Games, social media, dating apps and more: Here is a list of 25 apps that had the most impact on our lives in the last 10 years.

Hiding like counts is just the latest step in Instagram’s quest to become the safest place on the internet.

People are buying the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL despite a wave of negative reviews that slammed battery life.

China’s use of technology for social control of its citizens is extensive – but it could affect users elsewhere too, says security analyst Samantha Hoffman

A smartphone case made from artificial human-like skin responds to being pinched, tickled and stroked to add an extra layer of interactivity to the device

I am so discombobulated by yesterday’s news that the four major US carriers are banding together to make a whole other company to replace SMS with RCS and ship their own app that I barely know where to begin. I guess at the beginning.

In a move to help protect its users, Google has banned certain personal loan apps from the Play Store in the US.

This needs to be fixed

The number of potential victims may not be as bad as claimed, though.

We already seem to know a lot about Google’s upcoming Pixel 4, including one of its new apps: “Recorder,” a new voice recorder app. In a recent 9to5Google hands-on, the app seemed pretty basic — hit a button to record, then share that audio file with other apps. Surprisingly, though, Google seems to have updated Recorder before it’s even been released, with one particularly handy feature: automatic audio transcription.

How to turn it into a new device for cheap.

Haley downloaded the app for fun. Now millions of people watch her videos.

Billions of people worldwide access the internet only through their phones. But using a cheap smartphone comes with some serious trade-offs.

Also commits to making all its devices serviceable at some point

This could make people think twice about using a phone number to secure their account at all.

The secrecy surrounding AI products makes even basic information about them a scandal.

Using a cellphone during breaks led to mental depletion, poorer performance in a recent study

Google has pushed RCS messaging – a superior alternative to SMS – to Android phones in the UK and France. But only 43 mobile operators, out of around 850 globally, are working with the company

Mesh networking: how you communicate when China censors the internet.

Developers have come to accept that, without warning, Apple can make their work obsolete by announcing a new app or feature that essentially copies their ideas. Some apps have simply buckled under the pressure.