Category: Mobile Applications

Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13

The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.
Single Travelers Are Finding Love in Airport Lounges

For some people, the calmer, semi-exclusive spaces away from the deadening realities of modern air travel have become a prime place to find romance.
On TikTok, Chinese Manufacturers Open a New Line in the Trade War

Videos on the social media app, filmed at factories in China, urge viewers to buy luxury goods directly, as tariffs drive up prices. Americans are receptive.
Discord’s Jason Citron Steps Down as CEO of the Social Chat App

Jason Citron was a co-founder of the company, which is said to be working toward an initial public offering at some point this year.
EU Fines Apple and Meta Total of $800 Million in First Use of Digital Competition Law

The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.
Boeing Will Sell Its Digital Businesses for $10 Billion

The deal, with the private equity firm Thoma Bravo, will help the struggling aerospace manufacturer pay down debt and streamline its operations.
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?

Meta’s antitrust trial, in which the government contends the company killed competition by buying young rivals, hinges on unknowable alternate versions of Silicon Valley history.
How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.
How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet.
How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs

The future of the popular video app is now at the center of a geopolitical tussle between Washington and Beijing.
Can Using the Light Phone III Help Cure ‘Brain Rot’?

Minimalist gadgets like the new Light Phone III, a smartphone that barely does anything, promise to help us focus. The trade-offs are big.
With TikTok Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge

The video app is barreling toward a Saturday deadline to change its ownership under federal law or face a ban in the United States.