Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Meta has officially opened sign-ups for its Community Notes program on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, signaling a shift away from its third-party fact-checking initiative.

According to Bloomberg, YouTube is preparing to roll out a more affordable version of its subscription service, called "Premium Lite," in the US, Australia, Germany, and Thailand.

Reddit is currently experiencing widespread international outages, according to NetBlocks, a global internet monitoring service.

OpenAI has reached 400 million weekly active users, up from 300 million in December.

Amazon has announced that it will discontinue its App Store for Android devices on August 20, 2025.

An Australian online safety report has found that children can easily bypass social media age restrictions, just as the government prepares to enforce a ban on users under 16 by the end of 2025.

Instagram is adding several new features to its direct messaging (DM) system, making it more functional and versatile.

Amazon has officially discontinued Inspire, its TikTok-like shopping feed, which featured photos and videos of products for users to browse and buy.

Starting February 19th, Facebook will automatically delete users' live broadcast recordings after 30 days unless downloaded or saved as Reels.

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose a 25% tariff on semiconductor chips, with the possibility of even higher rates in the future.

South Korea's data protection regulator has confirmed that the DeepSeek chatbot, developed by a China-based artificial intelligence startup, sent the nation's user data to a third party, the Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, according to officials on Tuesday.

A Russian court has fined Google 3.8 million roubles ($41,530) for hosting YouTube videos that provided instructions on how Russian soldiers could surrender, according to a report by Russia’s TASS news agency.

More ASUS users can now upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 after installing a BIOS update that fixes the blue screen of death (BSOD) issue reported last October.

Users on X are currently unable to share links to Signal.me, a service used for secure and private messaging through the Signal app.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has requested access to the Internal Revenue Service’s taxpayer data system, a move that could grant it entry to highly sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and tax returns, CNN reports.

Nearly four years after first announcing a HiFi tier for lossless audio streaming, Spotify may finally roll out the feature this year, Bloomberg reports.

Officials announced Monday that Mexico is awaiting a new response from Google regarding its demand to fully restore the name "Gulf of Mexico" on Google Maps before proceeding with legal action.

The New York Times has reportedly given the green light for its newsroom staff to use artificial intelligence tools for tasks like editing, summarizing, coding, and writing.

The share of premium smartphones in the global market has surged 25 percent in 2024, up from 15 percent in 2020 as more consumers opt for high-end devices, a new report said on Monday.

On Monday, the government said it temporarily suspended the local service of the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek due to concerns about its data collection practices.