Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year. For the U.S. market, OpenAI’s ChatGPT topped the ranks of free iPhone apps (not including games) with the most installs in 2025.
The AI app was followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google’s Gemini.
ChatGPT made it to No. 4 last year, but the top spot was taken by Chinese shopping app Temu. In 2023, the AI app didn’t make the top-10 list despite being released on the iPhone in May 2023 to a strong debut.
Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark.
Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue scrolling and posting freely until they are caught.
The new law means social media firms – including Meta, TikTok and YouTube – must take ”reasonable steps” to ensure Australians aged under 16 don’t hold accounts on their platforms.
Sharon Osbourne has revealed the touching final words that Ozzy said to her before he passed away.
The Prince Of Darkness died on July 22 at his family home in Buckinghamshire. He passed away due to a heart attack, but was in poor health beforehand as he suffered from coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s.
Sneaky Sasquatch has been one of Apple Arcade’s most popular titles for years, and Apple has just announced a new update and special Apple Store experiences coming.
Today alongside debuting Apple Arcade’s lineup of new games coming next month, Apple also announced new offerings related to hit game Sneaky Sasquatch.
Sneaky Sasquatch is a unique title in many ways. Most notably because unlike most Arcade games, it’s actually owned 100% by Apple.
iFixit has launched a new AI repair assistant known as FixBot. The company says Fixbot will make it faster and easier than ever before to figure out what’s wrong and how to fix it.
There are both free and paid options, although the feature list suggests that the free option is very limited. The subscription tier is free for a limited time …
iFixit is of course well-known for its teardowns of new devices, as well as providing both tools and instructions for carrying out a very wide range of DIY repairs. The company says that it supports more than 72,000 products ranging from iPhones to motorcycles, and that it has helped its customers make more than 100 million successful repairs.
Stability is nice to have in life. And Nintendo clearly believes it’s good for the company’s hybrid consoles. That’s why updates improving stability for Switch 2 and the original Switch are now available, bringing both hardware versions up to 21.1.0.
Nintendo started rolling out the new system updates for Switch and Switch 2 yesterday, December 8. Both patch notes are the same: ”General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.” This is also the same language from a Switch 2 update in September, and stability patches have been joked about regarding Nintendo for years at this point.
