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California may soon hold social media companies responsible for the harm caused to children who become addicted to their products thanks to a new bill that passed the state Assembly.

Snapchat, Google, and Apple are being sued by a 16-year-old girl and her mother who claim the platforms failed to protect teen users from “egregious harm.”

Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, has announced its long-rumored drone. Called Pixy, the company is positioning it as a friendly, pocket-sized, free-flying sidekick.

Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, has purchased brain-computer interface startup NextMind whose technology could be used to directly control augmented reality (AR) tools just with thought, like the Spectacles or forthcoming camera drone.

Snapchat has announced that users will be able to change their usernames without having to create an entirely new account. Snapchat previously did not allow this due to "security reasons."

A Connecticut mother has filed a lawsuit against Instagram, through its parent company Meta, as well as Snapchat for their alleged role in her daughter's suicide that was linked to "extreme addiction" to the platforms.

Snapchat has introduced a new Food Scan feature that allows users to scan ingredients with their smartphone camera in the app and receive recipe suggestions matched from an online food platform.

Snapchat has announced new ways it plans to reward its community for creativity and content creation called Spotlight Challenges which promise cash payouts of $25,000 or more.

Snapchat has historically been a messaging and fun communications app, but the company appears interested in shifting that narrative through Scan, a feature that lets the app identify a host of objects in the real world, from clothes to dog breeds.

Facebook's WhatsApp chat application is adding a feature that was initially popularized by Snapchat: view once, disappearing photos and videos. The app is rolling out support for the feature this week.

Twitter has announced that it will shut down Fleets citing low usage. Fleets were originally launched in November of 2020 and were designed to compete with Instagram and Snapchat stories.

Confirming a report from early March, Snap has officially announced its ambitious next-generation augmented reality (AR) Spectacles. They sound incredibly ambitous, but they also aren't for sale.

Facebook as a business is extremely fast to respond to competition, and it continues to do so with Instagram's latest feature. Called Remix, it's an add-on to the Reels feature that allows users to record new Reels videos alongside Reels from other users.

Snap is working on its next-generation glasses that will be able to layer Snapchat lenses (which are augmented reality effects) onto the environment without needing to use a smartphone camera, according to a new report. It has also reportedly revived its plans to introduce a selfie-drone.

Snapchat has announced the launch of a new feature on its platform that is aimed right at the heart of TikTok. Called "Spotlight," the new section features a showcase of user-created videos that the company plans to invest millions into.

Instagram is making changes to its home screen by adding two new tabs: Reels and Shop. Reels is described as a way to discover "short, fun videos from creators around the world," and the Shop tab is designed to give users faster access to brands and products.

Snapchat has apologized after releasing and then pulling a Juneteenth camera filter that prompted users to "smile" to break the chains of slavery.

VSCO has partnered with Snap Inc. to release its first ever Snapchat lens. Dubbed 'Analog,' the sponsored lens is free to use and "designed to celebrate the imperfections, mistakes, and happy accidents found when shooting with film."

Snapchat's Spectacles camera glasses generated a huge amount of hype when they were slowly released in 2016, but total sales were reportedly disappointing. But that isn't stopping the company from doubling down on the project: it just announced Spectacles 2.0 with design improvements and the ability to shoot still photos.