TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe. TikTok keeps track of everything you do on its app – no surprises there.

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Americans are swiping themselves into exhaustion—and now they’re ditching dating apps altogether in favor of real-world encounters. As easy as it is to communicate with others online, it’s never been ...

Give it a go before you give it up. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac For the first time in 18 years, Apple redesigned the oft-overlooked Phone app. The overhaul in iOS 26 simplifies the Phone app’s ...

Did our AI summary help? Anish Moonka has shared how artificial intelligence helped him turn a personal problem into a fully functional iOS app in just one week. Moonka said he wanted to read the ...

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings. This figure illustrates the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini ...

Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work—drafting routine documents, summarizing information, and ...

Many popular apps collect far more personal data than they need to work. These 20 apps quietly gather your photos, location, contacts, and more—and you probably have at least one of them installed ...

The best AI app builder for beginning vibe coders is Base44, which starts at a reasonable price and allows users to edit their app directly with a simple drag-and-drop editor. Lovable is another ...