Month: December 2025

Apple reveals the most popular free iPhone apps of 2025 — and there’s a surprise runner-up to ChatGPT

Apple has already crowned the 2025 App Store Winners – a relatively short list of 17 apps and games with spotlights across each of its platforms (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Vision Pro included). But today, the Cupertino-based tech giant is also sharing a bit of the…

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Hinge adds AI-inspired Convo Starters to help daters stop overthinking the first message

Hinge’s new Convo Starters feature uses AI to suggest personalized opening lines between matches The suggestions are based on user profiles, but the actual message must be composed by a human The tool is designed to boost confidence and help users send more thoughtful first messages Hinge is taking a…

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Mega Dimension DLC is more of the same — for better and worse

Pokémon Legends: Z-A got its first major DLC drop today – with the arrival of Mega Dimension. I’ve played a few hours of it, and while I need to play more before I issue my final judgment, I’m a little disappointed to say it’s more of the same flavor we’ve…

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Columbia goes full Endor for its latest Star Wars collaboration — and we spoke to the team behind it

Columbia Sportswear is back with a new Star Wars collaboration, and this year the brand has shifted its attention from Sith Lords to the forests of Endor for its annual drop. The aptly named Endor Collection is Columbia’s largest Star Wars release yet: a 20-piece lineup that recreates the look…

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Microsoft finally realizes the threat SteamOS poses — but its promises to fix Windows 11 for PC gaming are too little, too late

I’ve been a PC gamer for over 30 years, and during that time, Microsoft’s operating systems (first MS-DOS, then various shades of Windows) have essentially been the default choice when building or buying a PC for gaming. Because of Windows’ ‘popularity’ on PC, compared to alternatives like Linux, any game…

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Donald Trump reminds the entire world he has no idea what 6G means

So we’re into 6G now, yeesh. 5G — I was a leader on 5G, getting that done, and now they’re up to 6. What does that do, give you a little bit deeper view into somebody’s skin? See how perfect it is. I liked the cameras of the old days.…

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