Sarah Perez

You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. The app was first…

Instagram’s Twitter/X rival Threads is furthering its expansion into the fediverse — the interconnected social network that includes apps like Mastodon, PeerTube and others running the ActivityPub protocol. On Tuesday,…

The new addition was inspired by the video-sharing activity that was already taking place on apps like TikTok.

iPhone Mirroring, one of the more notable features arriving in Apple’s upcoming operating systems, is now available to developers testing the beta versions of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. The…

Smashing is an AI and community-powered content recommendation app, now launching into an invite-only beta.

The acquisition allows Swipewipe’s founder to take some money off the table while also continuing to benefit financially from his work via an ongoing revenue-sharing agreement with MWM.

Dot is a new AI companion and chatbot that thrives on getting to know your innermost thoughts and feelings.

Roots is designed to help people get a better handle on what sort of apps are worth spending time on and which are not.

Pok Pok’s growth caught investors’ attention, leading to a $6 million Series A.

The Clicks keyboard case has arrived, and it’s delightful, if not entirely practical for everyday use — at least, not without weeks of practice. 

From a new Nominations dashboard in App Store Connect, developers will be able to create their nominations, either one by one or by uploading a spreadsheet to nominate apps in…

With the Core Spotlight framework, developers can donate content they want to make searchable via Spotlight.

Yahoo’s AI push isn’t over just yet. The company, also TechCrunch’s parent, recently launched AI-powered features for Yahoo Mail, including its own take on Gmail’s Priority Inbox and AI summaries…

To give users more control over the contacts an app can and cannot access, the permissions screen has two stages.

After educating the D.C. market, YC aims to leverage its influence, particularly in areas like competition policy.

With dozens of antitrust cases and close to a hundred on the consumer protection side, the agency is now turning to innovative tactics to help it fight fraud, particularly in…

Some of the new Apple Intelligence features that Apple debuted at WWDC 2024 don’t even feel like AI, they just feel like smarter tools. 

Unlike Light’s older phones, the Light III sports a larger OLED display and an NFC chip to make way for future payment tools, as well as a camera.

Particle announced it has partnered with news organization Reuters to collaborate on new business models and experiments in monetization.

Elon Musk’s posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI at WWDC 2024.

Apple’s SDKs (software development kits) have been updated with a variety of new APIs and frameworks.

Apple Intelligence will have an understanding of who you’re talking with in a messaging conversation.

The new OS, announced at WWDC 2024, will allow users to mirror their iPhone screen directly on their Mac and even control it.

Apple says the new design will lead to less time searching for photos.

In iOS 18, Apple will now support long-requested functionality, like the ability to set app icons and widgets wherever you want.

As WWDC 2024 nears, all sorts of rumors and leaks have emerged about what iOS 18 and its AI-powered apps and features have in store.

Apple’s annual list of what it considers the best and most innovative software available on its platform is turning its attention to the little guy.

Google says apps offering AI features will have to prevent the generation of restricted content.

Google has developed a new AI tool to help marine biologists better understand coral reef ecosystems and their health, which can aid in conversation efforts. The tool, SurfPerch, created with…

Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr.