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Apple Loop: iPhone 18 Pro Leaks, App Store Verification Worries, MacBook Plans

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This week’s Apple headlines: iPhone 18 Pro leaks, iPhone Air loses value, iOS 26.2 is here, two new MacBooks, iPhone Fold impact, App Store verification issues, and more...

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Running Android apps on your Windows 11 PC is about to feel slightly better

www.digitaltrends.com

Android app streaming on Windows 11 is getting a subtle upgrade. A new expanded mode in Phone Link makes apps feel less cramped on large monitors, bringing the experience closer to something you might actually want to use daily.

You Can Finally Download Fortnite From Android's Biggest App Store Again

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After years of being exiled from Android's official app store, Fortnite is making a comeback in the U.S. Here's everything you need to know about its return.

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Use remains strong for food delivery apps despite rising costs

triblive.com

James Duty used food delivery apps pretty regularly until about a year ago, when the costs began hitting his wallet a little too hard.

Google’s experimental AI browser is here, and it turns your open tabs into custom apps

www.notebookcheck.net

Google is running a new AI-powered browser experiment called Disco, and its first trick is a feature that can turn your open tabs into interactive apps. The Gemini-3–powered prototype is available only through a waitlist, but some of the…

Tools for Humanity expands World app toward super-app model

cointelegraph.com

The release introduces World Chat with end-to-end encryption, DeFi-powered yield via Morpho and QR-code payments at more than one million merchants in Argentina.

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Elon Musk Won't Love Apple's List of 2025 Top Apps -- Blame Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg

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Apple's top downloaded apps in 2025 included AI and social media companies, but Elon Musk was left out.

Epic Games thinks it has finally cracked open Apple's App Store. Investors aren't convinced.

Apple's App Store is a huge and increasingly important money maker. Epic Games' CEO says a new court ruling could finally slash its 27% in-app fees.

If I could only self-host one app, it would be this one

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Self-hosting has many benefits, but you also have to prioritize which services you want to spend your time on. This is because self-hosting involves troubleshooting, unexpected downtime, and more maintenance than most consumer cloud…

HomeKit Weekly: Homey’s new Matter Bridge app brings more smart home gear into HomeKit

9to5mac.com

If you have been in the smart home world for any length of time, you may have some older gear that doesn’t support Matter, such as older Zigbee sensors, Z-Wave thermostats, and IR remotes for ceiling fans, etc. They all work fine, but they…

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VPN apps are finally available on Vega OS and the Fire TV Stick 4K Select

www.xda-developers.com

The third-party app situation is starting to improve on Vega OS.

tvOS 26.2 brings kids mode to the Apple TV app

appleinsider.com

It's time to update your Apple TV once again — Apple's just rolled out a tvOS 26.2 for Apple TV and the HomePod line.

Yes, the Google Home app now has M3 Expressive’s short bottom bar [U]

9to5google.com

Material 3 Expressive switched back to a shorter bottom bar, but not all apps — like Google Home — adopted that at launch. That has now changed.

iPadOS 26.2 Now Available With Drag And Drop Apps For Multitasking

www.bgr.com

iPadOS 26.2 is now available for all supported iPad models, bringing back a useful multitasking feature that users have been clamoring for.

Google's 'Disco' experiment is an AI browser that turns your tabs into mini apps

www.androidcentral.com

Google announced its AI experiment, Disco, which features custom apps based on your tabs called "GenTabs."

Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Startup Launches ‘Super App’

gizmodo.com

Want to chat with your friends? Please look into this orb.

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Source: livestream shopping app Whatnot nears ~$1B in revenue for 2025; Whatnot says it has passed $6B in gross sales this year, more than doubling 2024's sales (Ann Gehan/The Information)

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Source: livestream shopping app Whatnot nears ~$1B in revenue for 2025; Whatnot says it has passed $6B in gross sales this year, more than doubling 2024's sales — Livestream shopping app Whatnot is targeting close to $1 billion in revenue…

Epic Games CEO Says Apple Should Be Paid for App Review Only, Not External Purchase 'Junk Fees'

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has said that he will never agree to share revenue with Apple for external purchases linked from iOS apps, even after a U.S. appeals court ruled that Apple is entitled to charge a reasonable fee for such…

Sam Altman’s World App Adds Payments Features Within Chat

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World, an organization co-founded by Sam Altman, has updated its app to include a native chat function, payments and third-party apps. The new World App began rolling out in more than 100 countries Friday (Dec. 12), the company said in a…

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Retro, a photo-sharing app for friends, lets you ‘time-travel’ through your camera roll

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Retro's new feature, Rewind, lets you look back at your photo memories and scroll through them with a dial.