Twitter descended into a meta-frenzy Thursday morning as rumors spread that the social network would be shutting down in 2017 due to problems with cyberbullying. Users of the site panicked to such an extent that #savetwitter started trending. But it turns out that Twitter does not need saving after all. Fortunately for the avid tweeters …

It turns out Apple doesn’t take well to banks teaming up to get their own products on the iPhone. That became clear after three Australian banks tried to pressure the tech giant into giving it access to the iPhone’s near-field communications, or NFC, chip for their own digital wallet applications. NFC is what allows you to tap your iPhone at …

Amazon boosted its UK groceries offering on Thursday with the launch of its Dash scanner in the UK. The device can be used scan barcodes on products you already have, or take your order by speaking into its microphone. It adds these grocery items to your Amazon basket, then you buy them when you next visit the site. It’s effectively …

Apple has cooked up a new way for you to show support for your national team at the upcoming Olympic games in Rio — by creating dedicated Apple Watch bands inspired by a selection of flags. But there’s a catch — they’re only available in Brazil. Set to go on sale at the Apple Store at VillageMall in Barra da …

Twitter is heeding some VCR era advice: Be kind, rewind. The social network on Thursday unveiled several new tools for Periscope, including the ability for you to rewind live-streaming highlights. Another new features is designed to make it easier for you to find and watch videos, and a third allows Periscopes to play in embedded tweets. Android phone owners will …

WikiLeaks was blocked in Turkey on Wednesday, the site said, after it published thousands of emails from the country’s ruling party following a failed military coup last weekend. The move comes hours after WikiLeaks, known for publishing classified government and military info, made public nearly 300,000 emails and 500,000 documents from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party …

Now playing: Watch this: Chip designer ARM to be acquired by Softbank for $32… 1:52 SoftBank is headed for your smart home, or at least for a device you might use to control that home. The Japanese telecommunications giant took a big step in that direction Monday with the announcement of its planned acquisition of chip designer ARM Holdings for …

Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black man, was killed by a policeman on Wednesday after he was pulled over for having a faulty taillight. Diamond Reynolds, his girlfriend and a passenger in the car he was driving, broadcast the aftermath of the incident in real time on Facebook Live. The graphic video remains on Facebook. Unlike other videos on the site …

The aftermath of a police shooting of a Minnesota driver was live-streamed on Facebook, an incident that is reigniting tensions over violence toward blacks by law enforcement. The video captures the immediate minutes following the shooting of 32-year-old Philando Castile on Wednesday night. A public school cafeteria supervisor, Castile was shot by a police officer in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, after …

As computers around the world get smarter and more powerful, internet heavyweight Google is determined to stay ahead of the game. The company said on Wednesday that it is buying a French artificial intelligence company called Moodstocks that specializes in image recognition. Moodstocks focuses on building image-recognition capabilities into phones, and first introduced software that could do this back in …