CarPlay continues to give drivers more choice than ever when it comes to which services to use on the road. For example, CarPlay now works with three top AI chatbot apps. This extends the iPhone experience into the car without requiring special integration between automakers and services.
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Perplexity has released a brand new version of its macOS app that is replacing the company’s previous Mac software.
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WWDC 2026 is just around the corner, and Apple has highlighted four Swift Student Challenge app winners. This year, Apple points out AI tools Swift Student Challenge winners are using to help bring their ideas to life.
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Prime members have access to unlimited photo backup, and Amazon just redesigned its Photos app for iPhone users.
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Meta’s latest attempt to comply with age verification requirements in Europe, Brazil and the US is to roll out AI-powered tech to analyse the faces of teenage users of Facebook and Instagram.
The company says AI analysis will be used to estimate the ages of faces but that it does not amount to face recognition. Update: It doesn’t appear to be working too well – a 12yo kid fooled it by using an eyebrow pencil to draw a fake mustache …
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Look, it’s Friday. OpenAI updated Codex. It has Tamagotchi-style pets. You can make your own. Lil Finder Guy is hovering over my Dock.
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Epic Games has launched its Star Wars-themed Fortnite update for May, and the release comes with the arrival of Fortnite on the iPhone in Japan.
Fortnite returned to the iPhone and iPad in the US this month a year ago. Next, Epic Games is targeting iOS availability in another region soon. Meanwhile, Fortnite’s return to the Mac doesn’t sound too promising.
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Your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like Can You Escape: The Collection, Old Man’s Journey, Little Big Workshop, Cell Clone Wars:Pro, Through the Darkest of Times, ELOH, and more. Alongside those, Amazon has now undercut the official Pixel 10 Pro XL deal (now $300 off), TCL’s TAB A1 Plus Android Tablet is down at $230, and NXTPAPER models are starting from $180. As for the apps, everything awaits below.
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Netflix has once again made a controversial change to its Apple TV app. In recent weeks, the company has stopped using the native tvOS 26 video player in favor of a custom player similar to the one it uses on other TV platforms.
In practice, this makes the most common interactions more cumbersome and blocks users from using platform-specific Apple TV features.
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Your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like Skel and Defense, Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, SRPG Eldgear, Hexologic – Sudoku Puzzle Game, and more. The Android hardware deals are on fire this week with up to $300 off Pixel 10 devices and an additional $50 off the base Pixel 10 ($250 off in total), a new Amazon low on Pixel 10a, and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL at a giant $470 off today. All of the apps await below.
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As part of iOS 26, Apple launched a revamped experience for airline boarding passes in Apple Wallet.
United and Southwest rolled out support for the new iOS 26 boarding pass experience last year.
Now, American Airlines has officially followed suit by supporting key new boarding pass features in Apple Wallet.
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XChat, the standalone messaging app from X, is now available. X’s new iPhone and iPad app has officially arrived on the App Store.
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Thursday’s lineup of the best iOS game and app deals is now ready to go, including titles like Bright Reappear, Bendy: Lone Wolf, Endling, Bendy and the Dark Revival, Vohenn, Art of Rally, New Pixels, and more. On your way down, scope out the ongoing spring sale pricing on AirPods Pro 3, this new Amazon all-time low on Apple’s most affordable new 13-inch M5 MacBook Air, this 1TB M5 MacBook Pro back at its best Amazon price ever, and the least pricey Magic Keyboard sitting at its all-time best price on Amazon. The apps await below.
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Last week, Apple released iOS 26.4, which enabled support for voice-based AI apps to CarPlay for the first time.
Just a few days later, OpenAI has updated the ChatGPT app for iPhone to take advantage of this change. Now, ChatGPT is fully accessible via a dedicated CarPlay app.
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Apple today announced the “biggest update since its launch” for the Analytics platform inside App Store Connect. Apple touts that there are more than 100 new metrics, new cohort capabilities, new reports for subscriptions and benchmarks, and more.
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Looking to refresh your home, pantry, or even your office this spring? It might start with something simple: a 1-year Sam’s Club membership for just $15—a steep drop from the usual $50 membership price.
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Your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like SENTINEL 519: SAGA – GENESIS, Cat Quest, The Last Game, Hitman GO, Deus Ex GO, Dungeons of Dreadrock 2, and more. We also have the unlocked Pixel 10 Pro Fold at a giant $600 off, a massive $920 discount on Samsung’s 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 240Hz curved gaming monitor, Google Pixelsnap cases for Pixel 10/Pro and 10 XL at 50% off, and a giant $600 off unlocked Motorola Razr+ units in brand new condition. Head below for the apps.
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Your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app awaits below, including titles like Rush Rally 3, Rush Rally Origins, The Macabre Journey: Dark 3D, Cultist Simulator, Save the Puppies Premium, Stickman Master Premium, and more. Just remember, there is only one week left for Galaxy S26 pre-order deals – exclusive $180 store credit, up to $900 off with trade, and more. Head below for today’s apps.
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TikTok is setting itself apart from most other online platforms that offer messaging by stating that it won’t be introducing end-to-end encryption to ensure the privacy of direct messages.
This means that the company will be able to read messages sent between users, which is likely to cause concerns even after its US operations were separated from its Chinese owner …
Update: Added comment from TikTok below
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Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over age verification – Reddit for failing to properly check ages, and Discord for using a controversial third-party service.
Reddit has been fined £14.5 ($19.5M) million for the unlawful use of children’s personal information, while Discord has experienced a user backlash …
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The team behind Dark Sky is back with a new weather app for iPhone called “Acme Weather.” One of the primary goals of Acme Weather, according to the team, is to address “forecast uncertainty.”
Rather than simply giving you a “single best guess” like other weather apps, Acme Weather acknowledges that it the forecast it’s showing might be wrong … and offers up some alternatives.
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Thursday’s collection of the best Android game and app deals awaits below, including titles like 1943 Deadly Desert, Aces of the Luftwaffe, an ongoing deal on the wonderful DREDGE, Tiny Terraces, some freebie icon packs, and more. If you don’t need any of the details on the Galaxy Z TriFold restock tomorrow, be sure to dive into the new Google Pixel 10a pre-order deals while you still can – FREE $100 gift cards from Amazon, a FREE set of Pixel Buds, and more – as well as this deal on Lenovo’s 2025 OLED Chromebook Plus 14 and a chance to score the originally $500 Google Pixel Watch 3 LTE now at $170 on Amazon. As for the apps, hit the jump for a closer look.
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Nintendo unveiled its new My Mario toy and collectible lineup last summer before officially launching it stateside last month. Fast forward today and you’ll now find some of the Nintendo Store exclusive live in its New York and San Francisco storefronts as well as the new and very FREE My Mario app available for download on iOS, Android, and on the eShop.
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