TikTok told to change 'addictive design' by EU or face massive fines
bbc - TikTok says it plans to challenge the "categorically false and entirely meritless" accusations.
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Meta Challenges Sora With Standalone Vibes App
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is considering making its artificial intelligence-powered short-form video feed Vibes a standalone app, TechCrunch reported Thursday (Feb. 5). The company is testing an app and positioning it as a direct competitor to OpenAI’s Sora app, according to …
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Roblox (RBLX) Stock: Explodes 20% After Earnings as Bookings Hit $2.2B and DAUs Cross 100M
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Roblox jumps 20% after earnings crush expectations across the board Bookings surge 63% as Roblox user growth breaks past 100 million AI expansion and creator payouts fuel Roblox platform boom Asia-Pacific drives explosive Roblox growth and engagement…
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AirDrop-compatible Quick Share feature to roll out to more Android devices in 2026
appleinsider - Google is moving to take its Android-to-iPhone file sharing beyond Pixel, signaling a broader push to make Android and Apple devices work together.An iPhone and an Android deviceIn late 2025, Google released a new Android update that allowed Pixel 10 user…
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ExpressVPN launches new free tools for users: VPN for email, secure AI, privacy tools
mashable - ExpressVPN is rolling out a suite of new and reworked digital security tools: ExpressAI, ExpressMailGuard, ExpressKeys, and Identity Defender.
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Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features
Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There's also a new tool that syncs physical books to audiobooks.
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Spotify can now show lyrics even when you are offline and translate them too
digitaltrends - Spotify is rolling out new lyric features that let you view full lyrics offline, translate them into your preferred language, and preview lyrics directly from the Now Playing screen.The post Spotify can now show lyrics even when you are offline and transl…
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Amazon's Alexa+ AI Assistant Launches Nationwide in the U.S., Included With Prime
iclarified - Amazon has launched Alexa+, its next-generation AI assistant, making the upgraded service available to customers across the United States starting today. As part of the rollout, Amazon is adding Alexa+ as a new benefit for Amazon Prime members at no addit…
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Apple Sports adds golf scores for PGA, WPGA tours
appleinsider - The latest update to Apple Sports adds golf scores and stats, so fans can now get essential updates from PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events.Golf is now in Apple SportsApple Sports is Apple's free iPhone app that provides at-a-glance scores, statistics, and oth…
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ChatGPT Down for Many Users as OpenAI Faces Major Outage
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YouTube Blocks Background Play on Mobile Web Browsers, But Brave is Resisting
Laurent Giret / thurrott - YouTube has quietly pushed an update to its mobile website to block background playback on some third-party web browsers, but Brave has already found a workaround.The post YouTube Blocks Background Play on Mobile Web Browsers, But Brave is Resisting appea…
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Move or Lose It: Google Sets Final May Deadline for Fitbit Account Migration
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Google is giving Fitbit users more time to move their accounts, but the company is still making the switch mandatory. In an email sent Friday, Fitbit told users the deadline to move a Fitbit account to a Google Account has been pushed to May 19, 2026. Any…
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OpenAI Launches Codex Desktop App for macOS With Multi-Agent Workflows and Doubled Rate Limits
Maria Garcia / implicator - OpenAI shipped a macOS desktop app for its Codex coding agent, doubled rate limits on all paid plans, and opened temporary access to free users. Over a million developers used Codex last month.
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Alibaba’s Qwen ramps up AI app race with Spring Festival giveaway blitz
scmp - Alibaba Group Holding has joined rivals including Tencent Holdings and Baidu in rolling out Spring Festival red-packet giveaways to drive mass-market adoption of its artificial intelligence, committing 3 billion yuan (US$432 million) to spur spending acro…
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WhatsApp End-to-End Encryption Allegations Questioned By Some Security Experts, Lawyers
EditorDavid / slashdot - Several security experts have "questioned the lack of technical detail" in that lawsuit alleging WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption, reports the Washington Post:"It's pretty long on accusations and thin on any sort of evidence," Matthew Green, a crypto…
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Anthropic debuts Claude Cowork plugins to help users automate more tasks
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC today rolled out an update to Claude Cowork that will enable users to extend its feature set with custom plugins. Claude Cowork is an automation tool that the company introduced for its popular chatbot earlier this month. It can perform mult…
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Polish-American Startup Mos Health Raises €920K For AI-driven Preventive Health Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Mos Health a Polish-American startup developing an AI Health Partner that delivers personalized health protocols alongside matched supplementation, has raised nearly €920,000 ($1.1 million) in a pre-seed round. The funding will support building its MVP, a…
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Google Maps Now Lets You Chat With Gemini AI While Walking or Biking
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Google Maps now lets you talk to Gemini while following walking or cycling directions. The latest update is an extension to the AI chatbot's existing conversational navigation feature in driving mode that rolled out in November.You can now ask Gemini hand…
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If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab controls are for you
digitaltrends - Vivaldi 7.8 skips AI flash and focuses on faster tab tiling, letting you drag tabs into split views and open links straight into a tile, so your main page stays anchored while you compare.The post If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab cont…
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Halide co-founder Sebastiaan de With is joining Apple’s design team
Jay Peters / theverge - Sebastiaan de With, known for his work on apps like Halide, Kino, and Orion as the co-founder of Lux, is joining Apple's design team, he announced today. "So excited to work with the very best team in the world on my favorite products," de With says in hi…
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