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AI & Tech

Meta’s Muse Outpaces ChatGPT in Early Mobile Launch

Meta's new AI assistant, Muse, has outpaced ChatGPT in early adoption metrics, recording 1.8 million downloads and higher daily active…

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AI & Tech

Meta Launches New AI Subscription Plans

Meta has launched Meta One, a tiered subscription service integrating advanced AI capabilities like image and video generation across Facebook,…

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Entertainment

TV Time app shuts down; founder launches Bingers for fans

TV Time is shutting down on July 15, 2026, but original co-founder Antonio Pinto is building a successor app called…

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AI & Tech

TV Time app shuts down as parent company pivots to AI

The TV Time app will shut down on July 15, 2026, with the official reason being high maintenance costs and…

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AI & Tech

Finnish phone maker HMD adds Indian AI chatbot to new smartphone for local push

HMD launched the Vibe 2 5G smartphone in India, preloaded with the Indus AI assistant developed by Indian firm Sarvam,…

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AI & Tech

Image AI models surpass chatbots in driving app growth

Image model releases now drive 6.5 times more mobile app downloads than traditional chatbot updates, with Google's Gemini and OpenAI's…

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AI & Tech

Truecaller struggles as growth slows in mature market

Truecaller's growth is stalling in its critical Indian market, with downloads falling 16% year-over-year in 2025 and its stock dropping…

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Drives App Store Growth in 2026

Contrary to predictions, AI is fueling a dramatic resurgence in mobile app development, with global app releases surging by 60%…

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AI & Tech

Meta AI App Hits Top 5 After Muse Spark Release

Meta's AI app surged into the top five on the U.S. App Store, driven by the launch of its new…

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AI & Tech

OpenAI Shifts Focus, Ends Sora Development

OpenAI has discontinued its Sora video generation app and API as part of a major corporate refocus ahead of its…

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AI & Tech

Mirage secures $75M for AI video editing app Captions

Mirage (formerly Captions) secured $75 million in growth financing to expand from a single app into an AI lab, developing…

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Entertainment

Vurt: The Vertical Video Platform for Indie Filmmakers

The rise of short-form vertical video has created a major opportunity for independent creators, leading to the launch of "Vurt",…

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AI & Tech

Claude App Hits Top 10 After Super Bowl AI Mockery

Anthropic's Super Bowl ads, which humorously critiqued ad-supported AI, successfully drove a major surge in U.S. downloads for its Claude…

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BigTech Companies

UpScrolled’s Fast Growth Fuels Hate Speech Moderation Crisis

UpScrolled, a rapidly growing social media platform, is failing to control widespread hate speech and racial slurs in usernames and…

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AI & Tech

OpenAI’s Sora App Faces Challenges After Stellar Launch

OpenAI's Sora video-generation app is experiencing a significant slowdown, with sharp declines in user downloads and in-app spending following its…

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BigTech Companies

UpScrolled Downloads Surge After TikTok US Takeover

TikTok's U.S. ownership restructuring, which reduced ByteDance's stake, has prompted user migration due to concerns over political bias and content…

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Artificial Intelligence

Best Apps to Make New Friends in 2026

The rise of remote work and social isolation has fueled significant demand for friendship apps, which offer structured, digital platforms…

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AI & Tech

ChatGPT App Hits $3B in Consumer Spending Milestone

The ChatGPT mobile app has reached an estimated $3 billion in global consumer spending in just 31 months, a milestone…

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Artificial Intelligence

Sora for Android Hits 500K Downloads on Day One

The Sora Android app achieved 470,000 downloads on its first day, significantly surpassing the iOS launch due to a broader…

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BigTech Companies

Apple Pulls Women’s Dating Safety App from App Store

Apple removed the women's dating safety app Tea from its App Store for violating terms related to content moderation and…

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