Facebook parent company Meta has settled a class-action lawsuit for $37.5 million over location tracking. Upon the judge’s approval, the settlement will resolve the claim that Meta used invasive means to track users’ locations to show targeted ads. Facebook tracks…
Twitter’s former head of security Peiter Zatko has filed an explosive whistleblower complaint at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States accusing the company of concealing “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its effort to preserve users’ safety against cyber-attacks,…
Reserve engineering expert, Alessandro Paluzzi has found that Instagram is working on a new “Candid Challenges” feature which is inspired by BeReal. Currently, the new feature is an “internal prototype” and is not open for public testing. In the wake…
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that allows group admins to delete any message sent by other members in the group. The feature was previously made available to some Android beta testers and is now finally being rolled out to…
WhatsApp is constantly working on new, or borrowed from other Meta-owned platforms, features for its service. As of right now, the company seems to be focusing on status updates. Recently, the ability to react to status updates by an emoji…
A huge chunk of TikTok users already post content about things they have purchased due to other users recommending them on the app. However, TikTok wants to expand its e-commerce integration and it is launching three types of shopping ads…
Shazam, which was acquired by Apple in 2018, turned 20 years old and surpassed 70 billion song recognitions within the same week. To mark the occasion, Apple “invites fans to take a trip down memory lane” with a special Apple…
It is not a good year for cable television. Yesterday, we reported that young adults in the United Kingdom prefer to use TikTok over watching television for entertainment. According to a new report today, streaming services in the United States…
According to a new survey conducted in the United Kingdom, young adults in the region have replaced television with the popular video-sharing app TikTok as their primary source of entertainment. UK young adults prefer using TikTok over watching TV for…
Instagram has introduced new “Add Yours” stickers to Reels/videos, cross-post a Reel from Instagram to Facebook, and more. As announced by the company’s head Adam Mosseri, the new features are designed to make it easier to create and share their…
