OpenAI has unveiled its strategy to expand the ChatGPT service, along with plans to introduce new advertisements to broaden access to artificial intelligence. OpenAI explained that as AI evolves into personalized super assistants, who has access to this technology has a significant impact on the expansion of social opportunities. OpenAI has been providing powerful AI to more people through its free version and ChatGPT Go, a low-cost subscription model. ChatGPT Go […] last year
Apple has chosen Google's Gemini, rather than OpenAI's ChatGPT, as the AI foundation for the next-generation Siri. In a joint statement released on January 12, 2026, Apple and Google announced a multi-year collaboration to build the next-generation Apple Foundation model on top of the Gemini model and Google Cloud technologies. This model will underpin future Apple Intelligence features and will be applied to a more personalized Siri by 2026. In the joint statement, Apple stated that after an evaluation process […]
A smartphone app in China that helps verify the whereabouts of single-person households is garnering attention after topping the paid app store charts. The app is titled "Are You Dead?" and is written as 死了么 in Chinese. It is designed so that users press a check-in button once a day to report they are alive. If a check-in is not made for two consecutive days, an alert is automatically sent to a pre-designated emergency contact the following day. When a user living alone loses contact, family and acquaintances can [… ]
On January 14, 2026, Google unveiled Personal Intelligence, a new AI experience with enhanced personalization capabilities. This feature is being offered first in the U.S. as a beta and is designed to allow users to connect their Google apps to receive more personalized assistance. Through this, Google stated its goal of developing Gemini into a more personal, proactive, and powerful AI. Personal Intelligence [uses] information from Google apps such as Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Search [… ]
Apple has unveiled Apple Creator Studio, which bundles productivity apps for video editing, music production, and image editing into a single subscription. Apple Creator Studio is a collection of creative apps centered around Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro, and also includes Motion, Compressor, and MainStage. The service will launch on the App Store on January 28, 2026, and the domestic price will be 19,000 won per month or 190,000 won per year. A one-month free trial is offered to new subscribers, and [… ]
User reactions have been mixed since Apple introduced Liquid Glass, a design language featuring a transparent texture, across its entire product line in the 2025 update cycle. While some say the appearance of iOS 26 has become familiar over time, Mac users are pointing to macOS Tahoe's menu icons as a bigger problem. Nikki Tonsky, known as a software engineer and designer, [in a blog post titled 'It's hard to justify Tahoe icons'] [… ]
Lenovo unveiled cross-device AI Qira at CES 2026. Lenovo announced Lenovo Qira and Motorola Qira at CES 2026, held in Las Vegas, USA, on January 6, 2026. Qira is personalized ambient intelligence designed to provide consistent intelligence across various devices, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, and wearables. It works by understanding context at a system level, tracking user actions, and offering assistance when needed, all without the need to open a separate app. […]
Google announced that it will be implementing a number of Gemini-based features in Gmail, transforming the inbox into a personalized, proactive assistant. Google explained that Gmail currently has 3 billion users. While it has previously offered features like Smart Reply and AI-powered spam blocking, the company believes that with email traffic reaching record levels, the burden of searching and organizing has grown. The key to this update is AI Overview. When you open a long, threaded email, Gmail will now display a conversational […]
OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Health, a new service designed to help people securely manage and understand their personal health information. ChatGPT Health connects personal medical records and wellness data with ChatGPT's intelligence to provide a more systematic understanding of health. Health and wellness is already one of ChatGPT's most popular areas. According to OpenAI, over 230 million users worldwide use ChatGPT every week […]
Files, a third-party file explorer app for Windows, has incorporated PowerToys' Peek feature. Starting with Files 4.0.24, users can quickly preview files by selecting an item and pressing the Spacebar without opening a separate app. Distribution began in late December 2025, between Christmas and the New Year. Peek aims to function similarly to Quick Look in macOS Finder. It is designed to display a preview window as an overlay to avoid interrupting the workflow. [… ]
Telegram has announced its first update of 2026. This update highlights the broader adoption of the Liquid Glass interface on iOS and the addition of AI summaries to channel posts and Instant View pages. Telegram emphasized that all features are designed to maximize privacy and protect user data. AI summaries instantly condense long channel posts, allowing users to see key content without having to read the entire post.
MetroCard, the symbol of New York subway and bus payments, has concluded an era spanning over 30 years. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that starting January 1, 2026, new MetroCards will no longer be available for purchase or top-up. The final sales and top-ups ended on December 31, 2025, and fare payments will completely transition to a One Metro New York (OMNY) based tap system. MetroCard was officially introduced in 1994, replacing tokens. The action of swiping the card's magnetic strip at the correct speed and angle [… ]
