Meta hires former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair

Before joining Meta, Powell McCormick was working as deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump.

inDrive turns to ads and groceries to diversify revenue

Advertising on inDrive is being rolled out across its top 20 markets following mid-2025 tests.

Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests

Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.

Disney+ is launching short-form videos this year

The move comes as Disney launched a personalized vertical video feed in the ESPN app last year.

Gmail debuts a personalized AI Inbox, AI Overviews in search, and more

Gmail is also bringing several AI features that were previously available only to paid users to all users.

Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized

Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center.

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features, including member tags

You can choose a tag that gives others in the group chat more context about who you are.

Spotify now lets you share what you’re streaming in real time with friends

You can tap a friend’s listening activity to play the track, save it, open the menu, or react with an emoji.

Spotify is finally bringing your friends’ Listening Activity to mobile
Spotify is finally bringing your friends’ Listening Activity to mobile

Since almost day one, Spotify has offered the ability to creep on your friends’ listening habits – but you could mostly only uncover those guilty pleasures on the desktop app. The company experimented with a community feature on the mobile app back in 2022, but it never officially launched. Now the company is finally bringing […]

Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts

Spotify is dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days.