French President takes aim at ‘American platforms’ and ‘Chinese algorithms’ as France moves to ban social media for under-15s

‘The emotions of our children and teenagers are not for sale’ – France wants its own social media ban for minors, and it won’t be the last we see in 2026.

TikTok’s new US venture is in trouble – here are the 3 privacy-first apps people are flocking to instead

TikTok users are deleting the app in droves over privacy concerns, while smaller rivals are seeing a big boost in numbers.

This simple Apple Maps setting solved a key problem for me — I can’t believe no one’s talking about it

Apple Maps can automatically locate your parked car, even if you don’t remember where you left it.

‘We’re sorry for this disruption and hope to resolve it soon’: TikTok’s USA arm explains why it’s still not working for many

Many U.S. TikTok users are still experiencing feed, upload, and playback issues as the company works to restore service following a reported data center outage.

Having spam and filtering issues in Gmail? You’re not alone – and Google is rolling out a fix

A variety of bugs have been afflicting Gmail inboxes over the course of the weekend, but Google seems to be on top of it.

The deal to keep TikTok in the US is now finalized – here are 5 things you need to know

A new US-led consortium is taking control of TikTok in the United States, but original owner ByteDance is still involved.

Microsoft 365 and Outlook were down for many – here’s what went wrong

Microsoft experienced a major outage on January 22 that affected Outlook, Teams, 365 and more. Here’s what happened.

‘We had to do a lot of technological work that was sort of unprecedented … which was really challenging and exciting,’ Crossplay producer on the effort to bring The New York Times’ first two-player game to life

TechRadar speaks with New York Times Senior Producer Jeff Petriello about the origins of the newly launched Crossplay, its hidden easter eggs, and what’s next.

I tried Vodafone’s 5G home internet service and found it to surpass expectations, but perhaps don’t get your hopes up

The Vodafone 5G home internet service proved to be a viable alternative to the NBN during my testing, but not everyone may have the same results.