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Better Business Bureau issues a consumer alert about the fitness app, Lasta, after customers complain of unauthorized charges.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is leading a multistate coalition of attorneys general targeting the Chinese-owned messaging and payment platform WeChat concerning its connection to money laundering and fentanyl trafficking.
Bristles has created an app that allows furniture restoration professionals and DIY enthusiasts the ability to create designs virtually.
Fashivly is based in Charlotte, founded by Savannah College of Art and Design graduate Ashlyn Greer.
Telematics, or data about when, where, and how you drive, is being collected by insurance companies and statistical organizations.
Pritchard Strong, WRAL consumer producer
The Too Good to Go app recently launched in the Triangle and aims to cut down on food waste. The app also intends to save consumers money.
An app called Too Good to Go lets businesses sell surplus food at a deep discount. The app recently launched in the Triangle and aims to cut down on food waste.
Liz McLaughlin, WRAL Climate Change Reporter
Apple has allegedly squashed competition with restrictive app store terms, high fees and its "walled-garden" approach.
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN
A new panic button and safety communication tool will soon be deployed in 28 schools in the Wake County Public School System.
Artificial Intelligence is being used more each day and now an app is using the technology to help make it easier for you to manage your health from your own home.
Artificial intelligence is being used more often in daily life including in healthcare. One app, Together by Renee, is being marketed as a way to make healthcare more manageable.
Grace Hayba, WRAL health reporter
Backyard pools across the Triangle are available for rent, advertised on the Swimply app as 'Hidden Gem', 'Private Oasis' and 'Tropical Retreat.'
Want to swim while maintaining social distance? Order a private pool for just your pod.
An inside baseball look at forecasting and why the forecast on your phone and what you see on TV is a completely different package.
Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL meteorologist and Ryan Bisesi, multiplatform producer
There has long been bipartisan concern in Washington, D.C., that Beijing would use legal and regulatory power to capture user data to try to push pro-China narratives or even misinformation.
A new app helps Cary drivers stay aware of school zones, pedestrians, cyclists and more.
Brian Shrader, WRAL anchor/reporter
With gas prices reaching record highs, people are looking to save every cent possible. When a viewer told 5 On Your Side a gas station wasn't honoring its reward discount, the team went to work.
Keely Arthur, WRAL 5 On Your Side reporter
The fine print on apps, downloads and many consumer products is designed to protect the makers and can limit user rights.
A father and son have combined their love of collecting with keeping track of the prices by creating an app to track the rise or fall of prices for certain players and cards
What's that snake, and can it hurt me? It's a question often asked says a businessman who helped develop an app to identify whether snakes are dangerous or not.
The app uses your personal information and exact location - and sends it to 911 operators when you're in an emergency.
You might've heard the saying "There's an app for that" and there usually is. Now, there's an app that helps bridge the gap between the community and 911.
Michelle Mackonochie, WRAL anchor/reporter
A federal judge Friday struck a serious blow to Apple’s control of its app store, giving companies a way to avoid handing Apple a cut of their app sales and potentially upending a $100 billion online market.
Jack Nicas and Kellen Browning, New York Times
