Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Wikipedia is taking steps to ensure its platform remains sustainable in the age of artificial intelligence.

Mozilla has announced a major privacy upgrade in Firefox 145 that makes it even harder for websites to track users through digital fingerprinting.

Meta has announced that it will discontinue two of its long-standing Facebook Social Plugins—the Facebook Like and Facebook Comment buttons—on February 10, 2026.

Samsung has released a new update for its SmartThings app that now works with Siri Shortcuts, allowing Apple users to control their smart homes more easily using voice commands.

X (formerly Twitter) has started testing a new link behavior on iOS that may artificially boost website traffic numbers.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the popular gaming platform of prioritizing profits over the safety of children.

South Korea fines Upbit operator Dunamu $24.3 million for failing to verify millions of users and ignoring suspicious transactions.

Tinder is turning to artificial intelligence to breathe new life into its dating app after reporting nine straight quarters of declining paid subscribers.

Snap Inc. and Perplexity have announced a major partnership that will bring Perplexity’s AI-powered answer engine directly into Snapchat, giving nearly one billion users a new way to ask questions, explore topics, and learn about the world—all within the app.

Discord is rolling out new safety features for parents and guardians through its Family Center, offering more control over teens’ online activity.

WhatsApp’s new Apple Watch app lets users send messages, voice notes, and view chats with full end-to-end encryption.

OpenAI’s AI video app Sora is now available on Android, expanding beyond iOS to more countries across Asia and North America.

Australia’s new social media ban for children under 16 will now apply to Reddit and Kick, joining major platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, and Snapchat under the country’s world-first online safety rule.

Microsoft is bringing passkey support to its Edge browser, making it easier for users to move away from traditional passwords.

OpenAI partners with AWS in a $38 billion deal to access Nvidia GPUs, expanding its AI training beyond Microsoft’s Azure.

South Korea’s fifth homegrown military spy satellite has successfully entered orbit after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the Defence Ministry announced on Sunday.

Bluesky, the decentralized social network created as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has reached a new milestone of 40 million users.

Getty Images, one of the world’s leading visual content creators and marketplaces, has signed a multi-year global licensing deal with Perplexity.

Conduent, a major American business services company, has confirmed that a data breach discovered earlier this year has affected more than 10.5 million people.

OpenAI has released a new update for GPT-5 that helps the model handle sensitive and emotional conversations more effectively.