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The bill headed to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox has pitted Facebook and Instagram operator Meta against app store giants Apple and Google over who should be responsible for verifying ages. Similar bills have been introduced in at least 12 other states in the latest fight over children’s digital safety.

Utah has a problem with TikTok and how minors use it. The platform said it has safety protocols in place to protect them.

Lawmakers say recent tweaks to Utah’s strict social media laws “absolutely” led to a judge’s dismissal of a portion of the legal challenge to them.

The data gathered through Utah’s year-old Roadkill Reporter app is helping the state better understand migration patterns and keep highways safe.

A public hearing on the rule will be held Nov. 1. Public comment closes Feb. 5.

Fall means it’s hunting season for many residents in our region. One popular way to hunt and fish is to lease land from private property owners for a more one-of-a-kind experience, and technology is changing the way people find these opportunities.

All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most of the world’s cellphones.

The six-wheeled bots know their own way around campus and hardly ever get stuck.

Brigham Young University researchers found that sexual assault perpetrators who meet their victims on a dating app are more likely to be violent, and the victims have high levels of mental illness.

Social media is getting civic in Salt Lake City. Nextdoor is a free private social network that gets neighbors communicating with each other about local…

Say you’re a volunteer at the London Olympics and a Korean tourist asks you a question. But you don’t speak Korean. Well now with the new translator…