[photo1]Simon HillOnce upon a time, a terrible take on social media might have sucked me into an argument. Nowadays, it simply speeds my curmudgeonly decline. My attempt to break out of the echo chamb...
On Thursday morning, the chief executive of what is perhaps the world's most popular social app went before Congress. Like so many social media CEOs before him, Shou Zi Chew's mission was to persuade ...
Welcome to another episode of The TechCrunch Podcast where we break down the biggest stories in tech news with the people who cover it. This week, I talk with Taylor Hatmaker about the TikTok CEO's co...
What do you do when you feel undervalued, unsupported, and unhappy at work? One way to harness your anger is to send out a flurry of job applications--you don't care where your resume is going, just s...
This week's Out-of-Touch Guide is a look at the widely different ways technology affects youth culture. On one end of the spectrum, constant connectedness to devices is leading to ridiculous trends l...
Amid questioning about TikTok's use of biometrics in today's Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered some insight into how the company vets potentially underage users on its platform. A...
New reports say the US Justice Department is investigating TikTok-owner ByteDance over recent revelations that employees tracked journalists in an attempt to find out who leaked company data to the pr...
There is one universal truth we can all agree upon when it comes to blankets: You have too many of them in your home. You have more blankets than you could ever use at one time, and either not enough ...
Facebook head Tom Alison announced today that the company is testing the ability for users to access their Messenger inbox within the Facebook app. Back in 2016, Facebook removed messaging capabilitie...
United States lawmakers seem to be exploring every possible path to potentially ban TikTok nationwide. The latest push comes today from Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who this afternoon will lead a dozen s...
[photo1]Grace BrowneJeff Ayars didn't like his therapist. Their sessions felt stilted and her mind seemed to be elsewhere. Ayars, a news producer from New York, wondered whether it was his fault--afte...
People on TikTok are getting emotional over an AR filter that makes you look like a teenager. Juxtaposed one beside the other, the filter shows you as you are, and then a version of you that has perfe...
TikTok has quietly added new topic feeds to its homepage alongside its current "Following" and "For You" feeds. Some users are now seeing new video feeds dedicated to "Sports," "Fashion," "Gaming" and...
[photo1]You can't blame teens for being super attached to their phones. We gave them technology that provides limitless access to their friends and the entire world, of course they are going to want ...
YouTube today announced its new marketplace, Creator Music, is now fully open to all YouTube Partner Program participants in the U.S. First announced last September, the online destination offers a la...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as co...
India is moving to block 232 apps, some with links to China, that offer betting and loan services in the South Asian market to prevent misuse of the citizens' data, the state-owned public broadcaster ...
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You might think your know your hometown pretty well, but I'm willing to bet there's a lot you don't know--something noteworthy that happened in a spot you walk or drive past every day with...
[photo1]For decades, U.S. policymakers have utterly refused to support any meaningful privacy protections for consumers. They opposed any new Internet privacy laws, however straightforward. They oppos...