Video software

Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Google Maps enjoyed a decisive victory against iMessage in yesterday’s tournament. Today, we have the two best video apps duking it out. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection criteria for this historic contest right here. Check out the full bracket of contestants embedded below. And as always, if you think we missed your personal favorite app of all time, yell at us in the comments. Now, let’s get into…

Congressman Jeff Jackson’s latest TikTok video starts simply: “I apologize.” Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that could ultimately ban TikTok from the US. For many, it turned Jackson into enemy number one. The North Carolina Democrat spent the last year amassing 2.3 million followers on TikTok, leveraging the app to turn himself from a no-name first-term congressman to a downright internet celebrity. But Jackson joined 352 other House members in support of the so-called TikTok “ban,” sparking…

TikTok sent a push notification to United States users on Thursday morning asking them to call their local representative to “Stop a TikTok shutdown.” The app refers to a bipartisan bill gaining momentum in Congress this week which could ban TikTok altogether.Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album | The Meme Machine“Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok,” said the push notification to TikTok users, seen by Gizmodo. “Speak up now – before your government strips 170 million Americans of their Constitutional…

It’s day 6 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and things are heating up. Thus far in the competition, we’ve had some huge apps taking on smaller or even defunct players and the tech giants swept every round. But yesterday, Vine came from behind and crushed Snapchat with 67 percent of the vote. Can Words With Friends pull off a similar upset against YouTube in this round? If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection criteria for this historic contest right…

Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Flappy Bird punched above its weight in yesterday’s contest but ultimately folded and with 54 percent of the vote, iMessage advances to the next round. Today, the Dick Pic app goes toe-to-toe with the short-form video platform that was too good for this world. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection criteria for this historic contest right here. And as always, if you think we missed your personal favorite…

Facebook plans to “deprecate” its News tab for users in the United States and Australia by April, according to a confusingly worded announcement published Thursday night. What does that mean? As best we can tell, it means Facebook doesn’t want anyone to use the platform for news anymore and will be killing its dedicated News tab. Russian Court Says Meta Is "Extremist Organization"“In early April 2024, we will deprecate Facebook News—a dedicated tab in the bookmarks section on Facebook that spotlights news—in the US and…

Photo: F Armstrong Photography (Shutterstock)TikTok is allegedly being used by Chinese migrants to cross the United States’ southern border, first reported by 60 Minutes on Sunday. In interviews at the border of the U.S. and Mexico, Chinese migrants said they were able to discover weak points in America’s border wall through TikTok. Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album | The Meme MachineVideos on TikTok written in Mandarin provided step-by-step instructions for crossing the border and even hiring a smuggler,…

At the beginning of 2023, TikTok was one of the weirdest and most delightful places on the internet. An app with a reputation for memes and 30-second dances had become the front page of the internet, and it seemed TikTok was only getting better as the platform matured. A year later, TikTok’s growth finally appears to have plateaued, and while the app is still a cultural behemoth, there’s a surprising truth lurking in the app’s success: TikTok is in trouble. In a bid to spread into new areas and fend off competitors,…

Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images (Getty Images)Robert F. Kennedy Jr., infamous anti-vaxxer and 2024 presidential hopeful, says he wasn’t the one who posted a message on the TikTok page of a fitness influencer who was admiring her glutes after a workout. Sure, RFK Jr., we believe you as much as you believe Big Pharma. Will Banning TikTok Solve Privacy Issues? | Future TechThe reply happened in Sept. 2022 on Tyler Idol’s account, which she now has pinned to her page, and was unearthed by some right-wing dork on X…

Photo: Mike Kemp (Getty Images)TikTok has grabbed the world’s attention in recent years, averaging 73 million American users every month. The app knows exactly what you like, and now it’s rolling out phase two: selling you something with every single video. TikTok is testing out a new feature that will identify objects in a video automatically, and encourage viewers to “find similar items on TikTok Shop,” according to Bloomberg.Will Banning TikTok Solve Privacy Issues? | Future TechTikTok Shop launched in September and…