What's New

YouTube has introduced a new feature for Android TV users, enhancing the music video experience by displaying synchronized lyrics and album art. This update allows viewers to sing along to their favorite tracks with on-screen lyrics, while enjoying the corresponding album artwork, creating a more immersive and engaging viewing experience.

Microsoft has announced a significant enhancement to its Copilot feature in Excel, enabling users to reference and extract data from Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files within their organizational data.

HP Inc. has acquired assets from Humane Inc., the startup behind the AI Pin wearable device, for $116 million. This acquisition includes Humane's software platform, over 300 patents, and the majority of its employees.

Amazon has officially discontinued its TikTok-like shopping feature, Inspire, which showcased photos and videos of products within the Amazon mobile app. Launched in December 2022, Inspire aimed to enhance product discovery by allowing users to explore and purchase items across various categories, including interior design and skincare. However, as of February 18, 2025, the feature is no longer available.

Facebook has announced a significant policy change affecting users who utilize its Live Video feature. Effective February 19, 2025, all live broadcast recordings will be automatically deleted 30 days after their initial broadcast. This adjustment aims to align Facebook's storage policies with industry standards, acknowledging that "most live video views occur within the first few weeks of broadcasting."

Google has enhanced its Meet platform by integrating Gemini AI to automatically generate action items from meeting discussions. This feature aims to improve team productivity by identifying and assigning tasks discussed during meetings. At the end of each session, Gemini provides a checklist of suggested next steps, complete with due dates and designated stakeholders.

Niantic, the developer behind the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go, is reportedly in discussions to sell its gaming division to Scopely Inc., a company owned by Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group.

WhatsApp has been designated as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), following its Channels feature reaching an average of 46.8 million monthly active users in the last six months of 2024. This classification subjects WhatsApp to stricter regulations aimed at enhancing user safety and transparency.

When Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 officially for most users in 2023, it soon thereafter stopped supporting its browser on the operating system. Other companies, including Google, pulled support as well.

Spotify is set to launch a new premium tier called "Music Pro" in 2025, nearly four years after initially announcing its plans for HiFi streaming. This service aims to cater to audiophiles by offering lossless audio quality, providing a richer and more detailed listening experience compared to the standard compressed formats currently available.

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is currently blocking users from posting links to Signal.me, a domain used for secure direct messaging via the Signal app. Attempts to share these links result in error messages indicating the content is considered spam, harmful, or malicious.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, is encountering increasing global resistance due to privacy concerns. Recently, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) suspended new downloads of DeepSeek's AI app, citing non-compliance with the country's personal data protection regulations.

Bethesda Softworks is offering fans a unique opportunity to become part of gaming history by featuring as a non-playable character (NPC) in the highly anticipated The Elder Scrolls 6.

Mozilla plans to release a point update for its Firefox web browser later today to address security issues and fix several non-security issues in the open source web browser.

Reddit is set to introduce a paywall feature for certain subreddits by the end of 2025, as confirmed by CEO Steve Huffman during a recent "Ask Me Anything" session.