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Mia Sato / The Verge: Snap launches a preview of Story Studio, a standalone video editing app for iOS, aimed at users who make more professional content, like Spotlight creators — The app is for users wanting to make more professional content, like Spotlight creators — Snap has launched a...

There are already a number of ways to gift cryptocurrencies, but today Cash App will make doing so simpler with a new feature rolling out to its peer-to-peer payments app. The app, owned by Block (the company formerly known as Square) will now allow users in the U.S. to send bitcoin, as well as...

Apple has released a new Android app called “Tracker Detect” to help people who don’t own Apple products to identity unexpected AirTags near them in an effort to boost privacy. If a user thinks they may be being tracked, they can use the app to scan for nearby AirTags. If the app finds any, it...

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Sources: Instagram surpassed 2B monthly active users worldwide this fall, up from 1B MAUs in June 2018, the last time it publicly disclosed the metric — - Instagram now has more than 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, according to employees with knowledge of...

Some say that antivirus software that you install on your PC may have run its course when it comes to the next generation of computing in the cloud. Today a startup that has built what it believes comes next is making some news with a large funding round, its first outside money.Guardio —...

Janko Roettgers / Protocol: VR meeting startup Spatial officially pivots to NFTs, letting users host galleries and events, and raises $25M, bringing its total raised to $50M — Just a few months after Meta unveiled its own VR meeting platform, a startup known for a similar product is hitting...

Now that the world appears to have settled longer-term into working in a significantly more distributed way in the wake of Covid-19, companies are getting more serious about using tools to manage how their teams operate within those new parameters. Today, a startup that’s addressing that...

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: Crypto gaming company VulcanForge says hackers stole ~$135M from users by accessing 96 wallet private keys, as three high-profile hacks net ~$404M this month — VulcanForge becomes the third cryptocurrency company to be hit by hackers this month. In total...

Instagram has rolled out a new “Reels Visual Replies” feature that lets users reply to comments on posts with Reels. Now, when users choose to reply to a comment, they’ll see a new option that allows them to select the Reels button to create a video reply. The social media giant notes that the...

New York Times: Investigation finds that a site providing directions on how to die is linked to ~45 suicides, as Google deflects responsibility for steering users to the site — It has the trappings of popular social media, a young audience and explicit content on suicide that other sites don't...

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Queenie Wong / CNET: Meta struggles with harassment in VR, where solutions like letting users record everything need to be balanced with privacy and headsets' storage and power — Sydney Smith had dealt with lewd, sexist remarks for more than a month while playing the Echo VR video game.

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Meta launches new tools for creators and says it is testing live chat help for some English-speaking users globally who are locked out of their accounts — Better customer support for creators and average users alike — Despite eagerly participating in a platform...

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt, which aims to “reshape the internet” by letting users control their data, raises Series A led by Forte Ventures, source says for ~$30M — Tim Berners-Lee's startup, Inrupt, has raised about $30 million in its Series A financing round, a...

The company formerly known as Facebook is taking a step toward its goal to transport us to the metaverse. Now, Horizon Worlds — the Second Life or Minecraft of Meta’s VR apps — is expanding out of invite-only beta, opening up to all users over 18-years-old in the US and Canada. This is a huge...

Alex Heath / The Verge: Meta opens its VR social platform Horizon Worlds to all adult users in the US and Canada, after announcing a private beta in September 2019 — Facebook's first stab at the metaverse is Roblox meets the OASIS — More than two years and a company rebrand later, Meta is...

Mariella Moon Contributor Mariella Moon is an associate editor at Engadget. More posts by this contributorTesla is reportedly replacing some faulty Autopilot cameras for free Niantic buys gameplay recording app Lowkey to improve its in-game social experienceBack in October, Facebook (now...

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp begins a limited test of Meta's Novi digital wallet in the US, letting users send and receive crypto within a chat, after launching a pilot in October — Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry — Today, WhatsApp is finally announcing a small pilot program to some people in the US …

Niantic announced a Pokémon GO feature today that will incentivize users to conduct more AR scans of landmarks in their neighborhood. This user-generated data will help Niantic build its “real-world metaverse,” which will be powered largely by Lightship, its free AR Development Kit (ARDK).In...

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google confirms a bug preventing some Android users from calling 911 if Microsoft Teams is installed but they are not logged in, says a permanent fix is coming — Last week, a user reported that their Pixel 3 was not able to dial 911 (emergency services in the US).