John: 2025 was a different sort of year for apps, which is reflected in this year’s MacStories Selects Awards winners. App innovation comes from many places. Sometimes it’s new Apple APIs or hardware, ...

In context: Microsoft is going in some very wild directions with Windows development, with Notepad being one of the most outstanding guinea pigs in AI and design experimentations. Notepad now has the ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Notepad for Windows 11 now supports table creation with an easy toolbar grid and enhanced AI-powered Write, Rewrite, and Summarize tools for faster text generation. While these ...

Apple's choice to remove an app at the government's behest shows that the App Store is too private to be public, and too public to be private. I describe myself as AppleInsider's resident "First ...

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) is making a stronger push into consumer artificial intelligence by launching a significant upgrade to its chatbot, aiming to catch up with rivals after ...

Who controls what you can do on your mobile phone? What happens when your device can only run what the government decides is OK? We are dangerously close to this kind of totalitarian control, thanks ...

In iOS 26.2 beta 3, Apple is laying the groundwork for a future option that will let iPhone users in Japan choose a different default voice assistant. Right now, a press and hold gesture on the Side ...

Unlock the full potential of Google Assistant on your Android device with expert tips, powerful voice commands, and advanced AI features for smarter everyday use. Pixabay, Simon Google Assistant has ...

Cash App released a slate of new features as part of its fall update, including an AI chatbot that can answer questions about users’ finances, a new benefits program, and the ability to discover ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SpeechLP, an evidence-based AI speech therapy app with articulation games for kids, will officially launch at this year's American Speech-Language-Hearing ...

Adobe is leaning heavily into artificial intelligence. At the company's annual MAX conference in Los Angeles, it announced a slew of new features for its creative apps, almost all of which include ...

Imagine dictating an entire report, brainstorming ideas, or drafting an email, all without lifting a finger or worrying about your data being sent to the cloud. For Mac users, this isn’t just a dream; ...