The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X now has 500 million monthly users. It increasingly ...

Bob Starr was delighted with his vibe-coded website. “Boomberg” showed how much US tax money is going to tech companies, and Starr launched it online immediately after making it. It wasn’t until ...

Social media usage is at an all-time high. According to Meltwater's 2026 Global Digital Report, 5.66 billion people use social media, almost a 5% increase compared to the previous year, and Gen Z ...

Snapchat sent phone alerts to adolescents during school hours, urging them to share what was going on in their classrooms. Meta paid “teen ambassadors” to promote Instagram and hand out swag to their ...

Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed children’s attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries Jennifer Valentino-DeVries ...

Lawmakers are looking to narrow the scope of a bill that would ban social media for some North Carolina teenagers. They’re zooming in on features that they say make the apps more addictive. House Bill ...

Android Auto beta version 17.0.162144 has a new feature that should have existed years ago. Users can now swipe between active media app cards to switch what's playing — no manual app opening, no ...

AppLovin lost its bid to buy TikTok, and now it is taking its social media aspirations into its own hands. The adtech firm quietly released a new app this month called Gist that feels a bit like a ...

Malaysia's new under-16 initiative, which requires social networks to ensure that no children under 16 are using their services, will come into force on June 1. The country's cabinet approved the new ...

Since debuting last spring, OpenAI's Codex coding app has seen standalone Mac and Windows releases, so it was only a matter of time before OpenAI gave people a way to access their Codex projects on ...

When Twitter began to unravel under new ownership in late 2022, Black users were among the first to look for the exits. Changes to content moderation and enforcement rattled communities that had long ...