Social video app TikTok experienced some performance issues on Tuesday, with DownDetector showing a spike in outages starting around 1 p.m. PT. Most users reported having issues watching videos, while others weren’t able to log in or upload content. The app also experienced problems when it came to liking videos and seeing comments.  The issue …

Influencers and advertisers in Norway will soon have to label photos that have been retouched, according to new regulations passed as an amendment to the country’s Marketing Act last month, Vice reported Tuesday. Norway’s king will determine when the new rule will go into effect.  Any ads where someone’s shape, size or skin has been altered will have to include …

Following an incident earlier this month in which BuzzFeed reporters found President Joe Biden’s Venmo account with ease, Venmo says it’ll roll out a feature allowing people to make their friends lists private or decide who can see them, BuzzFeed said Friday.   A Venmo representative confirmed the report to CNET, saying: “We’re consistently evolving and strengthening the Venmo platform …

Twitter has seemingly confirmed its Twitter Blue subscription service, which costs $3 a month, according to tipster Jane Manchun Wong. Wong posted screenshots to the social media site Thursday showing Twitter Blue appearing as an in-app purchase on the App Store.  “For testing, I’ve become the first paying Twitter Blue customer,” Wong noted. Twitter confirms “Twitter Blue”, which costs $2.99 …

Starting Wednesday, all Facebook and Instagram users will have the option to hide the number of likes their posts get from the public and to choose whether they can see like counts on all posts in their feed. The company says it’s doing this to “give people control over their experience” using the social networking platforms.  Brett Pearce/CNET Instagram started …

This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. Over the past year, Jennison Asuncion has seen apps like Zoom, a lifeline during the pandemic, expand accessibility features like automatic closed captioning. Messaging app Slack, another critical communications tool, has also become more …

TikTok is reportedly launching a pilot program to help users find jobs and connect with companies. The short-form video app is testing a tool that lets brands essentially use TikTok as a recruiting platform, while users can post TikTok video resumes that companies evaluate, according to a Tuesday report by Axios.  The service is reportedly being tested with a beta …

Apple on Monday said it’s investing $45 million in Corning, which supplies the tech giant with the “ceramic shield” screens used in its iPhone 12 lineup. Corning also creates precision glass for the Apple Watch, iPad and other iPhones. The funding, which comes from Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund, will be used to “expand Corning’s manufacturing capacity in the US and drive research …

Twitter on Thursday unveiled a new way to send and receive payments on the social media platform. Tip Jar lets account holders add an icon to their profile page listing payment services through which people can send money.  Anyone using Twitter in English can now send tips to accounts on iOS and Android, while a limited group of people around the world using Twitter …

Instagram on Tuesday rolled out an update to Stories that lets users add captions to their videos. The new captions sticker automatically takes what someone says in a video and turns it into text, so users can watch without sound. Instagram says it’ll soon start testing the captions sticker in Reels, its TikTok competitor.  “You may not always be somewhere …