Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

iOS 26 is packed full of changes for iPhone users, including five great new group chat features in the Messages app. Here’s what’s new. Typing indicators have been a key iMessage features for years, ...

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Poe, Quora’s app that brings together different AI models into one platform, is launching group chat functionality. The company announced on Monday that users worldwide will be able to start group ...

New Analyze Applications feature analyzes JAR or WAR files for migrations and JFR recordings for performance optimization. Update also brings task scheduling and Kubernetes support. Oracle Java ...

OpenAI’s new Sora AI video app is iPhone-only, for now. OpenAI’s new Sora AI video app is iPhone-only, for now. is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her ...

Epic Games app Social Overlays connect players across PC, console, and mobile. The feature integrates chat, parties, and achievements directly into Fortnite and other games. It aims to rival apps like ...

Microsoft 365 customers will no longer have to pay to access the Copilot Chat AI assistant inside Office apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Microsoft’s Copilot Chat AI assistant is now ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. One of the biggest challenges design teams and web developers face is turning Figma designs into ...

In previous versions of Microsoft Outlook (the classic app), you could view the HTML code of an email by opening the email, right-clicking on it, and selecting “View source” from the context menu.

Spotify is adding a new in-app messaging feature. Conversations are one-to-one with people you know. The feature is available for users 16 and older. Spotify is getting a little more social. Since you ...