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Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media.

A new bill introduced on Wednesday by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is looking to break up the power of Apple and Google's app store payment systems.

Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users' privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn, and letting hackers disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice called Zoombombing.

Google is banning “sugar daddy” apps from its app store, the company said Wednesday, in a move that brings the Android phone maker in line with competitor Apple.

Citizen is quietly hiring New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes and other emergencies.Alamy Stock Photo

Venmo will soon be adding fees for some previously-free services and hiking existing fees on others, the mobile transaction service informed its customers.

The new Parler CEO, George Farmer, explained Tuesday what it took to revive the “free-speech-minded” social media platform and return it to Apple, Google’s app stores after it was removed over what the companies said was violent and threatening content in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Big-box retailer Walmart is using artificial intelligence to aid customers and personal shoppers and better handle still-surging online demand for groceries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bumble, the dating app where women make the first move, has shut down its offices worldwide and given its staff of 700 the entire week off — to help combat "burnout."

Among changes found in the upcoming iOS 15 operating software for mobile devices, Apple announced plans for updates to maps, weather and wallet apps as well as a new way of handling notifications on the iPhone, including ways to get summaries during the day and to focus on work or personal items.

The tiny booths, also known as "Mindful Practice Rooms," are part of the e-commerce giant's recently announced WorkingWell program.

Online bottomfeeders have dreamt up a devious way to bypass TikTok’s graphic content ban — by posting violent and sexual videos to their profile pics. The horrific clips, denoted by the hashtag “don’t search this up,” racked up 50 million views before getting banned.

A hack of millions of Facebook users’ data has revealed that the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses the secure messaging app Signal, one of the main competitors of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp.

Critics urge Robinhood to change celebratory app features, after saying the app treats stock trading as a game for inexperienced investors.

Some Apple users on Monday were reportedly experiencing some glitches with certain apps and services, according to the company’s website.

The driver said he wanted something "sexual" because it was "late, wet, rainy."

The new feature, discovered in the iOS 14.5 beta, will warn Apple users when an unknown item traveling with them is being tracked through the Find My app

Daily Pass, developed with support from Microsoft, generates a unique QR code for each student and staff member that authorizes entry to a specific Los Angeles Unified location for that day only, as long as the individual receives a negative test result for COVID, shows no symptoms and has a temperature under 100 degrees.

Billionaire Elon Musk said Thursday that he would welcome a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into his tweets about meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin.

Court documents from a recent gun-trafficking case in New York suggest the FBI may have developed a way to access texts on Signal, the encrypted messaging app that has risen in popularity in recent months for its secure communication.