Digital Trends TikTok, everyone’s favorite social media app for watching short-form videos in an easy-to-digest format, may be facing a ban in the U.S. That’s because President Joe Biden has signed a law that would ban TikTok unless ByteDance sells its stake in TikTok within 12 months. While this won’t have immediate effects, you may … Read more
Senior executives of the Shenzhen-based technology behemoth on Wednesday took the wraps off this initiative at an event in Beijing, where they touted the advantages of having its mobility solution backed by the firm’s own large language model (LLM) – the technology used to train generative AI services like ChatGPT – to not only enhance … Read more
When you share posts on Instagram, your ultimate goal is to increase your follower count. However, some of your followers may unfollow you at some point. Identifying those who have unfollowed you on Instagram can be tricky, but don’t worry, we have figured it out for you. Although Instagram doesn’t immediately let you know when … Read more
Not everyone will like the content you post on Snapchat. In some cases, some users may even choose to block you, for whatever reason. Although Snapchat doesn’t offer an “official” way to determine whether someone has blocked you on the social network, it is possible. There are several ways to check if someone has blocked … Read more
ANDROID users have been warned of a fresh cyber threat that can see everything on their screen before raiding their accounts. The chilling spyware can capture touches, swipes, information displayed, text input, and applications opened, according to experts at ThreatFabric. 1 Can you tell the difference between the real and the fake?Credit: ThreatFabric They say … Read more
GOOGLE is plotting a long-awaited button that will let users ‘clean’ up an annoying text message feature. The feature is Google Messages’ newly introduced Screen Effects, which rain down on the screen when triggered by certain phrases, like ‘I Love You’. 1 Google unveiled Screen Effects alongside a suite of new features for Messages late last yearCredit: … Read more
Instagram is one of the largest social media platforms on the planet. Whether you want to share a family photo, what you had for lunch at your favorite cafe, or a silly video of your cat, Instagram is the place to do it. But here’s the thing: Not everyone wants to make an Instagram account. … Read more
GOOGLE recently offered a big YouTube performance boost for Android owners – but users say its zapping their battery. The boost meant playback performance was shown in higher resolutions, while power consumption was lowered on select Android devices. 1 It’s unclear if the issue will be resolvedCredit: Getty Sounds like a win-win right? Well, not … Read more
GOOGLE is plotting a so-called ‘quarantine’ for potentially risky Android apps. Quarantined apps essentially get placed in silent mode, where their activities are limited, as well as their interactions with other apps. 1 While Google is typically very good at deleting dangerous apps from the Play Store, some do fall through the cracksCredit: Alamy Google … Read more
All traces of WhatsApp – the world’s most popular messaging app, with more than 2 billion monthly active users in 2023 – and Threads, which has soared in popularity on the mainland since its launch last July, are now gone from the domestic App Store, according to a search by the Post on Friday. Chinese … Read more
