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Payments using facial recognition are increasing in South Korea as technology improves; South Korean fintech app Toss has expanded its ‘Facepay’ service to over 1 million users (Nami Matsuura/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 21, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon: The future of AI devices, AI fashion, blending reality and computing…

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Several Apple services, including Apple TV, the App Store and iCloud, have been experiencing outages since 6:48 p.m. ET, according to Apple’s system status page (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 21, 2026

Julie Clover / MacRumors: Several Apple services, including Apple TV, the App Store and iCloud, have been experiencing outages since…

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Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 15, 2026

Sarah Pérez / TechCrunch: AppNumbers: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6%…

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A look at WhatsApp’s enormous reach and global influence, and how the messaging app has become the dominant platform for everyday conversations around the world (Sam Knight/New Yorker)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 13, 2026

Sam Knight / New Yorkers: A look at WhatsApp’s enormous global reach and influence, and how the messaging app has…

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Stock of Chinese short-video app Kuaishou has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60 million users (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 10, 2026

Bloomberg: The stock of Chinese short video app Kuaishou has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success…

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Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, plus a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The High Growth Handbook: Molly Graham’s Frameworks for Managing Chaos, Change, and Scale Interviews with world-class…

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A look at the rise of AI companion applications; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with more than 220 million downloads in total as of July 2025 (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Review of the year 2025”, with René Ritchie The director’s commentary track…

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Uber in talks to acquire parking reservation app SpotHero; parking app was last valued at $290 million (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 31, 2025

Featured Podcasts Access: ACCESS Wrapped: Our Favorite Guest Moments So Far A show about the inside conversations of the tech…

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A look at the humans employed to save the robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app to pay between $20 and $24 to manually close robo-taxis doors and between $60 and $80 to tow its cars (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 25, 2025

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: A look at the humans employed to save the robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app…

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A profile of Josh Woodward, the head of Google Labs credited with turning around the Gemini app, increasing its MAUs from 350 million in March to 650 million in October (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI’s potential, Google’s fast model and co-pilot encounter turbulence The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Spirit Airlines’ money ‘won’t last very long’

Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Trump administration decides to reclassify cannabis

Regeneron signs drug pricing deal with Trump, will offer hearing loss treatment for free

What a million dollars can buy you in real estate around the world

Trump falls asleep during Oval Office event as his decline deepens

Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump the stupidest president in history

Republicans attempt to overturn election after Virginia backfires Trump’s Gerrymander

RFK Jr. looked completely crazy during Senate hearing

Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat second-quarter forecasts driven by strong demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Browsing: app

Payments using facial recognition are increasing in South Korea as technology improves; South Korean fintech app Toss has expanded its ‘Facepay’ service to over 1 million users (Nami Matsuura/Nikkei Asia)

Several Apple services, including Apple TV, the App Store and iCloud, have been experiencing outages since 6:48 p.m. ET, according to Apple’s system status page (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

A look at WhatsApp’s enormous reach and global influence, and how the messaging app has become the dominant platform for everyday conversations around the world (Sam Knight/New Yorker)

Stock of Chinese short-video app Kuaishou has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60 million users (Bloomberg)

Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, plus a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

A look at the rise of AI companion applications; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with more than 220 million downloads in total as of July 2025 (Financial Times)

Uber in talks to acquire parking reservation app SpotHero; parking app was last valued at $290 million (The Information)

A look at the humans employed to save the robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app to pay between $20 and $24 to manually close robo-taxis doors and between $60 and $80 to tow its cars (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)

A profile of Josh Woodward, the head of Google Labs credited with turning around the Gemini app, increasing its MAUs from 350 million in March to 650 million in October (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)