Viral call-recording app Neon, downloaded 75,000 times yesterday and ranking in top-five free iPhone apps, shuts down after security breach exposes users' phone numbers and private conversations to any logged-in user.
WhatsApp launches built-in text translation feature for iPhone and Android users, supporting multiple languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic, allowing instant message translation in chats and groups by simply long-pressing messages.
Alphabet integrates Gemini AI into Pixel 10's Tensor G5 chips, creating an on-device AI ecosystem that strengthens its AI flywheel through enhanced privacy, responsiveness, and cross-device experiences, fueling AI revenue potential and offering a compelling long-term investment opportunity.
Apple celebrates 3 billion iPhones shipped since 2007, announces ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air with 6.6-inch screen and single camera lens for $900 amid double-digit iPhone growth.
Apple introduces Foundation Models framework, empowering developers to harness on-device AI models created by Apple, enabling offline AI-driven experiences with features like guided generation and tool calling, natively supported by Swift and accessible with minimal coding.
Google quietly released an Android app called Google AI Edge Gallery that lets users download and run open-source AI models locally on their phones without an internet connection, enabling offline access to capabilities like image generation, question answering, and code writing.
Google Photos celebrates its 10th anniversary with over 1.5 billion monthly users, a redesigned AI-powered editor for Android and iOS, instant album sharing via QR codes, and tools to free up device space by removing backed-up photos while keeping them viewable in the app.
Despite antitrust scrutiny over preinstallation deals, Google struck a hefty agreement with Samsung to make its Gemini AI assistant the default on Samsung devices, raising concerns about potential anticompetitive practices and prompting regulatory action.