<p>Not only is Bluesky more than just a Twitter/X alternative, it&#8217;s just one app in a wider social ecosystem built on open technology.</p>

<p>Google Cloud seems to be at the core of a major outage affecting popular internet apps and services on Thursday.</p>

<p>At WWDC 2025, Apple announced several AI features, such as a workout coach, live translation, and more.</p>

<p>Snapchat is introducing a suite of new tools and features to make it easier for creators to post and share content on its platform.</p>

<p>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&#8217; feeds.</p>

<p>WordPress.com owner Automattic has added another communication-focused startup to its lineup: relationship-management app Clay.</p>

<p>Meta has sued the maker of a popular AI &#8220;nudify&#8221; app, Crush AI, that reportedly ran thousands of ads across its platforms. </p>

<p>With the new ChatGPT integration, users will be able to access more styles that move beyond the emoji-like creations that Image Playground has become known for.</p>

<p>New features launching with iOS 26 include significant updates like Call Screening, more travel-friendly features in Wallet, and highly requested group chat features in Messages.</p>

<p>Apple will begin using AI technology to power the discovery of apps on the App Store, the company announced at this week&#8217;s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25). In a session focused on updates to App Store Connect, its app distribution platform for developers, the company announced it will introduce App Store Tags &#8212; labels that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Snapchat is launching a new Snapchat+ tier called &#8220;Lens+,&#8221; the company announced on Wednesday, which is centered around giving users access to exclusive Lenses and AR experiences.</p>

<p>Meta said Wednesday that it is adding video editing capabilities to Meta AI that let users edit short videos using preset AI prompts to change costumes, locations, and styles. </p>

<p>Apple most notably unveiled a new design language called &#8220;Liquid Glass&#8221; and changed the version number to 26 to unify all operating systems.</p>

<p>Pinterest is experimenting with &#8220;auto-collages,&#8221; an AI feature that allows advertisers to quickly turn their product catalogs into shoppable collages.</p>

<p>With its built-in AI interface, Dia hopes to give people an easy way to use AI, cutting out the need to visit tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.</p>

<p>Apple Intelligence was designed to leverage things that generative AI already does well, like text and image generation, to improve upon existing features.</p>

<p>Some users and designers are already panning Apple&#8217;s new user interface dubbed Liquid Glass, even though it&#8217;s a bit early. There are reasons to think it might improve — but also valid critiques.</p>

<p>Google is releasing Android 16 to Pixel phones and rolling out additional updates to other Pixel devices.</p>

<p>Mark Zuckerberg said today that Meta&#8217;s social network Threads is finally testing a separate DM inbox that is separate from your Instagram DM Inbox.</p>

<p>Apple has yet to deliver on some of the key technology advances that could modernize developers&#8217; apps for the AI era.</p>