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Picsart, a photo-editing startup backed by SoftBank, announced on Thursday that it's partnering with Getty Images to develop a custom model to bring AI imagery to its 150 million users. The company says the model will bring responsible AI imagery to creators, marketers and small businesses

Android is losing one of its long-time engineering leads. Dave Burke, VP of engineering at Android, said on Thursday that he is stepping down from the role after 14 years. However, he is not leaving Alphabet and will be exploring “AI/bio” projects within the company. Burke was involved

After leading the social media landscape, TikTok appears to be interested in challenging Google's dominance in search. The company confirmed to technewss that it's testing the ability for users to take or upload a photo to find similar products in TikTok Shop. The feature, which was first

Apple’s keynote at WWDC 2024 was packed with new platform updates and the release of Apple Intelligence, the company’s generative AI offering. But after all, it’s a developer conference, and Apple is giving developers more tools to increase their app revenues and promote their app

While you can already use your iCloud account to store and sync passwords across your devices, it wasn't easy to figure out. Passwords were available from the Settings app on your Mac or iPhone. At WWDC 2024 on Monday, Apple introduced the Passwords app. It will be available with the next majo

Apple announced at WWDC 2024 on Monday that iPadOS 18 will include a new “Smart Script” feature that will clean up your handwriting when using an Apple Pencil to write in Notes. With Smart Script, Apple says it’s making handwriting your notes even smoother and straighter. The fea

macOS got a few noteworthy upgrades at Apple’s WWDC 2024 in Cupertino. The latest version is macOS Sequoia. One of the biggest is iPhone mirroring. Now, through macOS’ Continuity feature, you can mirror your iPhone’s screen and control it right from your Mac laptop or desktop. No

Apple announced at WWDC 2024 on Monday a new feature that will allow users to lock or hide apps in iOS 18. Users will be able to lock an app when they hand over their phone to do things like show someone a picture or let them play a game. When an app is locked, if someone tries to tap the phone, t

Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote was packed, including a number of key new updates for iOS 18. One of the more interesting additions is Tap to Cash, which is more or less what it sounds like, letting users pay for things by tapping together a pair of iPhones. As the name also suggests, the feature

At WWDC 2024 in Cupertino, Apple announced updates to visionOS, the operating system running on the Vision Pro. The upgraded visionOS — visionOS 2 — brings with it productivity enhancements and “new immersive experiences,” as Apple describes them. One lets you “spatializeR

Meta is quietly rolling out a new “Communities” feature on Messenger, the company confirmed to technewss. The feature is designed to help organizations, schools and other private groups communicate in a more organized and structured way. Meta introduced Communities on WhatsApp back in

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference next week promises to be a pivotal moment in the iPhone maker’s history. Though the Vision Pro debuted at last year’s event, don’t expect hardware to be the main attraction at WWDC 2024, which kicks off Monday at 10 a.m. PT. WWDC is f

Google said today it is partnering with RapidSOS, a platform for emergency first responders, to enable users to contact 911 through RCS (Rich Messaging Service). The company noted that with RapidSOS’s solution, it will start deploying the technology this winter to users where text-to-911 ca

Newsletter platform Substack is introducing the ability for writers to send videos to their subscribers via Chat, its private community feature, the company announced on Wednesday. The rollout of video in Chat comes two months after the newsletter platform brought videos to Notes, its X/Twitter cop