Android’s upcoming NameDrop alternative just picked up a new animation

The custom animation shows up around the bezel when two phones are brought together.

Apple’s best apps and games list just dropped and now we know its plans for 2026

Tim Cook gave the usual speech about these apps "enriching people’s lives," but if you look past the PR talk, the winners actually tell us a lot about where tech is going right now. It’s all about AI helping us get work done, video getting more immersive, and gaming finally feeling at home on Mac and mixed reality.

People are spending more time on Gemini compared to ChatGPT

ChatGPT still holds a strong lead overall, reaching around 810 million monthly active users, but its growth in that same period (Aug–Nov) was only 6%, signaling a slowdown.