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Trial starts in L.A. lawsuit alleging Instagram and YouTube knew apps harmed kids
A landmark civil trial that will ask jurors to decide whether social media companies can be held liable for pushing a product that they…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps
We are entering a Surrealist phase of personal technology. Any device you might imagine can be found online courtesy of an obscure Chinese…
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ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
Last week, as ICE raids ramped up in New York, city residents set about resisting in the ways they had available: confronting agents…
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Sora app's hyperreal AI videos ignite online trust crisis as downloads surge
Scrolling through the Sora app can feel a bit like entering a real-life multiverse. Michael Jackson performs standup; the alien from the…
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7 Affordable AI Fitness Apps for Beginners
Personal trainers in the United States average about $55 an hour—roughly $440 a month for two weekly sessions. By comparison, the seven…
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TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software
The so-called desktop first appeared on a home computer in 1981, with the release of the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. That device…
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Apple Caves to Pam Bondi and Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps
Agents rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors, used flash bangs, tore tenants from their units, and detained several…
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Meta's AI leaders discuss using Google, OpenAI models in apps, The Information says
META Platforms is considering partnerships with rivals Google or OpenAI to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) features in its…
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From boom to ban: The rise and fall of India's betting apps
Kartik Srinivas (name changed) still flinches at the mention of online betting. What began as a thrill to earn a quick buck spiralled into…
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Philippine central bank orders e-wallets, payment apps to remove online gambling links
The Philippine central bank ordered mobile wallets, payment applications and other institutions to remove links to online gambling…
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Sniffies Translates Cruising for the Digital Age
In the literature about cruising from the late twentieth century, what stands out is the physical choreography of it. David Wojnarowicz,…
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Gentle Parenting My Smartphone Addiction
On a recent weekday, I sent an Instagram message to a friend of mine, an art adviser in New York named Stephen Truax, to gossip about an…
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Match Group seeks to woo more singles in Asia to swipe on its apps
Match Group, the dating app giant which owns popular platforms such as Tinder and Bumble, is eyeing Asia for new growth opportunities as…
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American shoppers flock to Chinese apps on tariff fears
Americans are scouring Chinese e-commerce apps for cheap handbags, yoga pants and wallets as shoppers fear homegrown platforms will hike…
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CRM Wars: Mobile Apps Change the Game
Mobile CRM apps are changing the way businesses interact with customers. They’re not just fancy tools; they’re reshaping how companies…
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US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, leaving app's fate to Trump
THE Supreme Court upheld on Friday (Jan 17) a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent…
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Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in Europe
Online privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including…
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Risk of TikTok ban has users rushing to download two other Chinese-made apps
A PAIR of Chinese-made social apps, Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, have taken over the top two positions on Apple’s iPhone download charts in the…
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12 Best Investment Apps for Beginners
Getting into investing can be a bit scary, right? Especially when you’re just starting out and have no idea where to begin. But don’t…
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Spain's data protection agency suspends two of Meta's EU election apps
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's data protection watchdog AEPD has ordered the provisional suspension of two planned Meta products set to be…