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FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites

Dark patterns refer to a range of design techniques that can subtly encourage users to take some sort of action or put t...
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Spotify is no longer just a streaming app, it’s a social network

The question now is whether Spotify will add something similar for music artists in the future. © 2024 TechCrunch. All r...
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Openvibe combines Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr into one social app

Ahead of these potential competitors comes Openvibe, a simple aggregator for the open social web. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
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Duolingo acquires Detroit-based design studio Hobbes

Design and animation are core to the Duolingo experience, which makes learning a new language or skill more like a game ...
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Chasing YouTube, Spotify adds comments to podcasts

The feature puts Spotify in more direct competition with YouTube as a place where creators can interact with their liste...
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Substack rival Ghost federates its first newsletter

Over the past few days, Ghost says it has achieved two major milestones in its move to become a federated service. © 202...
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Pestle’s app can now save recipes from Reels using on-device AI

Pestle addresses the common problem of finding recipes on the web. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal ...
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X plans to more deeply integrate Grok’s AI, app researcher finds

Elon Musk’s X is exploring more ways to integrate xAI’s Grok into the social networking app. According to a ...
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Epic Games calls out Apple for rejecting its Games Store in the EU

Fortnite maker Epic Games has hit a stumbling block in its plans to bring the company’s alternative app store, the...
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Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store

Noplace had already gone viral ahead of its public launch because of its feature that allows users to express themselves...
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Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature

Mastodon, the open source, decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), is today rolling out a new feature meant t...
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X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit

code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only ...
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Spotify tests emergency alerts in Sweden

Music, podcasts, audiobooks…emergency alerts? Spotify’s latest test has the streaming app venturing into new...
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YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice

Simply submitting the request for a takedown doesn't necessarily mean the content will be removed, however. © 2024 TechC...
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Robinhood snaps up Pluto to add AI tools to its investing app

Investment app Robinhood is adding more AI features for investors with its acquisition of AI-powered research platform P...
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Android’s upcoming ‘Collections’ feature will drive users back to their apps

As Google described during the I/O session, the new on-device surface would organize what's most relevant to users, invi...
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Who won the presidential debate: X or Threads?

There were definite differences between how the two platforms managed last night, with some saying X felt more alive, an...
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Zuckerberg disses closed-source AI competitors as trying to ‘create God’

In the conversation, Zuckerberg said there needs to be a lot of different AIs that get created to reflect people's diffe...
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TikTok’s Instagram rival, Whee, has no traction

Like Instagram, Whee also supports the use of photo filters and includes messaging. However, the company's plans for Whe...
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ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all

You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS us...
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Threads users can now share to the open social web, aka the fediverse

Instagram’s Twitter/X rival Threads is furthering its expansion into the fediverse — the interconnected soci...
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Gen Z photos app Swipewipe sells to French publisher MWM in its largest acquisition to date

The acquisition allows Swipewipe's founder to take some money off the table while also continuing to benefit financially...
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Dot’s AI really, really wants to get to know you

Dot is a new AI companion and chatbot that thrives on getting to know your innermost thoughts and feelings. © 2024 TechC...
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iOS 18 could ‘sherlock’ $400M in app revenue

Apple's changes may affect apps that today have an estimated $393 million in revenue and have been downloaded roughly 58...
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Now a Series A startup, kids app and ‘digital toy’ Pok Pok is coming to Android

Pok Pok, a kids app maker focused on building play-based learning experiences for the preschool set, has made a name for...
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Hands-on with the BlackBerry-style Clicks keyboard for iPhone

The Clicks keyboard case has arrived, and it’s delightful, if not entirely practical for everyday use — at least, not wi...
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Apple gives developers a way to nominate their apps for editorial consideration on the App Store

From a new Nominations dashboard in App Store Connect, developers will be able to create their nominations, either one b...
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Apple’s Spotlight Search gets better at natural language queries in iOS 18

With the Core Spotlight framework, developers can donate content they want to make searchable via Spotlight. © 2024 Tech...
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After the Yahoo News app revamp, Yahoo preps AI summaries on homepage, too

Yahoo’s AI push isn’t over just yet. The company, also TechCrunch’s parent, recently launched AI-power...
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iOS 18 cracks down on apps asking for full address book access

To give users more control over the contacts an app can and cannot access, the permissions screen has two stages. © 2024...
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