These updates will initially roll out in the US, with plans to expand to other regions in the coming weeks, as confirmed by Instagram.

If you double-tapped an Instagram Reel recently, your friends may be able to see it, thanks to a new Instagram update. Instagram Reels is introducing a new friends tab that shows you all the videos your friends have liked and engaged with, the company announced Friday. The new feature is rolling out starting today for US users.

The app gave places like an ice cream shop/wine bar fame, and sometimes overwhelmed them with crowds. Influencers and destinations await the fallout.

With TikTok on track to be banned from U.S. app stores starting on Sunday, Instagram is adding new features to Reels, its video-based

Once the law goes into effect Sunday, TikTok will not be available to download in app stores. Should the app go dark Sunday, users have the ability to download their favorite content — both photos and videos — before the ban takes place.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app in the U.S. The ruling lines up with decisions other courts have made and sets up the ban to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.

Experts say no other app offers the same financial opportunities as TikTok, while creators fear loss of income if it disappears.

TikTok might be gone — but its effects have changed us forever. Whatever happens to the app, the TikTokification of American life is here to stay.

Instagram is introducing a new feature to entice former TikTok users to choose it over RedNote but it's something that makes your watch history public.

At the time, India was TikTok’s biggest foreign market outside of China, with 200 million users. (For comparison, the U.S. currently has over 170 million TikTok users.) Following military clashes along the disputed border between India and China,