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Instagram rolls out custom icons…but only for teens

2 months 1 week ago

Instagram introduced custom app icons for its teen accounts, but not everyone is thrilled. In replies to the company’s post on X, users criticized the feature for being age-gated, arguing that adults like personalization, too.

Sarah Perez

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage

2 months 1 week ago

Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology—but the duration serves as a warning.

Lily Hay Newman

GM is bringing Google Gemini-powered AI assistant to cars in 2026 

2 months 1 week ago

GM is the latest automaker to lean into generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way. Stellantis is collaborating with French AI firm Mistral, Mercedes is integrating ChatGPT, and Tesla has brought xAI’s Grok to its vehicles.  

Rebecca Bellan