UpScrolled, a rising social media platform, has shot past TikTok in the Apple App Store as TikTok users criticize the app over outages, privacy concerns and questions about censorship. TikTok’s ...

Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...

When Bruce Yang first conceived Agnes AI, it looked like many other AI startups: a productivity tool, a smarter way to search, research, and create content. But as the platform evolved and users ...

If you're worried that advanced AI-powered facial recognition systems will allow third parties to easily identify you by using publicly accessible photos of yourself, you can use a free app called ...

Twitter, now X, co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have already helped create mainstream social networks. Now the pair are teaming up to create a new app called Tangle, which ...

Fizz is betting that Gen Z is tired of performing their lives on Instagram and TikTok. What started as a pandemic-era group chat frustration has turned into the dominant social platform on college ...

DoorDash wants to help you decide where to eat, not just how your food arrives. The company has launched Zesty, a new artificial intelligence-powered social app built to make finding local restaurants ...

New York has approved a new law requiring social media companies to display mental health warning labels on certain addictive features, a step state leaders say is intended to reduce harm linked to ...

Because you can’t be trusted to remember which group chat someone dumped a happy hour invite in. Because you can’t be trusted to remember which group chat someone dumped a happy hour invite in. is the ...

Dating apps have dominated romantic connections for years, yet many people now experience app fatigue and prefer meeting potential partners face to face. The endless swiping, inability to gauge ...

In 2025, most major social platforms continue to focus on content consumption and algorithmically surfaced media, often leading to extended periods of passive scrolling. For many users, these ...