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Are smartphones our best friends, or our worst enemies? Sometimes it feels like half the work companies are putting into new features are attempts to fix our addiction to others, like with the new Pause Point on Pixel 11 devices — or really anything Digital Wellbeing, for that matter. And while we seem to keep…

Meta is adding a new feature to Instagram that should make it easier to edit short-form videos. The feature, called First Draft, can automatically trim silences and pauses from clips, letting the bulk of your editing time focus on making creative decisions rather than cleaning up videos.

Nitter, an openinto or even opening the X app, has received cease-and-desist letters from X demanding that it shut down. The news was shared X’s earlier attempts to knock Nitter offline by technical means

Family location-sharing and safety app Life360 is expanding its pet-tracking capabilities on Tuesday with the launch of a new product line of $7.99 scannable pet tags and other pet care features that tap into its tracking network technology.

Pie, the social app from Bonobos’ founder Andy Dunn, is taking its mission to connect people in real life one step further. On Tuesday, the startup launched a new communities feature that allows people to establish more permanent homes for their social groups on its app, offering an alternative to group texts, Facebook Groups, and…

Platform head Connor Hayes posted today that Threads is testing some possible new features aimed at promoting podcasts. He highlighted a resource that can post automatic transcriptions of audio clips. This would allow people scrolling their feeds to read along even if they have the sound off. Hayes teased that this is just one of…

My FanCam works after you record, turning a wider group video into a tighter tracking shot around one person.

Zillow and Redfin have reached a settlementwith the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and five states, ending a legal fight over a 2025 partnership that the FTC claimed hurt competition in the rental-listing market. The settlement was announced on Monday, just as the case was scheduled to head toward trial this morning. 

Don’t let Siri become a hassle instead of an assistant; keep it quiet in the car to reduce distractions.