scan our veins? That sounds like some futuristic stuff, but technology is always advancing and Apple is has been awarded a new patent for a 'vein scanning device'. Supposedly, this wearable would be a watch that can scan a user's veins for gesture and finger recognition.

Last week, users of iOS 14 beta have gotten notifications alerting them that TikTok was trying to access their clipboards. Not only the doing has invaded users' privacy, but it also exists as a possibility to cause users' data being stolen by someone else. After that, TikTok has immediately submitted a new update to the App Store to fix the issue. However, it turns out that TikTok is not the only app accessing users' clipboards.

With the announcement of iOS 14 being made, many users are quite excited about the new features that are coming soon to Apple devices. Other than those features, it looks like the latest OS update has some impressive skills as well. It is reported that the iOS 14 beta has caught TikTok reading users' clipboards.

Based on a statement by patentlyapple.com, it seems that the future MacBooks could come equipped with a retractable keyboard which allows the laptops to be much thinner than usual. In terms of how the mechanism functions, the keyboard of the laptop will extend out when the lid is lifted and retracts when the laptop lid closes.