Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

TikTok is rolling out a new ad-free subscription plan in the UK, giving users the option to browse the app without ads for £3.99 per month.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the streaming giant of misleading users by moving into advertising after years of promoting itself as an ad-free and privacy-friendly alternative to Big Tech.

Samsung has started rolling out One UI 8.5 to Galaxy S25 owners in the US, bringing a major new file-sharing feature that lets users share files over AirDrop.

Discord says its services are back online after a widespread outage left many users unable to log in, send messages, or access servers.

Amazon Prime Video is rolling out a new vertical video feed called “Clips,” joining Netflix and Disney+ in bringing short-form content discovery to streaming apps.

OpenAI said Thursday that its API is getting several new voice intelligence features designed to help developers build apps that can speak with users, transcribe conversations, and translate speech in real time.

Cloudflare is laying off 1,100 employees as the company says its use of AI has increased by 600 percent.

Amazon has launched its first drone delivery service in the UK, starting with a limited rollout in Darlington, County Durham.

Samsung Electronics’ common stock market value crossed $1 trillion on Wednesday, making it only the second Asian company, after TSMC, to reach the milestone.

OpenAI has launched a new foundation model called GPT-5.5 Instant, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant as the default model powering ChatGPT.

Threads is expanding its desktop experience by rolling out messaging support on the web, allowing users to send one-on-one and group chats directly from their browsers.

Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations that he delayed disclosing his initial investment in Twitter, now known as X.

According to WABetaInfo, the redesign is now being developed further, with Meta working to bring the Liquid Glass style into the in-chat interface as well. Although the feature hasn’t been officially released even to beta testers yet, it has been spotted in development builds.

Taiwan’s Foxconn has launched its second-generation low-Earth orbit satellites as the electronics giant continues to expand its work in space technology.

GameStop has made a surprise offer to buy eBay in a deal worth about $56 billion, a move that could reshape the online shopping and gaming retail market if it goes through.

Elon Musk has confirmed in court that his AI company xAI used OpenAI’s models while developing its own chatbot, Grok

Notepad++, one of the most popular code editors on Windows, is finally available for Mac users after more than 20 years.

YouTube is rolling out one of its most requested features to a much wider audience, making picture-in-picture (PiP) mode available to more users worldwide on iPhone and iPad

Elon Musk has testified in a major legal case against OpenAI, accusing the company and its CEO, Sam Altman, of moving away from the nonprofit mission it was originally built on.

Microsoft has asked iPhone users to manually re-enter their login credentials after a major outage disrupted access to Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts on Monday.