Apple is working with the University of California, Los Angeles, and pharmaceutical company Biogen to develop iPhone features that could help diagnose both depression and cognitive decline, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.  In documents and interviews obtained by the Journal, Apple is looking to build a reliable detection algorithm by identify signals found in iPhone …

Amazon’s Kindles are undergoing their first major user interface redesign in at least five years, a change rolled out as part of the e-reader’s latest operating system update. First spotted by Ars Technica, the refresh is available on most Kindles released in 2015 or later, and has been appearing for users since August as Kindles automatically install updates during charging …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. It’s official: Apple’s iOS 15 will be generally available to download on your iPhone on Monday, Sept. 20. The wide release of the mobile operating system was revealed during Apple’s iPhone 13 event on Tuesday, where we also got a first look at the latest …

The chief information officer of a leading virtual private network is among three former US intelligence and military personnel who altogether have been fined more than $1.6 million by the US Department of Justice to resolve hacking-related charges. ExpressVPN CIO Daniel Gericke, as first reported Tuesday by Reuters, is among the three former US intelligence operatives and military members involved …

One of the industry’s leading virtual private networks, ExpressVPN, has been sold to software provider Kape Technologies as part of a $936 million deal announced Tuesday. In a release, Kape said the acquisition will more than double its overall customer base, from almost 3 million customers to more than 6 million. The purchase of ExpressVPN is Kape’s latest move to broaden …

Amazon is reportedly building a live audio service for use with Alexa. The online retail giant is investing heavily in an effort led by its music division that would include paying podcast networks, musicians and celebrities to use the feature for live conversations, shows and events, according to a Tuesday report from Axios. As podcast and live audio services surged during …

Facebook is bringing voice and video calling back to its main mobile app, the company said. The features have been absent from the main mobile app since 2014 when Facebook moved them into its separate Messenger app. The features began appearing for some people on Monday as part of a test, as reported earlier by Bloomberg.  The move follows on the heels …

After facing criticism over the app’s recent decision to prohibit sexually explicit content starting in October, OnlyFans CEO Tim Stokely pointed the finger at banks for the policy change.  In an interview with the Financial Times published Tuesday, Stokely singled out a handful of banks for “unfair” treatment, saying they made it “difficult to pay our creators.” “The change in policy, we had no …

It’s been around since January but OnlyFans’ slightly toned-down app, OFTV, is only just now getting a promotional push from its parent company. Spurring on the new momentum, OnlyFans is gearing up to capture a market beyond its established base of pornography seekers and to position itself as another online gig-economy platform for content creators, akin to Patreon.  OFTV is keeping …

TikTok has become the first non-Facebook mobile app to surpass 3 billion downloads globally, according to a Tuesday analysis from Sensor Tower. The milestone makes TikTok the fifth nongame app to cross the threshold, following WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook and Instagram, which are all owned by Facebook.  In the first half of 2021, TikTok became the most downloaded nongame app globally, boasting …