After a decade of absence, the addictive mobile game Flappy Bird is officially making its return to Android users, causing a wave of nostalgia and excitement. The new version is available for free via the Epic Games Store, marking the revival of a title that was a phenomenon in the history of mobile gaming. Flappy Bird was created in 2013 by independent developer Dong Nguyen from Vietnam. Without much promotion, the simple but challenging gameplay experience based on side-scrolling mechanics and Super Mario-inspired graphics managed to climb to the top of the Google Play and App Stores, reaching over 50…
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App stores have a huge variety of apps, but for Android users, the selection on the Google Play Store has shrunk dramatically in the past year. Since the beginning of 2024, the total number of apps available worldwide has fallen from around 3.4 million to just 1.8 million, according to research from Appfigures. That’s a massive 47% drop, meaning almost half of the apps that once existed have now disappeared. Interestingly, this isn’t a universal trend. Apple’s iOS App Store, by contrast, saw a slight increase in its app count over the same period, remaining stable at around 1.64 million…
Of all the e-bikes that have passed through my garage during testing, Urtopia’s Carbon Fusion GT has drawn the most unsolicited praise for its appearance. “What a beautiful bike” is the most frequent comment. After I tell visitors about the Fusion GT’s dual wheel hub motors, carbon fiber frame, GPS anti-theft tracking, Bluetooth speaker, voice-responsive AI feature, and the cleverly designed second battery that resembles a water bottle, the usual response is, “That yellow finish is awesome.” Urtopia calls it Vital Orange. The Fusion GT’s handlebars, headset, front suspension, wheels, fenders, and kickstand are all black, which nicely offsets the…
OpenAI chief Sam Altman launched his World crypto project in 2023, and now it’s coming to the U.S. in a big way. The sci-fi-sounding initiative uses an orb to scan your iris to create your very own World ID, which the company describes as a “digital passport.” In return for registering, you get some free World (WLD) cryptocurrency, which you can add to later or spend whenever you like. Your World ID will also allow you to sign in and authenticate into web, mobile, and decentralized apps, anonymously showing that you’re a unique human and not a bot or AI…
At Adobe Max London 2025, the company unveiled exciting new AI-powered features for its content-creation app, Adobe Express. These latest tools are designed to make crafting fresh content on the fly not only easier but also more enjoyable. First introduced in 2021, Adobe Express caters to those who lack the time (or budget) for full-featured Adobe products like Adobe Photoshop. Instead, it offers an all-in-one, cloud-based content creation solution built on the principles of simplicity and efficiency. It empowers users to swiftly create engaging content for popular social media platforms like TikTok and Reels. Adobe Express will introduce four innovative…
For the past two years, Motorola has launched two new flip-style folding phones. The entry-level Razr was joined by the flagship Razr Plus, but this year, the company is expanding the lineup with the new Razr Ultra 2025. The Razr Plus has been my favorite flip phone for the past two years, but the new Razr Ultra 2025 means that the Razr Plus is no longer Motorola’s flagship. What does this mean for the Razr Plus 2025, and what’s new with this year’s middle flip phone? At an exclusive preview event in New York City yesterday, I had the opportunity…
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) has just taken the wraps off its latest wireless headphones, promising better sound, noise cancellation, comfort, and other improvements. The Px7 S3 will be available in Anthracite Black, Indigo Blue and Canvas White, and are being touted as the brand’s most advanced wireless headphones so far. But that title might not last long — B&W has also said that its next flagship, the Px8 S2, is in the works and should be available later in 2025. The announcement of the Px7 S3 has been partially affected by the tariff situation in the U.S. While B&W has…
Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com. Today, we’re moving from Threads.net to Threads.com and introducing updates that improve the desktop experience. Whether you’re a creator or a casual Threads user, these improvements make it even easier to share fresh perspectives and be part of the communities you love. The transition will coincide with a handful of quality-of-life improvements for the Threads web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, saved posts, and likes, as well as other tools for creating new columns, copying posts for resharing,…
A stunning new image of the sun has been captured by the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Solar Orbiter mission. The image shows the atmosphere around the sun, called the corona, which can reach temperatures of up to 72 million degrees Fahrenheit and is even hotter than the sun’s surface. Solar Orbiter took a total of 200 individual images of the sun, which were stitched together into the mosaic, which is the widest high-resolution image of the sun ever taken. Together, these images show the glowing hot gas which forms the outer atmosphere of the sun and which stretches for millions…
Hey Siri, book me a table for four people, 7 PM, at Blue Tokai coffee shop in New Friends Colony.Do you want me to use ChatGPT to answer that?. That’s how my exchange with Siri went an hour ago. I tried again, and Apple’s AI assistant opened a Map overview with directions to a furniture shop, a coaching center, and a dessert shop called Lunch on Table. Perplexity’s iOS App just got an update enabling support for the company’s conversational AI voice assistant. Now Apple users can activate the assistant in the app and ask it to perform tasks like…
