For the first time, TikTok has published numbers about the removal of accounts possibly belonging to children under 13. The social media site said Wednesday that it removed more than 7 million accounts from full access to TikTok in the first quarter of 2021 for that reason. According to TikTok, that’s less than 1% of …

Windows 11’s Start button has a new home: the bottom center of the screen.  Microsoft showed off the new placement during its Windows 11 launch event Thursday. It’s the first time the Start button will be in a new spot since Windows 95.  “We put Start at the center. It puts you at the center,” said Panos Panay, chief product officer …

Spotify’s audio chat app Greenroom has arrived. Greenroom was originally an app called Locker Room, which Spotify acquired in March. It’s live Wednesday, the company said in a statement. The service will offer live audio conversations in virtual rooms that people can host or participate in.  “The Greenroom offering will continue to evolve as we learn more about what creators and …

Of more than 22 million comments the Federal Communications Commission received while making rules around net neutrality, more than 18 million were fake, according to a report from New York state’s attorney general. What’s more, millions of those comments were funded by major US broadband companies.  The report, out Thursday, outlines the “fraud that dogged that rulemaking process” in 2017, …

In celebration of Earth Day, Apple is holding an Earth Day workout challenge for Apple Watch users, the company said in a blog post Wednesday.  If you have an Apple Watch and complete a 30-minute workout on April 22, you can earn a “special Earth Day Award” as well as stickers for Messages. Apple is also offering collections for Earth …

Some days, work meetings stack up back to back to back. Now, a new feature from Microsoft will let you set automatic, customizable breaks to give you a bit of relief.  “Wall-to-wall meetings increase stress and make it harder to stay focused and engaged. And our research shows that even just a sliver of time between these meetings can help,” …

A year after making Google Meet free for everyone, the company is refreshing the videoconferencing service. Starting next month, the redesign will give you more control over highlighting the content you see on your screen, by letting you pin or unpin presentations, speakers or multiple speakers, for example, Google said in a blog post Thursday. That includes repositioning, hiding or …

A group of lawmakers is once again trying to keep the popular app TikTok off federal devices.  On Thursday, the group, led by  Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, reintroduced the legislation called No TikTok on Government Devices Act. “TikTok is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party that has no place on government devices — or any American devices, for that …

Instagram is testing a feature that could let you decide when you want to hide likes on your posts, the company confirmed Wednesday.  After Instagram started hiding like counts for a small group of people in 2019 to see whether it had an impact on the pressure people feel to post, the company found that some users actually do prefer …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple is working with researchers to see if devices like the Apple Watch and the iPhone are capable of detecting early signs of respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19. The study, which will last six months, will be conducted through the University …