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What’s one so-called “tech hot takes” held by Instagram’s top boss, Adam Mosseri? “Android’s now better than iOS.” Mosseri’s comment was made on Threads this weekend in response to a question posed by MKBHD, and it naturally has us wondering about how his personal preferences influence Instagram and Threads product roadmaps.

Apple yesterday released an iOS 16.5.1 update to fix a security vulnerability which is being actively exploited by attackers – but then withdrew it again.

The problem, it appears, is that a tiny change in Safari caused a number of websites to break …

Many iOS apps have been adding Live Activities since the release of iOS 16 last year. With this feature, apps can show real-time useful information right from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro. Now Instagram is taking advantage of this feature to show upload progress in the background to users when they close the app.

One of the more… interesting discoveries yesterday is that there’s no way to delete your Threads account without also deleting your Instagram one.

After widespread objections to this, the company now says that it is “looking into a way to delete your Threads account separately” …

Twitter’s implosion has helped Threads get off to a great start, gaining 10M users in the first 10 hours. But the app’s rush to market has meant some surprising failings, the biggest being that you can’t have a Threads feed comprising only people you follow.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has responded to a request by tech videographer MKBHD, stating that this is “on the list” of improvements to come to the app …

Meta’s attempt to replace Twitter officially kicks off tomorrow, with the Threads iPhone app launch scheduled for Thursday – but Mark Zuckerberg has opened a welcome thread, which you can already view on the web.

Initially billed as a text-based offshoot of Instagram, the world might not have paid too much attention had it not been for a sudden and urgent need for a viable Twitter replacement …

Instagram continues to have fun with its status feature called Notes. A new update to Notes is adding the ability to set your status to a song – just like instant messenger away messages in the 2000s.

Meta has been developing its own version of Twitter that will reportedly be released under the Instagram brand. Now, The Verge has seen and shared new screenshots of the unreleased app.

Ever since Twitter was acquired by Elon Musk, some users have been looking for alternatives to the social network as they’re unhappy with the company’s latest decisions. We’ve seen Mastodon get a lot of attention, as well as Bluesky – a new social network supported by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. But now Meta wants to join the party with a new app under the Instagram brand to compete with Twitter.

Children’s use of social media may have both positive and negative impacts, but parents and other caregivers should ensure they remain watchful, says a new health advisory.

The American Psychological Association (APA) has made 10 recommendations to reduce the risks of harm, several of them being to better educate children about the issues they may encounter …

Instagram is adding what Mark Zuckerberg describes as “one of the most requested features we’ve had.” Starting today, you can now add up to five links to your Instagram bio, resolving a long-standing feature gap that forced Instagram users to opt for third-party tools like Linktree instead.

Instagram has been aggressively trying to compete with TikTok when it comes to short videos. Now the social network has announced multiple new features for its Reels platform in an attempt to make it more attractive to creators.

Believe it or not, Meta has found the space for more ads in Instagram. The company has announced that it is now allowing Instagram advertisers to place ads in search results for the first time. “Ads will show up in the feed that people can scroll when they tap into a post from search results,” the company says.

If you’re experiencing issues when trying to use Instagram on Wednesday night, you’re not alone. Instagram is currently facing outages and is down for users around the world. Here’s what we now know about the issue affecting Instagram users.

Facebook has been working on ways to prevent the posting of so-called “revenge porn” – aka non-consensual sharing of explicit photos by former partners and others – and sextortion attempts, especially those against teenagers.

Its first tool, back in 2017, was so scary that few were willing to use it: You had to upload nudes to Facebook in order to have them tagged for blocking! But a new tool, geared initially to teenagers, will allow them to create digital fingerprints, right on their own device …