More From Angela Moscaritolo
Apple
Apple Confirms it Uses Google Cloud for iCloud
The Cupertino tech giant is now using Google's Cloud Platform, in addition to Amazon's S3 service, to store encrypted iCloud data.
Snapchat
Snapchat: 'We Completely Understand' the Redesign Hate
Snap is planning to add tabs in Friends and Discover that it says will 'make it easier to find the Stories that you want, when you want them.'
Amazon
Amazon Is Laying Off 'Several Hundred' Employees
The pink slips will be predominantly given to workers in the company's consumer retail business, according to The Seattle Times.
Facebook
Grandparents Love Facebook, Teens Not So Much
The social network is expected to lose 2 million users ages 24 and younger in 2018.
Snapchat
Snapchat Users Are Not Loving the App Update
Petition website Change.org said more than 30 petitions have been launched in the last day protesting the new Snapchat update.
Cybersecurity
Google Parent Alphabet Announces New Cybersecurity Firm
Chronicle is developing an intelligence and analytics platform to help businesses better manage and make sense of their cybersecurity data.
YouTube
YouTube Pledges $5 Million to Fund 'Positive' Videos
Following the Logan Paul 'suicide forest' video controversy, YouTube this week promised to spend $5 million this year funding videos that promote positive social messages.
Apple
Apple Is Hiring, and You Can Work From Home
The Cupertino tech giant is currently looking to hire a number of full- and part-time At Home Advisors who will provide technical support from the comfort of their own domicile.
Apps
These Are the Most Popular Apps of 2017
Meanwhile, Facebook-owned WhatsApp raked up more downloads, overall, than any other app, excluding games, in 2017, according to Sensor Tower.
Facebook
Facebook to Reduce News Feed Noise and Business Pages Could See Big Hit
This change will likely cause people to spend less time on Facebook, but make the time they do spend there 'more valuable,' according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Delivery
Order Postmates? It Might Arrive Via an Autonomous Ford.
The automaker is teaming up with Postmates for autonomous delivery trials.
Self-Driving Cars
Toyota to Show Off Autonomous Car Gains at CES
Toyota Research Institute will debut its next-generation automated driving research vehicle, dubbed Platform 3.0, in Las Vegas next week.
CES
Samsung to Show Off Smart Glasses and Directional Speaker at CES
The tech giant's in-house idea incubator will show off a portable directional speaker, a device that can help people with lung damage and smart eyeglasses.
CES
Lyft to Offer Self-Driving Rides in Las Vegas During CES
The ride-hailing app, in partnership with autonomous driving technology company Aptiv, plans to offer 'fully automated point-to-point ride-hailing' services at the show.
Passwords
Here Are the 25 Worst Passwords of 2017
New additions to SplashData's list of 2017's worst passwords are letmein, monkey, 123123, hello, freedom, whatever and trustno1.