SMARTPHONES

“A lot of people are saying we don’t need two TikToks, we like what Instagram was for originally.” Instagram’s changes to its design — which include greater focus on video content and recommended posts — are getting backlash from users. NBC News tech and culture reporter Kat Tenbarge joins LX News to discuss the changes.

AT&T and the American Academy of Pediatrics have launched a new tool to help parents considering purchasing their child’s first smartphone. Dr. Jenny Radesky joins LX News Now to help us understand the topic. 

The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is sparking conversations about data privacy. If the opinion is released and abortion is criminalized in some states, some reproductive rights groups fear that text messages, search histories, ad tracking data and app usage history could put people who seek an abortion at risk.

An inspector general’s report has found that most of the 10,000 smartphones purchased for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program during the pandemic went unused.

As a new Consumer Reports investigation reveals, making those DIY repairs can be harder than you think. But that may change soon thanks to Congress.

Huawei’s business has been hurt by U.S. sanctions, which have sought to cut it off from key software and components like semiconductors.