ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it
Mariella Moon / engadget - US government officials have condemned ICEBlock and CNN's recent coverage of it, leading to more people hearing about its existence and downloading it from the App Store. Now the application, which allows users to add a pin on a map to show where ICE agen…
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Threads now has DMs
Emma Roth / theverge - Threads has officially launched direct messaging for everyone. You can now privately message other users on the Meta-owned X rival, though Threads will only allow DMs between your followers or mutual followers on Instagram to start. You can send a DM on T…
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Apple launches iOS 26 with sleek Liquid Glass design update
Apple has unveiled iOS 26, spotlighting its signature Liquid Glass interface that transforms the device’s look with a refined, futuristic aesthetic. In a cheeky twist, independent developers have wasted no time crafting jailbreak tweaks that retro-fit this style onto older systems, ensuring no device feels left behind in the style revolution.
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Apple didn’t announce live translation for AirPods and captive Wi-Fi syncing, but these iOS 26 features are coming later
Christian Zibreg / idownloadblog - Apple didn't announce AirPods live translation and captive Wi-Fi syncing, but these iOS 26 features should arrive in the coming months.
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Threads now has a Hidden Words setting that's separate from Instagram
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Threads and Instagram are continuing to decouple. Meta's social network has updated its Hidden Words setting to make it separate from Instagram. Prior to this update, users had one global Hidden Words setting that impacted both platforms.For the uninitiat…
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WhatsApp Now Summarizes Your Unread Messages Using AI
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - WhatsApp is making it easier to catch up on conversations you've missed with a new AI-powered feature that summarizes unread messages. The Meta-owned messaging app now lets users tap on unread message counts to "Summarize privately" and get quick, bullete…
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Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp
Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat. This summary would only be visible to you, not others in your chat, the company notes. …
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Apple iOS 26: Everything you need to know about the next iPhone operating system
Katie Teague / engadget - Liquid Glass is a huge new change coming to iOS 26. (Apple)The rumors were true: Apple is skipping past iOS 19 and going right to iOS 26 — and it's bringing some pretty cool new features with it. For starters, the iPhone is finally getting a fresh home an…
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Adobe’s New Firefly App Puts AI Models from Google and OpenAI in Your Pocket
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Adobe's new Firefly mobile app for iOS and Android unifies its powerful generative AI tools while integrating models from competitors like Google and OpenAI.The post Adobe’s New Firefly App Puts AI Models from Google and OpenAI in Your Pocket appeared fir…
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Tinder now lets you go on double dates
Emma Roth / theverge - Tinder is no longer just a platform for solo dates. The company has announced a new “Double Date” feature rolling out in the US that will let you invite a friend to find — and match with – another pair. The feature lives within a new “Double Date” icon in…
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Fortnite is launching a new mobile-focused mode
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Epic Games has revealed a new mode for Fortnite for mobile users of the game. On social media, the developer teased “Fortnite Blitz Royale,” a “faster” version of the signature battle royale mode. Epic added that these will be five-minute matches that fea…
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Google’s test turns search results into an AI-generated podcast
Emma Roth / theverge - Google is rolling out a test that puts its AI-powered Audio Overviews on the first page of search results on mobile. The experiment, which you can enable in Labs, will let you generate an AI podcast-style discussion for certain queries. If you search for …
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Apple Seeds Revised iOS 26 Developer Beta
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple today provided developers with a revised version of the first iOS 26 beta for testing purposes. It's not clear what's new in the updated beta, but it may address a critical bug or two. The update is only available for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 mod…
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iOS 26 adds voicemail spam reporting & new screening tools
appleinsider - Apple is stepping up its fight against unwanted calls and messages in iOS 26 with smarter voicemail reporting. Here's how it works.iOS 26 has a new spam feature for voicemailsThe most visible change is a new option in the Phone app that lets users report …
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Instagram will finally let you rearrange your grid
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Instagram is finally going to let users rearrange their grid, and is testing a way for users to quietly post to their profile without having the content appear in users' feeds.
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Apple Updates Design Resources for iOS 26 Liquid Glass Interface
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple has released updated design resources for developers and designers working on projects for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26, following the company's introduction of its new "Liquid Glass" design language at WWDC 2025.The updated files, availabl…
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Meta is finally starting to bring DMs to Threads
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Threads is finally getting direct messages (DMs). Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the news in a Threads post. Threads DMs will be separate from Instagram DMs. There’s a catch, however. At this time, the company is only starting to test the feature in H…
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Apple Announces New Features in Messages App on iOS 26
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today announced several new features coming to the Messages app with iOS 26, which will be available in beta starting today and released later this year.iOS 26 allows users to set custom backgrounds in conversations, and it introduces the ability to…
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Apple says 82% of compatible iPhones are running iOS 18
Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Apple said on Thursday that more than 82% of compatible iPhones are running the latest version of its smartphone operating system, iOS 18.
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Snapchat launches an Apple Watch app globally
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - While you could already preview Snapchat messages on your Apple Watch by enabling them on your iPhone, there wasn't a way to respond to them until now.
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