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Edits Can Now Build Your Instagram Carousels (And Fix Them After You’ve Posted)
Instagram’s standalone editing app, Edits, is no longer just for Reels. Starting this week, you can build carousel posts inside it too, and the accompanying feature run-down reads like a love letter to the swipe. The update, announced via Instagram’s own creator channel under the banner “Tell Your Story with Carousels”, is live now on…
Read MoreThe Tamagotchi Ring Is Real, Tiny And Already Sold Out
Bandai has built a fully working Tamagotchi with a colour screen that you wear on your finger. Here is the price, the release date and why it matters.
Read MoreVirtual Try-On, AI Stylist, Built-In Group Chat: Meet WNTD, The Shopping App That “Gets” Gen Z
Be honest about how you actually shop. You see a coat on someone’s story. You screenshot it. You reverse-image-search it at 1am, find it on three sites at three prices, drop it into the group chat with “thoughts??”, get two thumbs-up and one “the colour washes you out,” add it to a basket, leave it…
Read MoreThe Download With Vivien Wong: The Woman Who Made Mochi Mainstream Talks AI, Going Viral And Manifesting Cher’s Closet
If you’ve ever stalked the supermarket freezer aisle hunting for a particular box of mochi, you have Vivien Wong to thank for the chase. The co-founder of Little Moons didn’t just break into the freezer aisle – she reshaped it, turning a niche Japanese dessert into a global obsession sold in 34 countries, with 10…
Read MoreThe Download: Georgia Devon-Shelley On Affirmations, Algorithms & The Rise of Mother.fm
Georgia Devon-Shelley isn’t just building another wellness brand; she’s engineering a new category altogether. Her platform mother.fm sits at the intersection of neuroscience, community and the often-overlooked emotional architecture of early motherhood. “When I gave birth to my son last January,” she tells The Modems, “I realised that many of the coaching-techniques I’d shared in…
Read MoreSafer For Women Than Taxis? Waymo’s Driverless Cars Coming To London In 2026
For many women, getting home isn’t about convenience or cost-effectiveness. It’s about calculation and safety. Keys between fingers. Fake phone calls. Sharing live locations. Double-checking licence plates. Sitting behind a stranger at night and hoping for the best. Ride-hailing apps promised liberation. Too often, they delivered anxiety with the worry of unvetted drivers and personal…
Read MoreForget Dr Google – This AI Health Assistant Actually Makes Sense of Your Symptoms
If you’ve ever found yourself spiralling down a “Why does my chest feel weird?” Google rabbit hole at 2:14 a.m., congratulations – you’re part of the British majority. And now, a new UK-built AI platform called healthwords.ai wants to rescue us from the medical chaos we’ve accidentally created for ourselves. Designed for the wellness-obsessed, time-starved,…
Read MoreInstagram Teen Accounts Set to Operate Under PG-13 Rules: What It Means for Tech, Privacy & Teenagers
The notion of hitting “play” on a movie rated PG-13 was once reserved for family nights or classic Saturday cinema. But now, thanks to Instagram, that metaphorical rating is shifting right into our teens’ social-media feeds. Instagram is rolling out a major update so that teen accounts will by default see content aligned with a…
Read MoreDoes Driving an EV Make You Hotter? Gen Z Say Yes, Obviously
Once upon a time, dating red flags were simple: ghosting, chewing too loudly, or being bad with texts. But for Gen Z, the latest relationship dealbreaker isn’t emotional-it’s electric. Literally. New research from AutoTrader, the UK’s largest automotive marketplace, has found that what you drive can determine whether you’re date material-or an instant ick. The…
Read MoreBiohacking Beauty: Fjör Founder Natalie Enslöw on Microbiomes, Hydrolytic Enzymes And Skincare’s New Era
Beauty is moving from bathroom shelves to biology labs, and Natalie Enslöw is helping to lead the charge. The Nordic founder of fjör, a science-backed microbiome skincare brand, is redefining how we think about beauty. “fjör was built on one simple belief: if you restore what makes your skin alive, it can rebuild itself,” Natalie…
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