Snap launches planning feature to make meet-ups with friends
Snap Inc launched new event-planning features enabling Snapchat users to organise gatherings with friends, send invitations and collect responses without leaving the app.
China's WeChat makes fix after US firm shows AI hack risk
The operator of Chinese mega-app WeChat said on Sept 9 it had fixed software weaknesses flagged by a US cybersecurity firm that demonstrated how AI could be used to exploit them.
Key app developers have yet to embrace Apple’s new Siri AI
For the company's new artificial intelligence system to take off, it will need plenty of support from the makers of popular apps on Apple's phones.
Apple faces £2bil lawsuit in UK over app privacy feature
Apple faces a £2bil (US$2.7bil/RM10.92bil) lawsuit brought by UK app developers who accused the US tech giant of giving its own advertising services an unfair advantage by imposing tougher privacy rules on third parties.
CIMB online transactions to require SecureTAC approval via biometrics or passcode from Sept 19
The new requirement applies to transactions made via CIMB Clicks Web and merchant websites, with customers required to approve them through SecureTAC on the CIMB Octo App using facial recognition, a fingerprint or their device passcode.
After the earthquake, they used AI to mobilise aid
As volunteers struggled to get supplies to quake victims in Colombia, a few tech workers built an app to map and organise the sprawling relief effort.
WhatsApp boosts account security with three new security features
WhatsApp has introduced three new security features designed to give users better protection for their accounts.
A look at major US lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids
A settlement announced on Aug 26 between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products' effects on young people's mental health.
How to measure straight-line distances and land areas in Google Maps
Google Maps can do more than plot a route – it can also measure straight-line distances between any two points, and even calculate the size of an area.
New Zealand plans social media ban for under-16s
New Zealand plans to ban under-16s from social media, saying access is causing harm to a generation of the nation's children.
