Apple snapped up popular app Workflow on Wednesday, making it free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users. Apple confirmed the Workflow acquisition to TechCrunch. Apple and Workflow didn’t respond to CNET’s requests for comment. Workflow, a task-automation app that previously cost $2.99, is lauded for its mad customization skills and bills itself …

Facebook activated Safety Check in London on Wednesday afternoon following a suspected terrorist incident at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The Met Police were called to Westminster Bridge at 2:40 p.m. after a car crashed into railings and gunshots were heard outside Parliament. “We’re treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise,” the Met said in a …

YouTube apologized on Monday for upsetting its community by blocking and filtering videos made by its LGBTQ+ community. But the apology was met with a lukewarm response. The problem occurred with YouTube’s “Restricted Mode”, a feature designed to “use community flagging, age-restrictions, and other signals to identify and filter out potentially inappropriate content.” Restricted mode is supposed to protect users …

India has a new largest mobile network operator and it’s all thanks to a $23 billion merger of two former rivals. The Vodafone Group announced on Monday that it was merging its Indian operations with competitor Idea Cellular to create a new giant in India’s telco space, boasting over 400 million customers. India is the world’s second largest mobile phones …

British retailer Marks and Spencer over the weekend became the latest company to remove its ads from Google for fear they’ll be snuggled up against extremist content. M&S joins the British government and banks RBS, Lloyds and HSBC in suspending its adverts from all of Google’s platforms in the wake of an investigation by The Times that uncovered advertisements for …

British phone maker Vertu has long been considered unique because it designs and makes all of its devices on site at a small plant in the Hampshire countryside. Now the luxury tech company has been snapped up by exiled Turkish businessman Hakan Uzan for £50 million ($60 million), the Telegraph reported Monday. Vertu is known for making phones with sapphire …

Make way, Uber — there’s a new ride-hailing app in London town and it wants some space on the roads. European service mytaxi launched in the UK on Monday, allowing Londoners and visitors alike to hail one of the city’s iconic black cabs from their phones. The app replaces Hailo, which merged with German company mytaxi in summer 2016. Hailo …

Now playing: Watch this: The LG G6’s camera has a few new tricks 2:08 Hello, millennials? The phone world is calling with a bunch of Insta-worthy camera tech that it wants you to adopt right now. One of the quieter themes of this year’s Mobile World Congress, the biggest phone show on the planet, was the phone industry trying to …

Now playing: Watch this: Facebook Messenger copies Snapchat Stories to stay hip 1:46 Social media content that disappears in a puff of smoke after 24 hours is hot right now, and Facebook can’t ignore it. The social network introduced a new feature on Thursday as part of its standalone Messenger app that lets you tell the story of what’s going …

It’s anchors aweigh for the cruise industry as it sails full-steam ahead into the world of wearable tech. MSC Cruises on Wednesday became the second cruise company in 2017 to announce a tech makeover for its cruise ships. This will involve deploying beacon technology in the 11 megaships the company is building over the next 10 years, as well as …