Alex Choi, who loves documenting situations for social media and says millions of people have viewed his video of the Palisades Fire on Snap Chat and Instagram, walks along an empty beach near the Palisades Fire, in Los Angeles California, U.S. January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Apple has a tendency to figure out ways to kill popular apps, but this time, someone else has done the work for them. Nikita Bier, an app maker with the Midas Touch, announced his new product Wednesday—an app called Explode that brings disappearing messages and texts directly to iMessage. Somebody check in on Snapchat and see how they’re feeling.

In today's digital world, smartphones have become an important part of our lives and the social media apps present in them give us the opportunity to entertain and share news. Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook,

Both Meta and Snap Inc. are seeing their stock prices jump higher on Wednesday as TikTok moves closer to being banned

Amid the Great TikTok Migration — when flocks of influencers are fleeing to RedNote, Lemon8 and YouTube in fear of a possible national TikTok ban — Snapchat is recruiting influencers to not-so-subtly nudge fans to Find Your Favorites on Snapchat.

In today’s digital world, privacy concerns are at the forefront, especially when it comes to sharing personal content. Many social media and messaging platforms have developed features that notify users when someone takes a screenshot of their shared content.

Meanwhile, Snap is poised to capitalize, while other popular Chinese apps like RedNote may be newly scrutinized.

An 'obsessive' who hacked women's Snapchat accounts to steal intimate images he shared online has been spared jail.

A teenager was stabbed, punched and kicked in a transphobic attack planned on Snapchat by a group of youths she thought were her friends when her gender was revealed. The girl, who was 18 at the time, was ambushed by the masked mob having been lured to a car park in Harrow, northwest London, under the guise of going to a roller disco.

Key Takeaways A TikTok ban could go into effect in the U.S. on Sunday, leaving other companies to compete for its users’ attention and almost $10 billion in ad revenue.Meta could be the biggest winner given its large user base said analysts at Morgan Stanley.

Meta will soon be rolling out a whole range of intelligent tools to stimulate the creativity and engagement of its three billion Facebook and Instagram users.

AI-generated user accounts are the new normal for Instagram and Facebook parent, Meta. Here's how AI influencers and artificial accounts are evolving.