Apps

Yahoo Scout beta search screen on a smartphone with an ‘Ask Yahoo Scout’ AI search bar, category shortcuts like News, Finance, Sports, Shopping, and Travel, and playful illustrated icons.

Yahoo Scout feels like classic search rebuilt with AI

Scout is built for readers who still want sources.

Google Photos logo displayed on a light green background, featuring the black pinwheel-style Google Photos icon to the left and the text “Google Photos” in clean, bold lettering to the right.

Google Photos adds text prompts to animate your photos

One photo, multiple video vibes — just change the prompt.

Collage showing elements of Meta AI.

You can’t fully turn off Meta AI, but you can do this

The fastest way to limit Meta AI is simply to…

An illustration of Microsoft Copilot Plus PCs.

Microsoft Copilot is everywhere — here’s how to turn it off

Microsoft hides Copilot controls behind neutral settings, but they’re there.

Illustration showing the Gmail logo above the text “Gmail in the Gemini era,” with the word “Gemini” highlighted in blue on a light gradient background.

How to disable Gmail’s AI features tied to Gemini

These settings won’t erase Gmail’s AI entirely, but they limit…

The image shows the TikTok logo on a black background. The logo consists of a stylized musical note in a combination of cyan, pink, and white colors, creating a 3D effect. Below the musical note, the word "TikTok" is written in bold, white letters with a slight shadow effect. The design is simple yet visually striking, representing the popular social media platform known for short-form videos.

TikTok’s American reset is now official

The app stayed the same, but everything behind it changed.

A modern TV screen showing the Substack TV app interface, featuring a large highlighted video at the top titled “Hunter Harris on Great TV, Film, and Political Optimism” with a play button, and a “For you” row below displaying recommended creator videos in thumbnail cards, resembling a streaming service home screen in a living room setting.

Substack wants a spot on your TV screen now

Writers came for email, not algorithms, and that tension is…

A dark, space-like background filled with colorful floating Spotify playlist tiles, each with abstract artwork and titles like “Movie Tearjerkers,” “Chill Commute,” “Unexpected Cardio Beats,” “Sampled Favorites,” “First 100 Songs,” and “Lower My Wrapped Listening Age,” representing Spotify’s AI-generated and personalized playlist features.

You can now boss Spotify’s algorithm around with prompts

The algorithm no longer decides alone — you get a…

Snapchat Family Center screen showing a parent and teen Bitmoji at the top, with a teen profile named Ash, birth date, username, and a list of recent conversations highlighting friends contacted in the past seven days, displayed on a smartphone against a yellow background.

Snapchat adds new tools to help parents manage teen safety

The app won’t show messages, but it will show how…

Two smartphone screens showing Bluesky’s Find Friends feature, with one screen displaying phone number verification using a six-digit code and the other showing a list of matched friends from contacts with follow and invite options.

Bluesky launches mutual-only Find Friends on mobile

A safer, opt-in way to find friends is finally rolling…

Bluesky app interface shown on two smartphones, highlighting the new “Live Now” feature with a red live badge on a user’s avatar, a post indicating a Twitch livestream, and a preview screen with a “Watch now” button linking directly to a live stream.

Bluesky rolls out its Live Now badge to all users

Bluesky lights up profiles to say one simple thing: I’m…

An image of an iPhone mockup for MacPaw's Setapp Mobile, an alternative iOS app store for EU users. The first mockup shows multiple app listings, the second shows a preview of the app, and the last one shows an app activation popup.

Setapp Mobile is shutting down on iOS this February

Setapp Mobile gave users choice on iOS, then took it…