The internet is full of copycat, stolen, reposted, and low-effort content - and Meta, at least publicly, has said it is working to cut off some of the reach. Beginning in 2024, the company has made incremental announcements saying it would begin...
Scammers are using AI-generated videos of celebrities including Taylor Swift and Rihanna to promote shady services on TikTok, according to authentication company Copyleaks. The ads typically show celebrities in interview settings, such as red...
Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook and Instagram, according to a preliminary decision issued by the European Commission. The Commission announced the ruling on...
Australia is proposing to tax Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government intends to introduce the draft legislation to Parliament by July.
Logitech has announced a new suite of Productivity Plugins for its entire MX line of accessories, including its Stream Deck alternative, the MX Creative Console. Since the console launched in September 2024, Logitech has been expanding its...
Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would force Meta, Google and TikTok to pay local publishers for news content or face a levy worth 2.25 percent of their Australian revenue, in a major push to support struggling media outlets and curb...
Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would force Meta, Google and TikTok to pay local publishers for news content or face a levy worth 2.25 percent of their Australian revenue in a major push to support struggling media outlets and curb the...
Instagram is testing a new dedicated app that's focused around Snapchat-like photo sharing features. The app, called "Instants," was launched in Italy and Spain yesterday, Business Insider reports, and allows users to send each other disappearing...
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WhatsApp is testing a subscription after Meta debuted a similar subscription for Instagram earlier this year
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New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.
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Netflix is going to launch a TikTok-like vertical video feed within its apps this month, and plans to use AI broadly for content creation and recommendations.
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If culture is shaped by TikTok's algorithmic feed, then it's time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking.
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Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.
Motorola is suing dozens of content creators and social media platforms including Instagram, X, and YouTube over posts it alleges are defamatory.
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Last year, Google announced that it was testing a Google desktop app for Windows that resembles macOS's Spotlight feature, and now the app is available globally in English. You can download the app from Google's website, and it works with PCs with...
Freecash was removed from Apple's App Store after TechCrunch reached out for comment.
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The popular macOS app Little Snitch brought its network-monitoring tools over to Linux this week. In a blog post announcing the launch, one of the developers at Objective Development shared some early results from using the app on Linux: "On Ubuntu...
France's move to ditch Windows for Linux is its latest effort to reduce its reliance on American tech giants.
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Now that Meta released its Muse Spark model, more people are downloading the Meta AI app. And if you join the app, your friends will probably get an Instagram notification about it.
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