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Instapaper, the Original Read-It-Later App, Just Got a Huge Upgrade
Instapaper updates its app with a new three-column layout and improved features for better reading experience.
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Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps
Microsoft is merging its Copilot-branded consumer and business apps, and ditching a number of unsuccessful AI features. The company will combine the functionality of its consumer-facing Copilot app and the more business-oriented Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
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The Downsides Of Switching From iPhone To Android
The author shares their experience switching from iPhone to Android, highlighting the downsides of making the switch, including software inconsistencies, app availability, and hardware differences.
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WhatsApp Gets a Handy @all Feature for Group Chats
WhatsApp is rolling out new features for group chats, including an @all notification that bypasses mute settings, enhanced polling options, and the ability to create splinter groups easily.
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Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
Gen Z dating apps like Ditto are ditching swiping in favor of AI matchmaking. Ditto's founders, Allen Wang and Eric Liu, aim to help their peers connect without the messiness of apps like Tinder and Hinge.
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MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store
MacPaw has partnered with Liquid AI to integrate locally hosted AI models into its products and eventually offer this on-device inference technology to developers building for its SetApp app store.
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Meet Wrinkles, an app that uncovers the hidden stories of the places around you
Wrinkles is an AI-powered app that uses your location to surface stories about the places around you. It's available on both iOS and Android and can tell you the secrets behind a building, the history of a street, and other local lore.
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Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership
Spotify is expanding its AI remix and covers project with a new partnership with Merlin, a licensing partner for independent labels and distributors. The deal brings more than 30,000 labels from Merlin's network to the product, which will allow fan-made covers and remixes…
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Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active
Several apps aim to help users break free from doomscrolling by encouraging physical activity before accessing social media. These apps use various methods, such as blocking access to distracting apps until daily fitness or productivity goals are met, or requiring users t…
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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content
Snapchat has updated its Spotlight policy to stop rewarding fully AI-generated videos, aiming to prioritize authentic human creativity while still allowing AI tools for content enhancement.
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Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star
Midjourney has acquired personalized astrology app Co-Star, with founder Banu Guler becoming chief design officer and helping build Midjourney's first standalone apps.
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Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage
Cognition acquired Poke, an AI assistant that interacts with users like a friend, to bring its personality to Cognition's coding assistant Devin. Poke will use Cognition's models and infrastructure to become faster and more reliable.
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Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models
Anthropic has updated its Claude voice mode with more capable models, allowing users to choose between Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models. The new voice mode can help users with longer conversations and tap into other apps like Gmail and Google Calendar.
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Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads
Yope, a startup building a private social network without algorithms or ads, has raised $12.3 million in a seed round led by Northzone. The app focuses on micro communities, where friends and family interact in private, sharing photos, videos, and messages.
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X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X has released a completely rebuilt Android app after a year-long development effort, promising faster performance, smoother scrolling, and improved notifications.
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Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps
Google has updated its AI Mode to allow users to link and interact with select apps, including Instacart, Canva, and YouTube. This update expands AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps users regularly use.
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Ultrahuman's former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
Aina, a Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based startup, has raised $5.5 million for its devices that control AI agents, not just record you. The company's first product is Dune, a three-key, context-aware 'macro' keyboard that can control the mic and camera in a meeting and r…
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Meta now alerts parents if their teen discussed suicide or self-harm with its AI chatbot
Meta has announced that it will now notify parents if their teen discusses suicide or self-harm with the company's Meta AI chatbot. The alerts are live for parents using Instagram Parental Supervision in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada, and will roll out globally by…
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Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to users on its free tier
Spotify has expanded its parent-managed accounts feature to users on its free tier, allowing families in the U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, and the Netherlands to create a 'Managed Account' for their child.
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Reelful's AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media
Reelful, a new iOS app, uses AI to automatically turn photos and video clips from your camera roll into polished TikTok- and Instagram Reels-style videos for social media.
I tested Google Maps vs. Waze to find the best navigation app - and this one wins
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I tested Google Maps vs. Waze to find the best navigation app - and this one wins
ZDNET's senior contributing editor compares Google Maps and Waze to determine the best navigation app. Waze excels at fast rerouting and real-time driver alerts, while Google Maps offers more features and deep Gemini integration.
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Waze adds new AI-powered features and customization updates
Waze, the Google-owned navigation app, is getting new AI-powered features and customization updates, including the ability to report road updates conversationally and get personalized navigation.
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Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat
College app Fizz has accused investor Jerry Lu of sharing confidential information with rival Sidechat, raising questions about the role of venture capitalists in competitive startup markets.
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Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI
Anthropic’s Claude is rolling out a new feature called Reflect, which lets users track and visualize their AI habits. The feature subtly makes the case for why users should keep using AI, framing it as a highly utilized productivity tool and a part of their everyday workf…
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Truecaller clashes with India's telecom regulator over anti-spam rules
Truecaller has clashed with India's telecom regulator over rules governing caller ID apps, saying the country's anti-spam framework is making it harder to protect consumers from unwanted calls.
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Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
Meta is updating its AI glasses to disable the camera if the LED light indicating recording has been tampered with. However, the company is also pushing features that ask users to surrender more of their privacy, including training its AI on their images and enabling AI f…
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Meta quietly launches vibe-coded gaming app Pocket
Meta has quietly launched Pocket, a new AI-powered app that enables users to generate small, interactive games and experiences, referred to as "gizmos," using written prompts.
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Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac
Google's AI agent, Gemini Spark, is now available on Mac, integrating with the existing Gemini desktop app and adding new features like real-time topic tracking and connections to Google Tasks, Google Keep, and various third-party apps.
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Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users
Google has made its personalized AI image generation feature, powered by Nano Banana, free for all eligible U.S. users of the Gemini app, a service previously exclusive to paid subscribers.
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Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators
Facebook has launched a stand-alone AI companion app for creators to help them grow their audiences. The app includes a built-in AI assistant and features like an AI-powered comment tool.