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The new hub features dedicated college group chats and personalized feeds designed to help students stay connected with their campus communities, even while they’re away for the summer.

Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.
Google says the new feature will leverage AI technology to automatically create a copy of your wardrobe that's based on the pieces of clothing appearing in your Google Photos library.
Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.
Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links in place as its case with Epic heads toward the Supreme Court.

Amazon's new "Join the chat" feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.

The app is Match Group's newest attempt to get mobile users excited about online romance again.

The app allows developers to vibe code web apps and websites on the go.
Apple is adding a new subscription option that lets app developers offer lower monthly pricing in exchange for a 12-month commitment.
Users will be able to chat with a brand's AI agent to do things like ask questions and get recommendations.
YouTube is rolling out the new AI search feature to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on an opt-in basis.

Skye's new AI app attracted investors before it even launched — a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.
Spotify is adding fitness as its next major category, launching workout videos, playlists, and Peloton classes inside the app for free and Premium users.
As growth slows, Truecaller is leaning on subscriptions, business services, and new features to sustain momentum beyond India.
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternus will be facing.

It's hard to break the cycle of doomscrolling, but there are plenty of apps that can help you spend more time on content that’s engaging and productive.

Series, a social networking app that's grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech.

X's new app promises private chats, disappearing messages, audio and video calls, and more.
Nothing's new on-device dictation tool supports over 100 languages.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.
Meta's Accounts Center will transition to the Meta Account, which is supposed to make it easier to manage your experience on various Meta apps and devices.
X Communities are no more. Only a fraction of X users were using Communities, and much of that use was spam, the company said.

Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers.

Shade has its own filesystem that lets you "stream" files directly to your local drive

X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots.
Users can send messages, photos, videos, links, and emoji reactions in Live Chats.

Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a $4 trillion powerhouse.

Apple tells TechCrunch Cal AI was removed not for web payments alone, but for deceptive billing, manipulative tactics, and App Store rule violations.
The photo deletion comes after an FTC settlement with Clarifai. The company had asked OkCupid — whose executives had invested in Clarifai — to share data in 2014, according to court documents.
Extra, from a team of former Pinterest designers and engineers, reimagines email around your life instead of the traditional inbox.
Bond wants you to get off the couch and get back into the real world, its creator says. The new platform's AI system is designed to motivate users to do things away from the app.

New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.

Meeting platform Zoom has announced a partnership with World, Sam Altman's human ID verification company, to ensure that the people attending meetings are actually human and not AI-generated imposters. Zoom will show a badge on verified participants' tile.

New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, memories, and more.

The new returns feature is the company's latest effort to become an everything app. There are limitations to the new service, and there is, of course, a courier fee.

The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily.

Although you can already track hotel prices at the city level, the new update lets you do so for a specific hotel that you're interested in.
Users are fed up with misinformation and AI slop cluttering their feeds. SaySo is a new short-form video app that delivers news from vetted creators and journalists.
Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the web page side-by-side with AI Mode.
That means its AI images can be created using Gemini's understanding of your likes and interests, without those having to be explicitly noted in the prompt.

Until now, the only way to avoid seeing ads was by paying for a YouTube Premium subscription.

Freecash was removed from Apple's App Store after TechCrunch reached out for comment.
The feature lets users connect Google accounts like Gmail and Photos to get personalized answers.
The acquisition will allow the company to expand its business into international markets without needing to launch a delivery network in those regions.
Anything is planning to launch a desktop companion app to aid mobile app development after its App Store removal.

Launched in 2022, Outlook Lite is a lightweight version of the regular Outlook app, designed for Android phones with limited storage and regions with slower internet connections. The app had already been scheduled for retirement.
Users aged five to nine will be assigned to a "Roblox Kids" account, and users aged nine to 15 to will be put in a "Roblox Select" account.

X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, according to its head of product Nikita Bier

The YouTube Premium individual plan is increasing from $13.99 to $15.99 per month, while the family plan is increasing from $22.99 to $26.99 per month.

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Now that Meta released its Muse Spark model, more people are downloading the Meta AI app. And if you join the app, your friends will probably get an Instagram notification about it.

The EFF follows the departure of various news organizations and others who no longer find X a viable source of traffic.

The consumer protection agency says the company violated the FTC Act and its Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees by "deceptively" advertising ticket prices on its website without clearly disclosing upfront what the total cost would be, including all mandatory fees.

The app was ranking No. 57 on the App Store just before Meta AI's new model launched. Now it's No. 5 — and rising.
Instagram users can now edit comments, which is a long-awaited fix for anyone who’s ever had to delete and re-post a comment just to fix a typo.
Users can use the in-built voice transcription tool to reply to emails
X Chat brings back Voice Notes to DMs and group chats after removing the option during the upgrade.
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