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Meta is internally testing a feature that allows users to add music to their Threads posts, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.

Blue Origin on Thursday successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket but failed land booster in the Atlantic.

With the U.S. set to ban TikTok on January 19, millions of American users are switching to a Chinese app called RedNote (also known as Xiaohongshu).

TikTok plans to suspend its app for U.S. users starting Sunday if the Supreme Court does not intervene to block a federal ban, Reuters reports.

SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched two private lunar landers from the US and Japan to space.

OpenAI has unveiled an exciting new feature for ChatGPT: Tasks, which is currently rolling out in beta.

China's space station will conduct more than 1,000 research projects, promote science popularisation, and enhance international cooperation over the next 10 to 15 years, according to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilisation under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chinese government officials have reportedly considered a scenario where ByteDance sells TikTok’s U.S. operations to Elon Musk, according to Bloomberg.

Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, has climbed to the top of the Apple App Store as the United States edges closer to banning TikTok.

Amazon is shutting down its Prime Try Before You Buy program on January 31, 2025, according to a banner on the service’s landing page and a statement provided to The Verge.

Blue Origin’s highly anticipated New Glenn rocket launch has faced another delay.

Most children aged 11 and 12 use TikTok, Instagram, and other social media despite the platforms’ age restrictions, and many show signs of addiction to social media, a team of researchers has found.

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has announced a significant reduction in its contributions to the open-source WordPress project.

Content creators on YouTube are discovering a new revenue stream: selling their unused video footage to AI companies.

Many former YouTube Premium subscribers notice a frustrating trend: increased ads after canceling their subscriptions.

VideoLAN, the non-profit organization behind the widely-used VLC media player, is rolling out a groundbreaking AI feature that will let users add subtitles to any video directly within the player.

X announced today that it will begin labeling parody or satire accounts to help users distinguish them from authentic profiles.

According to a report on Friday, generative AI (GenAI) smartphones will account for over 54 percent of total smartphone shipments by 2028, with an installed base exceeding 1 billion.

Tesla has introduced a refreshed version of its Model Y SUV, aimed at the Chinese and broader Asia-Pacific markets.

Proton, the privacy-focused tech company, experienced a significant worldwide outage today that impacted its suite of services, including Proton Mail, Proton Calendar, ProtonVPN, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, and Proton Wallet.