CapCut (for Instagram)
If you’ve done any video editing, you’re likely already familiar with CapCut, ByteDance’s feature-rich mobile editing app. Then you’ll probably already know that it disappeared in the US over this weekend, alongside TikTok, Marvel Snap, and a whole host of other apps. Meta unashamedly leapt at the opportunity to fill the gaping hole left by CapCut, and announced Edits – its own mobile editing software.
Instagram head, Adam Mosseri, announced Edits in a post on Threads, diving into its many features, and why it deserves your time more than any other app (not pointing figures at which). Had the TikTok ban stood in the US for more than a couple of hours, this would have proved to be a slam-dunk for Meta. Seeing as how ByteDance’s services returned to the US soon after the announcement, it’s… less impressive.
There’s still no word on when ByteDance’s secondary apps will have their functionality restored, it’s only a matter of time before CapCut is back in the hands of US citizens. Considering Instagram is currently targeting a February release date for the Edits app (you can pre-order it already on the App Store), it may have just lost the mobile editing war before it even began.
This time for Mail
Just about everything is getting a retroactive AI “upgrade”, and Apple’s Mail app for macOS is no stranger to AI – or Apple Intelligence. But now, Apple is bringing more artificial intelligence features to Mail as part of the macOS 15.4 update that’ll help automatically sort your emails into four categories, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter.
The feature, which first hit the iOS mail app in the iOS 18.2 update, should arrive this April barring any internal delays on Apple’s end, and sorts your emails into four categories: Primary, Promotions, Updates, and Transactions. Primary is for those mails deemed time-sensitive and important to you, based on contextual data from your other mails, while the rest are rather self-explanatory.
If the endless clutter of your inbox somehow motivates you to get things done, however, the new categories features don’t have to stick around, if you don’t want them to. A setting to turn off Categories entirely and revert back to the classic ‘List’ view will also be shipped as part of the macOS 18.4 update, currently pencilled in for a release in April this year.
Starfield… where?
Now that Nintendo has officially unveiled the Switch 2, all that remains to be revealed are the games we’re getting down the line. For now, all that’s confirmed is Mario Kart 9 – but what about games from third-party developers? If you believe leaker ‘extas1s‘ (via Reddit), Switch 2 buyers will have access to Diablo IV and Microsoft’s currently exclusive Starfield.
That’s on top of the rumoured ports involving a Call of Duty title, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and Elden Ring. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that Xbox has conceded the console war, and is solely focused on growing its gaming portfolio, throwing exclusives out of the window and porting anything and everything under its considerably large belt.
Starfield is an interesting inclusion as it has yet to make it out of the Xbox ecosystem, even a year after its poorly received launch. But if the rumours of a Switch 2 port are true, it’ll likely end up over on the Xbox’s biggest rival, the PS5, at some point. That might just be the boon necessary to make it everything Microsoft and Bethesda had hoped it would be.
Goodbye, Office. Hello, M365 Copilot
We didn’t complain (much) when Microsoft announced it was raising the prices of its Workspace plans to accommodate the inclusion of its AI assistant, Copilot, whether we liked it or not. But killing off the Office brand to continue shilling your AI assistant? That’s taking it a step too far. It seems Microsoft doesn’t care all that much, with Windows users waking to find the death of Office 365, and “Microsoft 365 Copilot” sitting in its place.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Not only has the name changed, but its branding has been ditched too, in favour of a basic Copilot logo with a simple ‘M365’ slapped on. It’s also a sign of how Microsoft regards its own products – putting AI-first, and productivity second. Whether abandoning its well-known Office branding in favour of this consolidated AI-centric approach is the right move, is unclear. But we’re sure more than a few folks logging in for the first time looking for their MS Office apps are going to be a little confused.
