Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over age verification – Reddit for failing to properly check ages, and Discord for using a controversial third-party service.
Reddit has been fined £14.5 ($19.5M) million for the unlawful use of children’s personal information, while Discord has experienced a user backlash …
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The team behind Dark Sky is back with a new weather app for iPhone called “Acme Weather.” One of the primary goals of Acme Weather, according to the team, is to address “forecast uncertainty.”
Rather than simply giving you a “single best guess” like other weather apps, Acme Weather acknowledges that it the forecast it’s showing might be wrong … and offers up some alternatives.
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Thursday’s collection of the best Android game and app deals awaits below, including titles like 1943 Deadly Desert, Aces of the Luftwaffe, an ongoing deal on the wonderful DREDGE, Tiny Terraces, some freebie icon packs, and more. If you don’t need any of the details on the Galaxy Z TriFold restock tomorrow, be sure to dive into the new Google Pixel 10a pre-order deals while you still can – FREE $100 gift cards from Amazon, a FREE set of Pixel Buds, and more – as well as this deal on Lenovo’s 2025 OLED Chromebook Plus 14 and a chance to score the originally $500 Google Pixel Watch 3 LTE now at $170 on Amazon. As for the apps, hit the jump for a closer look.
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Nintendo unveiled its new My Mario toy and collectible lineup last summer before officially launching it stateside last month. Fast forward today and you’ll now find some of the Nintendo Store exclusive live in its New York and San Francisco storefronts as well as the new and very FREE My Mario app available for download on iOS, Android, and on the eShop.
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Update 9:21pm ET: YouTube appears to be coming back online now for most users. If you’re still having problems, let us know down in the comments.
If you’re having problems accessing YouTube this evening, you’re not alone. YouTube is experiencing a widespread outage, and there’s no estimate on when it will be fixed.
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Last month, Spotify announced a new round of price increases for subscribers in the United States and other countries. As the price increases start to go into effect starting with February renewals, Apple Music is poking fun at Spotify’s drama on social media.
Apple Music is also offering a free three-month trial right now.
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Qobuz, a popular hi-res music streaming service, is out with an all-new CarPlay app this week. The company touts that new CarPlay app offers a “a more robust and streamlined listening experience.”
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YouTube was one of the biggest apps missing from the Vision Pro platform at launch in February 2024. That changes today, however, with the launch of an official YouTube app for visionOS.
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I’m a firm believer that Apple Music is the best music streaming service out there. Here are four features in Apple Music I’ve been loving lately that you should check out.
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Friday’s lineup of the best iOS game and app deals are here, including highlights like Warm Snow, Boxville 2, Ash of Gods: Redemption, Golden Enigma, and more. Just be sure to also dive into the Apple Watch Series 11 deals while they are still starting down at $299 lows as well as the best price yet on the Apple Crossbody Strap in black, a new Amazon all-time low on AirTag at $17, and a chance to score this 13-inch M5 iPad Pro 1TB cell model at nearly $400 off today. All of the apps await below.
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Apple is rolling out another update to its Apple Sports app for iPhone. This update adds support for Men’s and Women’s golf, as well as expanded support for soccer and tennis matches.
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Apple Music Replay 2026 is now available, breaking down your top songs and artists of the year so far. Here’s how to find it and what data it includes.
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Two weeks ago, Apple announced its brand new Apple Creator Studio bundle, offering its suite of creative apps for a single subscription. Apple Creator Studio is set to launch today, and the first reviews and impressions have hit the web.
Head below for a full roundup. Apple has also published a new press release highlighting how creators are using the new Final Cut Pro features.
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TikTok is still broken for many people in the United States. In a new update today, the now-US-backed company says a power outage at one of its data centers “caused a cascading systems failure” that it’s still working to resolve.
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A large chunk of the United States is set to face a massive winter storm this weekend. In the lead up to that, many people have turned to the Weather app on their iPhone for forecasts.
The problem? The forecasts are often outlandish and inconsistent. Here’s why.
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Meta has announced what we all expected: ads are coming to Threads. This follows an initial roll out to select markets last year as part of a test.
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EU antitrust legislation forced Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone within the bloc, with MacPaw’s Setapp Mobile one of the first to take advantage of this.
The company has now announced that it is closing its iOS store, citing “still-evolving and complex terms.” Apple would likely argue that the EU is responsible for constantly moving goalposts without clearly specifying how it wants the company to respond …
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It’s been close to a decade since I first started being grumpy about subscription apps. I did acknowledge the benefits right from the start, including giving many developers a more sustainable income, but expressed my unease about where we were headed.
A few years later, I voiced doubts as to whether it was a sustainable business model. But the trend has continued to grow, with Apple Creator Studio the latest example …
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At this point, I kind of have to feel sorry for Roblox. The company came under increasing criticism for failing to adequately protect children, and then courted even greater controversy when it started requiring children as young as nine years old to submit a video selfie for age verification.
The latest development in the saga is that the age verification process appears to be failing badly, with the company saying that you can’t expect everything to work on day one …
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Apple has announced Apple Creator Studio, which it describes as a “groundbreaking collection of powerful creative apps designed to put studio-grade power into the hands of everyone.”
Apple Creator Studio will launch on the App Store on Wednesday, January 28, and will cost $12.99 per month or $129 per year. There will also be a one-month free trial offer. College students and educators can subscribe for $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year.
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Your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like WINCH IT OUT, Boxville 1 and 2, Hyper Light Drifter, and more. Just be sure to scope out the launch deals on the new Galaxy Tab A11+ at $250 as well as the ultra-affordable Galaxy A17 smartphone from $170 alongside todays offers on Samsung’s most affordable 2025 The Frame TVs at up to $450 off and the return of $100 price drops on the black 45mm Google Pixel Watch 4. As for the apps, everything awaits below.
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Consumer reviews used to be one of the most reliable ways of assessing the quality of an app or a physical product. If you didn’t know any friends who’d tried it, the number of reviews and the average rating was a pretty good guide.
Sadly, however, that is no longer the case. Companies have become very adept at gaming the system, meaning that reviews are worth way less than they used to be. There are now six reasons you shouldn’t necessarily trust them, including one I only learned about today …
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