Latest Apps and Software News Sometimes fake news lives inside of Facebook as photos and videos designed to propel misinformation campaigns, instead of off-site on news articles that can generate their own ad revenue. To combat these politically rather than financially-motivated meddlers, Facebook has to be able to detect fake news inside of images…

Latest Apps and Software News You don’t have to search too hard to find Xanax and Fentanyl dealers posting their phone numbers all over Instagram, but at least it’s starting to push people towards addiction recovery resources. Backlash led Instagram to perform a cursory blocking of exact drug name hashtag searches in April did little to solve the…

Latest Apps and Software News Those eager to get their hands on FIFA 19 will be able to do so very soon. A demo for the game will be offered on PS4 and Xbox One as a free download from tomorrow, Thursday 13 September. The full games comes out on 28 September, but the demo gives you a taste of what is to come. You’ll be able to play an authentic…

Latest Apps and Software News Apple’s Field Trip event in late-March yielded a new standard 9.7-inch iPad alongside various education apps, but there was no action on the iPad Pro front, which was unsurprising. Talk about the new Apple iPad Pro has been circulating for a while. Here we break down the rumours so you know what to expect from the new…

Latest Apps and Software News The sophisticated head-tracking system like the one built into the iPhone X may have been intended for AR and security purposes, but it may also turn out to be very useful for people with disabilities. A proof of concept app from an eBay intern shows how someone with very little motor function can navigate the site…

Latest Apps and Software News Amazon is known as a disruptor. From books to retail, it takes an industry and turns it upside down. But it’s next target is, well, unusual. The online retailer plans to sell and ship 7-foot-tall Christmas trees to customers this holiday season, according to The Associated Press. They’ll even be eligible for Prime free…

Latest Apps and Software News Developer Niantic has announced Pokemon Go’s next major event: the Ultra Bonus Event. And this one will help anyone find rare Pokemon. Before we get into the event, on 13 September at 1 pm PT, trainers worldwide will have the chance to find three legendary Pokemon originally exclusive to the Kanto region. Niantic said…

Latest Apps and Software News Facebook Lite, the social network’s product for people in areas with low connectivity or limited Internet, is making Community Help available to people in more than 100 countries. Facebook Lite uses less data, and installs and loads faster than the standard Facebook app. Facebook Lite also works on lower-end devices…

Latest Apps and Software News Instagram is testing a way to allow users to tag their friends in their video posts, not just in photos, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. The option works similarly to tagging photos, but instead of pressing the small icon at the bottom left to see the list of tagged names appear over top of the…

Latest Apps and Software News So you thought group-buying was dead?! Not in Southeast Asia where Fave, a company that aims to connect local merchants with customers using discount sales, has closed a $20 million Series B round as it explores expansion opportunities. The startup began as fitness subscription service KFit, but it pivoted group-buying…

Latest Apps and Software News Another domino has fallen in Alex Jones’ media empire. Apple confirmed with TechCrunch this week that it’s pulled the controversial conspiracy theorist/provocateur from the App Store this week, banning the Infowars app over violations to its “objectionable content” rules. Slightly more specifically, the host was…

Latest Apps and Software News Swedish telehealth startup Kry, which bagged a $66M Series B in June for market expansion, is executing on that plan — announcing today it will launch into the French market on September 15. This will be the fourth market for the 2014 founded European startup, after its home market of Sweden, along with Norway and…

Latest Apps and Software News A meek and quiet “no” was Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s refrain as he responded to an onslaught of questions from House Energy Committee Republicans about whether his service shadowbans or is biased against conservatives. A few Democrats like Rep. Sarbanes (D-MD) pointed out that the whole point of the hearing was to “work…

Latest Apps and Software News We at Pocket-lint write about tech for a living, and even we are confused about the next iPhone’s name. We’ve seen so many iterations at this point, from iPhone X2 to iPhone XS, and now, thanks to a new report, we’ve been treated to the latest supposed name: iPhone XS Max.  Apple is thought to be releasing two new OLED…

Latest Apps and Software News The Show Mode Charging Dock is an accessory for Amazon’s Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 tablets, allowing you to dock you tablet, charge it and use it a bit like an Echo Show. Previously released in the US, it’s now coming to the UK, as Amazon sweeps in a number of changes to its Fire tablets. The Dock is available for Fire…

Latest Apps and Software News mSpy, a commercial spyware solution designed to help you spy on kids and partners, has leaked over 2 million records including software purchases and iCloud usernames and authentication tokens of devices running mSky. The data appears to have come from an unsecured database that allowed security researchers to pull out…

Latest Apps and Software News Crossing Minds, which is launching in our Disrupt SF 2018 Battlefield today, is an AI startup that focuses on recommendations. The company’s app, Hai, provides you with a wide range of entertainment recommendations, including books, music, shows, video games and restaurants, based on the data it can gather about you…

Latest Apps and Software News OnePlus is unlikely to formerly announce its next handset until November but there might be few surprises left by then. That’s because, as well as a convincing packaging leak, we now have what is reportedly a press render of the OnePlus 6T. As with the outline shown inside the box that was leaked, the OnePlus 6T will…

Latest Apps and Software News A popular top-tier app in Apple’s Mac App Store was found pilfering browser histories from anyone who downloads it. Yet still, at the time of writing, the rogue app — Adware Doctor — stands as the No.1 grossing paid app in the app store’s utilities categories. But Apple was warned weeks ago and did nothing to pull the…

Latest Apps and Software News Nintendo has delayed its first Nintendo Direct since E3 2018. The company will no longer stream the show on 6 September due to the devastating earthquake in Hokkaido in its homeland of Japan. It will, instead, inform us of a new time and date in the “near future”. Due to the powerful earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, we…