Announced on the official Facebook Diversity page, the social network has rolled out 50 new alternative gender identity choices for users that include options such as transgender, bigender and cisgender. Prior to this point, Facebook users could only choose male or female as their gender. In addition to the new custom gender options, Facebook users can also choose which pronoun should be used to address them within the feed. Basically, there’s a new option for going completely gender neutral, thus the user would be referred to as “they,” “their” or “them” within updates on the social network.
Writing about the changes, a representative for Facebook said “We collaborated with our Network of Support, a group of leading LGBT advocacy organizations, to offer an extensive list of gender identities that many people use to describe themselves…We also have added the ability for people to control the audience with whom they want to share their custom gender. We recognize that some people face challenges sharing their true gender identity with others, and this setting gives people the ability to express themselves in an authentic way.”
If users wish to modify their gender identity on Facebook in the future, they simply need to access the “About” section of their profile and select the “Basic Information” section to locate the settings. While it’s unlikely that Facebook will release statistics on the total number of users that shift into a new gender role, it’s likely a welcome change for transgender users that previously avoided the social network due to limitations of the platform.
Commending Facebook on the shift in gender identification, GLAAD released a statement which read “Facebook users from across the country have been asking for the ability to reflect their gender accurately, and today Facebook showed they have been listening. Facebook’s new gender options will make a difference to many transgender and gender nonconforming users, who are now empowered to accurately describe their own identities on the platform.”
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
I have lost count of how many times I have gone to bed thinking I will finally sleep on time, only to somehow end up scrolling Instagram or X again. A few minutes turn into an hour, then another, and before I notice, it is 2 or 3 a.m. The next morning, I am usually annoyed with myself because I could have just slept and felt considerably better for the day ahead.
It is also a surprisingly hard habit to beat. Knowing you should put the phone down does not always help once it is already in your hand. Brick Night is a new gadget built around that exact problem. Instead of relying on you to remember to turn on an app blocker, it automatically restricts selected apps and websites when your phone enters your chosen sleep space during the hours you set.
WhatsApp’s scheduled messages are finally making their way onto the iPhone. We first saw the feature pop up way back in February 2026. Then, just last week, the feature became usable for select Android beta testers.
Now, it's arriving to the iPhone, with WhatsApp rolling out scheduled messages to some iOS beta testers running version 26.42.10.19 through TestFlight. The WABetaInfo report says that access will expand to additional testers over the coming weeks, although WhatsApp still hasn’t announced when everyone will get it.