Aisha Malik

Consumer News Reporter, TechCrunch

Aisha is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch. Prior to joining the publication in 2021, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup. Aisha holds an honours bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto and a master’s degree in journalism from Western University.

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Prior to the ban, Trump’s team used his channel to broadcast some of his campaigns. With the ban now lifted, his channel can resume doing so.

Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election

The Designer app features “prompt templates” that are designed to help jumpstart the creative process.

Microsoft’s AI-powered, Canva-like Designer app lands on iOS and Android

A new app called The Way is aiming to help people explore the deeper side of meditation through a single, structured path guided by an authorized Zen master. Founded by…

The Way app offers a chance to meditate alongside a Zen master

YouTube Music is introducing two new ways to boost song discovery on its platform. YouTube announced on Monday that it’s experimenting with an AI-generated conversational radio feature, and rolling out…

YouTube Music is testing an AI-generated radio feature and adding a song recognition tool

Deezer is the latest music streaming app to introduce an AI playlist feature. The company announced on Monday that a select number of paid users will be able to create…

Deezer chases Spotify and Amazon Music with its own AI playlist generator

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill that seeks to protect artists, songwriters and journalists from having their content used to train AI models or generate AI…

New Senate bill seeks to protect artists’ and journalists’ content from AI use

Here’s a look at what’s going to change with Siri, and what the introduction of Apple Intelligence will allow you to do with the digital assistant. 

How Apple Intelligence is changing the way you use Siri on your iPhone 

Meta announced on Wednesday that users aged 10 to 12 will soon be able to interact with others in VR if they have their parents’ approval to do so. Up…

Meta will soon let kids aged 10 to 12 interact with others in VR with their parents’ approval

As TikTok continues to test the waters with longer videos, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri has said the Meta-owned social network will continue to focus on short-form content. In an Instagram…

While TikTok chases YouTube, Instagram vows to focus on short-form content

In a first, the Federal Trade Commission is banning an app from serving users under the age of 18. The agency announced on Tuesday that it’s banning NGL, an anonymous…

FTC bans NGL from offering its anonymous social app to minors

A new iOS app called Wayther wants to help you better plan your road trips by giving you real-time road conditions and weather forecasts along your route. Created by indie…

Meet Wayther, an iOS weather forecast app designed specifically for road trips

Amazon has released an all-new version of its Echo Spot ahead of Prime Day, the company announced on Monday. The 2024 version of the Alexa-enabled smart alarm clock costs $79.99,…

Amazon revives its Echo Spot with an upgraded look and improved audio

We’ve created this guide to help parents navigate the controls offered by popular social media companies.

How to set up parental controls on Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and more popular sites

Meta’s Threads now has more than 175 million monthly active users, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes two days away from Threads’ first anniversary. Zuckerberg revealed back in…

Threads nears its one-year anniversary with more than 175M monthly active users

LG has acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a Dutch smart home company and maker of the Homey smart home hub. According to LG’s announcement, it will purchase the remaining…

LG acquires smart home platform Athom to bring third-party connectivity to its ThinQ ecosytem

Snapchat is introducing new ways for users to personalize their accounts, the company announced on Tuesday. The updates, which are mostly available for Snapchat+ subscribers, allow users to do things…

Snapchat’s latest features help users personalize their accounts

The Supreme Court on Monday vacated two judicial decisions concerning Republican-backed laws from Florida and Texas aimed at limiting social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The…

Supreme Court sends Texas and Florida social media regulation laws back to lower courts

TikTok is gearing up to challenge Amazon’s Prime Day event in July. The social network announced on Thursday that TikTok Shop is holding a “Deals For You Days” sales event…

TikTok to challenge Amazon Prime Day with its own sales event in July

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led challenge to the Biden administration’s communication with social media companies to combat online misinformation on topics related to COVID-19 and the 2020…

Supreme Court rejects claim that Biden administration pressured social media firms into removing misinformation

Reddit says the update shouldn’t affect the majority of users or good faith actors, like researchers and organizations, such as the Internet Archive.

Reddit’s upcoming changes attempt to safeguard the platform against AI crawlers

As browsers continue to add AI features into their products, Mozilla is looking to give users some choice in the matter. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching an…

Firefox now lets you choose your preferred AI chatbot in its Nightly builds

Google is rolling out a new Gemini AI side panel in Gmail that can help you write emails and summarize email threads. The company is also adding the Gemini side…

Google brings its Gemini AI to Gmail to help you write and summarize emails

Google announced on Monday that it’s bringing its AI technology Gemini to teen students using their school accounts, after having already offered Gemini to teens using their personal accounts. The company…

Google is bringing Gemini access to teens using their school accounts

Spotify is introducing a new “Basic” streaming plan in the United States, the company announced on Friday. The new plan costs $10.99 per month and includes all of the benefits…

Spotify launches a new Basic streaming plan in the US

Apple has released Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera, the company announced on Thursday. Both apps were previously announced during the company’s iPad event in May.…

Apple releases Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera

Instagram is introducing the ability for users to broadcast live to just their Close Friends list, the company announced on Thursday. The new “Close Friends on Live” feature allows users…

Instagram now lets users livestream exclusively to their Close Friends list

The agency was investigating the company over potential violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Act.

FTC refers TikTok child privacy case to Justice Department

At the Augmented World Expo on Tuesday, Snap teased an early version of its real-time, on-device image diffusion model that can generate vivid AR experiences. The company also unveiled generative…

Snap previews its real-time image model that can generate AR experiences

Butterflies wants to let users create AI personas that then take on their own lives and coexist with others. 

Former Snap engineer launches Butterflies, a social network where AIs and humans coexist

Apple is continuing its AI push, this time with its education offering. The company announced on Tuesday that it will train all Apple Developer Academy students and mentors on the…

Apple Developer Academy adds AI training for students and alumni