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Reddit says it’s fixing code in its iOS app that copied clipboard contents - The Verge

Posted: 04 Jul 2020 06:26 AM PDT

Reddit says it's releasing a fix for a piece of code that copied contents from users' clipboards. Users in a beta version of iOS 14, which sends an alert when an app tries to copy clipboard information, reported receiving the alerts with each keystroke in Reddit's iOS app.

"We tracked this down to a codepath in the post composer that checks for URLs in the pasteboard and then suggests a post title based on the text contents of the URL," a Reddit spokesperson wrote in an email to The Verge. "We do not store or send the pasteboard contents. We removed this code and are releasing the fix on July 14th."

User Donald Morton posted a video of the issue to Twitter:

UPDATE: Seems like Reddit is capturing the clipboard on each keystroke as well
Seeing the notification come up just as much. pic.twitter.com/nzbElmRG2a
— Don urspace.io (@DonCubed) July 2, 2020

Two iPhone developers, Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry, raised concerns about clipboard-copying behavior back in February, noting that dozens of apps were engaged in the practice.

The privacy feature in iOS 14, which is still in a limited beta for developers, has revealed several apps engaging in clipboard copying in recent weeks. LinkedIn said Friday it would stop the practice, explaining its app was doing so to perform an "equality check" between what a user is typing and what's in their clipboard. "We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents," LinkedIn engineering VP Erran Berger wrote on Twitter. The company didn't explain why the practice was in place to begin with.

TikTok, which has faced criticism for privacy concerns on its app in the past, was called out for similar clipboard-copying behavior last week. The company said the practice was part of an "anti-spam" feature and that it was being discontinued.

A public beta of iOS 14 is expected in the next few weeks and it's likely that the clipboard privacy feature may reveal more apps engaged in this questionable behavior.

UPDATE: July 4th 11:08AM ET: Added context about devs raising concerns about clipboard copying back in February.

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AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Flagship Renoir 8 Core Desktop APU Benchmarked, Matches The Ryzen 7 3800X 95W CPU - Wccftech

Posted: 03 Jul 2020 10:32 PM PDT

The first performance benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 7 4700G APU which is also the flagship of the Renoir lineup have leaked out. The latest benchmarks come straight from ITCooker (via Xfastest HK unit) where the processor was tested for its multitasking capabilities.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Renoir APU Benchmarked - 65W & 8 Core Chip Ends Up Matching the Ryzen 7 3800X 95W 8 Core CPU

The benchmarks come just a few days after ITCooker posted the first pictures of the Ryzen 7 4700G APU along with CPU-z screenshots over at his Facebook profile. The user did state that we will see benchmarks soon and they are finally here. Once again, the chip is the final retail unit of the Ryzen 7 4700G APU so this is more or less the final performance you are looking at.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Flagship Renoir APU Specs

The CPU-Z screenshot he provided shows that the Ryzen 7 4700G is based on the 7nm Zen 2 core architecture. It features 8 cores, 16 threads, 4 MB of L2 and 8 MB of L3 cache for a total of 12 MB cache. This is definitely lower than the 32 MB of L3 cache which the 8 core Ryzen 7 3800X features but this is due to the monolithic nature of the chip which relies on a single package rather than the chiplet based design on the Ryzen 3000 'Matisse' series desktop processors.

The CPU features a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.45 GHz which matches the earlier specifications leak. The CPU operates with a 65W TDP and is compatible with the AM4 socket. The graphics side features the enhanced 7nm Vega GPU which comes with 8 CUs to form 512 cores. Its clocked at 2100 MHz on the GPU side which makes it one of the fastest clocked integrated graphics chip.

AMD Ryzen 4000 'Renoir' Desktop APU Lineup

APU Name	Core Technology	Cores/Threads	Base Clock	Boost Clock	Memory	Graphics Chip	Graphics Clock	TDP	Price
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G	7nm Zen 2	8/16	3.6 GHz	4.45 GHz?	DDR4-3200	Vega 8 / 512 SPs	2100 MHz	65W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 5 4400G	7nm Zen 2	6/12	3.7 GHz	4.30 GHz?	DDR4-3200	Vega 7 / 448 SPs	1900 MHz	65W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G	7nm Zen 2	4/8	3.8 GHz	4.10 GHz?	DDR4-3200	Vega 6 / 384 SPs	1700 MHz	65W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE	7nm Zen 2	8/16	3.1 GHz	4.35 GHz?	DDR4-3200	Vega 8 / 512 SPs	2000 MHz	35W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 5 4400GE	7nm Zen 2	6/12	3.3 GHz	4.25 GHz?	DDR4-3200	Vega 7 / 448 SPs	1900 MHz	35W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE	7nm Zen 2	4/8	3.5 GHz	4.1 GHz?	DDR4-3200	Vega 6 / 384 SPs	1700 MHz	35W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G	7nm Zen 2	8/16	3.6 GHz	4.45 GHz	DDR4-3200	Vega 8 / 512 SPs	2100 MHz	65W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G	7nm Zen 2	6/12	3.7 GHz	4.30 GHz	DDR4-3200	Vega 7 / 448 SPs	1900 MHz	65W	TBA
AMD Ryzen 3 4350G	7nm Zen 2	4/8	3.8 GHz	4.10 GHz	DDR4-3200	Vega 6 / 384 SPs	1700 MHz	65W	TBA

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Flagship Renoir APU Benchmarks

The performance of the chip is reported within the Cinebench R20 and Cinebench R15 multi-core tests. The platform used was the ASRock B550 Taichi with 16 GB of DDR4 memory. In Cinebench R20, the CPU scores 5102 points while in Cinebench R15, the CPU scores 2168 points. Both tests were carried out in multi-core scenarios.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Renoir 8 Core APU Cinebench R20:

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Renoir 8 Core APU Cinebench R15:

Comparing the score with existing Ryzen CPUs, we see that the Ryzen 7 4700G is matching the performance of the Ryzen 7 3800X which scores around 5000 points in Cinebench R20 & 2100 points within the Cinebench R15 benchmark. The Ryzen 7 3800X is an 8 core & 16 thread part which has a TDP configured at 95W whereas the Ryzen 7 4700G is an 8 core & 16 thread part, configured at 65W. This is truly impressive of the Ryzen 4000 Renoir APU lineup.

We've previously seen an overclock of up to DDR4-5400 MHz with AMD's Ryzen 7 4700G and some really impressive memory latency & bandwidth results with the Ryzen 7 4700GE on the B550 & the X570 platforms, respectively. The AMD Ryzen 4000 'Renoir' Desktop APUs are planned for launch in the coming month so we will definitely hear more in the coming week when AMD will also intro its Ryzen 3000XT 'Matisse Refresh' Desktop CPUs.

What do you want to see in AMD's next-gen desktop APUs?

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