Sarah Perez

As Google described during the I/O session, the new on-device surface would organize what’s most relevant to users, inviting them to jump back into their apps.

There were definite differences between how the two platforms managed last night, with some saying X felt more alive, and others asserting that Threads proved that X is no longer…

In the conversation, Zuckerberg said there needs to be a lot of different AIs that get created to reflect people’s different interests.

Meta has fixed the bug that caused people to believe the company had adjusted their selections in a political content settings tool without their consent. The issue had impacted users…

A travel hack that went viral on TikTok teaches users how to save money on hotels and Airbnbs by booking directly with the properties themselves. Now, a new startup, Directo,…

Like Instagram, Whee also supports the use of photo filters and includes messaging. However, the company’s plans for Whee aren’t clear.

You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. The app was first…

Instagram’s Twitter/X rival Threads is furthering its expansion into the fediverse — the interconnected social network that includes apps like Mastodon, PeerTube and others running the ActivityPub protocol. On Tuesday,…

The new addition was inspired by the video-sharing activity that was already taking place on apps like TikTok.

iPhone Mirroring, one of the more notable features arriving in Apple’s upcoming operating systems, is now available to developers testing the beta versions of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. The…

Smashing is an AI and community-powered content recommendation app, now launching into an invite-only beta.

The acquisition allows Swipewipe’s founder to take some money off the table while also continuing to benefit financially from his work via an ongoing revenue-sharing agreement with MWM.

Dot is a new AI companion and chatbot that thrives on getting to know your innermost thoughts and feelings.

Roots is designed to help people get a better handle on what sort of apps are worth spending time on and which are not.

Apple’s changes may affect apps that today have an estimated $393 million in revenue and have been downloaded roughly 58 million times over the past year.

Pok Pok’s growth caught investors’ attention, leading to a $6 million Series A.

The Clicks keyboard case has arrived, and it’s delightful, if not entirely practical for everyday use — at least, not without weeks of practice. 

From a new Nominations dashboard in App Store Connect, developers will be able to create their nominations, either one by one or by uploading a spreadsheet to nominate apps in…

With the Core Spotlight framework, developers can donate content they want to make searchable via Spotlight.

Yahoo’s AI push isn’t over just yet. The company, also TechCrunch’s parent, recently launched AI-powered features for Yahoo Mail, including its own take on Gmail’s Priority Inbox and AI summaries…

To give users more control over the contacts an app can and cannot access, the permissions screen has two stages.

After educating the D.C. market, YC aims to leverage its influence, particularly in areas like competition policy.

With dozens of antitrust cases and close to a hundred on the consumer protection side, the agency is now turning to innovative tactics to help it fight fraud, particularly in…

Some of the new Apple Intelligence features that Apple debuted at WWDC 2024 don’t even feel like AI, they just feel like smarter tools. 

These messaging features, announced at WWDC 2024, will have a significant impact on how people communicate every day.

Unlike Light’s older phones, the Light III sports a larger OLED display and an NFC chip to make way for future payment tools, as well as a camera.

Particle announced it has partnered with news organization Reuters to collaborate on new business models and experiments in monetization.

Elon Musk’s posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI at WWDC 2024.

Apple’s SDKs (software development kits) have been updated with a variety of new APIs and frameworks.

Apple Intelligence will have an understanding of who you’re talking with in a messaging conversation.