Discord’s Android app might have caused some users some frustration in the past. Sometimes Android users would see a message that reads “Android support coming soon” after an update was released while iOS and desktop users enjoyed new features. But that message might be a thing of the past. Discord announced a major update on …

The US Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it’s looking into creating rules concerning companies that profit off of collecting and selling people’s personal data. The FTC calls this practice commercial surveillance and defines it as “the business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people.” “Firms now collect personal data on individuals at a massive scale and in a …

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, announced on Aug. 5 that it will start blocking third-party Microsoft tracking scripts in its browsing apps and browser extensions in the next week. DuckDuckGo said its beta apps will also start blocking these third-party tracking scripts in the next month.  Read more: DuckDuckGo Launches Its First Browser for Mac in Beta The search engine …

If you or your team are looking to learn or enhance your cloud computing skills, Amazon Web Services launched some new hands-on training courses Tuesday as part of its new AWS Skill Builder Individual and Team subscription programs.  Amazon announced a line of free cloud training skills programs in November. The new courses offered through the subscription plans will build off the AWS …

TikTok, the popular video sharing social media platform, said Thursday that viewers can now choose to turn auto-generated captions on or off on all videos. Before, creators had to enable captions on their videos in order for people to use them.  TikTok also offers to translate these captions, as well as video descriptions and text stickers, into English, German, Indonesian, Italian, …

Instagram rolled out more ways for creators to generate income and interact with their fans on its platform. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, announced on Thursday that creators who use Instagram Subscriptions will be able to lock posts and reels behind a paywall for subscribers, and these creators can also chat directly with subscribers. “Subscriptions are a great way …

Zoom, the video-conferencing service that gained widespread use during the pandemic, is unveiling a new feature to help hybrid and remote workers. Called Workspace Reservation, the feature allows workers to reserve office spaces, see other workers who are planning to come into the office and get recommendations on where to sit. A poll from Zoom and Momentive found that 55% …

Don’t be surprised if the next show or movie you watch on Netflix sounds different. Netflix announced Thursday it is rolling out spatial audio on select content to customers around the world with the help of Sennheiser. This audio format is meant provide viewers with a more immersive viewing experience. It’s like surround sound, but without the expensive system and …

SiteGround, a web hosting service, has opened a new data center in Madrid, Spain, the company announced in June. This marks the seventh SiteGround data center to open around the world and the fourth to open in Europe.  When choosing which data center to host your site, it’s best to select one close to where the majority of your web …

Instagram now lets iPhone and iPad users delete their account directly from within the app on their Apple devices. If you wanted to delete your Instagram account before, you had to do it from a desktop or mobile web browser.  “We want to give people more ways to control their experience and time spent on Instagram,” a spokesperson from Meta, …