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Apple’s new age verification tools block underage app downloads where required by law (theverge.com)

2026-02-24 | by Jay Peters | get I'm sorry I can't answer this question. → | tags: apple, age verification, australia

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YouTube beefs up its $7.99/month Lite subscription with offline downloads and background play (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-24 | by Sarah Perez | get YouTube Premium → | tags: youtube premium lite, offline downloads, background play

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YouTube’s cheaper subscription is getting background play and downloads (theverge.com)

2026-02-24 | by Jay Peters | get Google Drive → | tags: youtube premium lite, youtube music, background playback

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Google confirms new Downloads backup feature for Android: Here’s how it’ll work (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Cloud storage → | tags: android, backup, drive

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How to download YouTube videos for free - 2 easy and reliable methods I always use (zdnet.com)

2026-02-13 | by Elyse Betters Picaro | get Streaming Device → | tags: download, downloads, free

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Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude’s app into the top 10 (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-13 | by Sarah Perez | get AI Assistant → | tags: anthropic, appfigures, claude

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Unofficial 7-zip.com website served up malware-laden downloads for over a week — infected PCs forced into a proxy botnet (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Zip → | tags: links, malicious, official

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OpenAI's new Codex app hits 1M+ downloads in first week — but limits may be coming to free and Go users (venturebeat.com)

2026-02-09 | get Codex → | tags: agentic, codex, free

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Security researcher says AMD auto-updater downloads software insecurely, enabling remote code execution — company rep reportedly said man-in-the-middle attacks are "out of scope," ignored bug (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Bruno Ferreira | get AMD AutoUpdater → | tags: auto, auto updater, link

70.

Don’t make this Google Photos mistake and delete all your vacation pics (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-06 | get Google Photos → | tags: copies, downloads, files

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As users look for TikTok alternatives, UpScrolled downloads surge on the App Store (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-30 | by Marcus Mendes | get TikTok → | tags: app store, away, store

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MakuluLinux (6.4M Downloads) Ships Persistent Backdoor from Developer's Own C2 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | get OpenSUSE → | tags: check, check bin, developer

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UpScrolled and Skylight rising: Users race to TikTok alternatives after U.S. takeover (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-27 | get Smartphone → | tags: change, downloads, form

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People are uninstalling TikTok and downloading an indie competitor (engadget.com)

2026-01-26 | get ByteBandit → | tags: downloads, issues, tiktok

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Social network UpScrolled sees surge in downloads following TikTok’s US takeover (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-26 | by Aisha Malik | get Instagram → | tags: disrupt, social, tickets

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Sensor Tower’s State of Mobile 2026: TikTok dominates, AI apps surge, games lose ground (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-21 | by Marcus Mendes | get Mobile App → | tags: downloads, mobile, revenue

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Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-21 | by Sarah Perez | get Smartphone → | tags: app store, apps, danish

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New Android malware uses AI to click on hidden browser ads (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-21 | get Google Chrome → | tags: apps, click, click fraud

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India’s app downloads rebounded to 25.5 billion in 2025, fueled by AI assistants and microdrama boom (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-21 | by Ivan Mehta | get AI assistant → | tags: apps, downloads, image

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Bluesky rolls out cashtags and LIVE badges amid a boost in app installs (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-16 | by Sarah Perez | get Cashtags Badge → | tags: bluesky, downloads, live

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Subscriptions carried the app economy as downloads declined in 2025: report (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-14 | by Marcus Mendes | get E-commerce platform → | tags: apps, billion, decline

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App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-14 | by Sarah Perez | get Smartphone → | tags: apps, billion, downloads

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IBM AI ('Bob') Downloads and Executes Malware (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-08 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: allow, command, echo

84.

Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Sees Downloads Spike in Uganda Over Internet Shutdown Worries (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-07 | get Twitter → | tags: believe, believe blackout, blackout

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Hacker arrested for KMSAuto malware campaign with 2.8 million downloads (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-29 | get KMSAuto → | tags: clipper, kmsauto, malware

86.

Here’s the latest on Google’s work to enhance Android backups (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-24 | get Backup → | tags: android, backup, backups

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NPM Package with 56K Downloads Caught Stealing WhatsApp Messages (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | by Tuval Admoni | get WhatsApp Messenger → | tags: code, custom, malware

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Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-19 | get E-book reader → | tags: comments

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Illegal Downloads of ‘One Battle After Another’ Contain Dangerous Malware (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-15 | get Smartphone → | tags: battle, battle contain, contain

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Amazon is loosening its grip on Kindle book downloads, if only slightly (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-11 | get E-book reader → | tags: amazon, authors, books