Google Earth’s hidden flight simulator is taking off globally
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google Earth’s flight simulator mode is now available globally on the web. To access, you’ll need to open the Google Earth website, hit “Explore…
the App Store had $1.4T in billings and sales globally in 2025; apps with consumer-facing AI saw 4x more billings growth than other apps (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
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Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally
For years, WhatsApp has been a communication layer for businesses of all sizes around the world. Meta is now infusing AI into that layer in a bid to turn WhatsApp…
Google updates Project Genie, its interactive world builder, with Street View integration, and expands access to the tool to AI Ultra subscribers globally (Jessica Conditt/Engadget)
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mass adoption of smartphones and social media may be a primary driver of declining birthrates globally, in part by reducing in-person socializing (John Burn-Murdoch/Financial Times)
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Meta releases its CapCut rival Edits globally
Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching Edits, its CapCut-like video-creation app. Releasing globally, Edits will allow creators to do things like keep track of video ideas, get inspiration…
Alibaba’s AI assistant Quark surpassed ByteDance’s Doubao to become China’s most popular AI app in March, with ~150M and ~100M MAUs globally, respectively (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)
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ChatGPT was the most downloaded app globally in March, excluding games, with 46M downloads across App Store and Google Play, its biggest month ever (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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ChatGPT became the most downloaded app globally in March
ChatGPT became the world’s most downloaded app in March, excluding games, topping the usual contenders for the No. 1 spot, Instagram and TikTok. This is the first time the app…
The world’s thinnest foldable will launch globally in just two weeks
TL;DR Oppo has confirmed plans to launch its next foldable, the Find N5, globally. In a recent post on Weibo, the company suggested that it could launch the device in…