Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Telegram, the popular messaging app, has launched a crypto wallet integration, allowing users to send and receive cryptocurrencies directly from their chats.

TikTok is planning to offer steep discounts on its new online marketplace, TikTok Shop, in an effort to challenge Amazon for Black Friday shoppers.

WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out an 'automatic security code verification' feature for end-to-end encryption to a limited number of beta testers on Android.

Online searches for 'Sell iPhone' on Google skyrocketed by a whopping 370 percent in the UK on September 12 following the Apple event and new iPhone 15 launch, a new report showed.

TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($379 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for failing to keep kids’ data safe on its platform.

X on Saturday said it will now notify you about the person who deletes a post you annotated with a Community Note.

X has introduced government-ID-based verification checks for X premium users, as it aims to curb impersonation on its platform and doll out more benefits to them like “prioritized support”.

Meta has announced to bring its social virtual reality (VR) app Horizon Worlds to the web and mobile in early access for some users.

Meta on Friday refuted a report that claimed that the Mark Zuckerberg-run company is planning to put ads in WhatsApp, which has over 2 billion users globally.

X (formerly Twitter) has introduced a new feature that will allow Premium subscribers to hide their 'likes' tab from public view.

X (formerly Twitter) rival Threads has added a new feature that allows users to quote posts on the web.

Spotify has launched a new tool called "Showcase" that will allow artists to pay to promote their music to listeners on the platform’s Home feed.

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX can sell and invest its crypto holdings worth over $3.4 billion to pay back creditors, a US judge has ruled.

WhatsApp is widely rolling out its Telegram-like Channels feature to over 150 countries.

X (formerly Twitter) rival Bluesky has announced that the platform gained over one million users.

A new US Justice Department filing has alleged that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dramatic actions at X (formerly Twitter) might have violated a privacy order from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

SpaceX has confirmed that its satellite internet service, Starlink, is experiencing a network outage.

Foxconn ramped up hiring in China as Apple geared up to launch its next generation of iPhones on Tuesday amid geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing and the rise of Huawei despite US sanctions, a media report said on Tuesday.

Meta has rolled out a new software update -- 'v57' (version 57) for its Quest headsets, which includes various features such as more avatar customization options, unsend image messages, group links, free-form locomotion ability in Horizon Home, and a rebranded Explore feed.

Instagram Threads has reportedly blocked searches related to Covid and coronavirus vaccines as fresh infections rise in the US, a move that has been slammed by health experts.