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Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all got hit by a big outage – but they're back up again

By Roland Moore-Colyer last updated

Facebook and Instagram suffered an outage due to technical difficulties, but we've yet to hear the full details.

Unsurprisingly, X users locked out in the cold after botched authentication switch

By Benedict Collins, Benedict Collins published

Another botched security update from X.com? Who would have guessed.

YouTube launches preemptive strike against misinformation with the new Notes feature – but will it work?

By Allisa James published

The Notes feature YouTube is introducing will be a vital weapon against misinformation on the platform.

Google Messages is getting another essential chat feature it should have had a long time ago

By David Nield, David Nield published

Some users are seeing @mentions appear in Google Messages, but it's likely to take a while to reach everyone.

Beware, Facebook and Instagram are the worst social media for your privacy

By Chiara Castro last updated

Incogni put together a privacy ranking of the most popular social media platforms around – and not all services handle your personal data with the same care.

X is apparently going on a security hiring spree at last

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

X (formerly Twitter) is hiring almost two dozen security and safety staff.

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads were down - here's what you need to know

By Lance Ulanoff last updated

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads are down or failing - Here's what you need to know

OpenAI's rumored acquisition plans for Pinterest provoke fury among some users

By Eric Hal Schwartz published

A speculative report suggesting OpenAI might acquire Pinterest ignited a consumer backlash among Pinterest users.

ByteDance hits play on AI video creator while Sora seems paused

By Eric Hal Schwartz published

ByteDance releases AI text-to-video generator named Jimeng AI.

Spotify might get a chat feature for your shared Jam playlists, so you can dunk on people's bad taste directly

By Carrie Marshall published

An imminent Spotify app update should add the Jams feature you've been missing

Instagram wants you to do more with DMs than just slide into someone else’s

By Jacob Krol published

Instagram is making some major changes to DMs, and they just might make you want to use them way more.

Tidal's game-changing feature lets your friends open shared songs in Spotify

By Cesar Cadenas published

Tidal's new universal links offer an easy way to share music without needing to download an app or make a playlist.

X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

By Darren Allan published

Not happy with X due to the incoming change for blocking? You wouldn’t be alone – and others are seriously unhappy with new AI scraping policy, too.

The Bluesky app logo appears on the screen of a smartphone lying on a laptop keyboard

Bluesky enforces age checks to comply with Australia's under-16s social media ban – and reverses Mississippi's block

By Chiara Castro published

The platforms made these changes on December 10, despite not being among the platforms required to do so

Web scraping is becoming a major issue — and these are the most scraped websites around today

By Craig Hale published

New report reveals extent of website scraping across search engine, social media and ecommerce websites.

Google Messages is finally getting a mentions feature for chats – here’s how it works

By Rowan Davies published

Google Messages could soon get the mentions feature it's been lacking for a while – here's how it looks.

Reddit was down again – popular discussion platform suffered through second major outage in two days

By Lance Ulanoff last updated

Reddit went offline on Wednesday and then again on Thursday but now appears mostly recovered.

X finally brings video and voice calls to Android users

By James Ide published

New video and voice call functionality has been added to X for premium members.

This AI app lets you chat with the dead using a few minutes of video – and not everyone is okay with that

By Eric Hal Schwartz published

2wai's AI app can recreate deceased loved ones, leading to intense debate about whether digital resurrection is comforting or crossing a line.

Grok gets glasses to see what you're talking about

By Eric Hal Schwartz published

X debuts Grok AI image analysis.

TikTok Ban live: President Trump signs exec order giving TikTok a penalty-free 75-day extension

By Lance Ulanoff last updated

TikTok Ban ban countdown live: The social media platform hangs in the balance

StubHub’s ChatGPT app turns ticket hunting into a conversation

By Eric Hal Schwartz published

StubHub has launched a conversational ticket‑finding app inside ChatGPT

Fake X accounts found scamming airline customers

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Fraudsters are harvesting people's sensitive data by chiming in on X conversations.

X was down again – here's how its latest outage played out

By Mark Wilson published

X suffered a major blip again this week, with thousands reporting that the social media site was down in the both the US and UK – but it seems to have recovered.

YouTube Music now lets you share your personalized radio station with everyone

By Hamish Hector published

YouTube Music has made it a lot easier to share your customized radio station with friends and followers.

I find songs I love on social media all the time, so this new Instagram feature is music to my ears

By Jamie Richards published

You can now save songs on Spotify from the Instagram app, and it might just be great.

LinkedIn now wants to be more like...TikTok?

By Craig Hale published

LinkedIn wants you to watch short TikTok-like videos for professional advice on its updated app as it takes on the giants.

Elon Musk brings controversial AI chatbot Grok to more X users in bid to halt exodus

By Kristina Terech published

Elon Musk announces that he’s broadening access to Grok, claiming to challenge norms and industry leader Open AI, amid ongoing X user drain and OpenAI lawsuit

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Cameroon social media ban sees Proton VPN signups skyrocket by 3,000%

By Rene Millman published

Social media platforms have been blocked in Cameroon amid escalating post-election protests. Many citizens are turning to VPNs, with Proton VPN reporting a 3,000% surge in signups.

WhatsApp's new new music status updates take me back to my MySpace and MSN Messenger days

By Carrie Marshall published

WhatsApp's musical statuses are a real blast from the past