New app submissions to Apple’s App Store have surged 84%, driven largely by developers armed with AI-powered coding assistants that are lowering the barrier to software creation. Apple’s App Store just experienced a flood of new submissions unlike anything it has seen in years. According to reporting from 9to5Mac, new app submissions surged 84% in…
A sharp rise in new mobile apps is pointing to a shift in how software gets built – and who is building it. Recent data shows that AI coding tools are changing the scale of app creation. According to data reported by Apple and cited by 9to5Mac, the number of new app submissions to the…
Thanks to the new possibilities afforded by AI coding tools, the App Store is seeing a resurgence in new app submissions, even as Apple continues to take issue with some of the ways these apps are built and behave. Here are the details. Amid app submission surge, Apple turns to AI to scale App Store…
Google has quietly launched a free offline-first AI dictation app for iOS, leveraging its lightweight Gemma models to compete directly with established players like Wispr Flow. Google just dropped something interesting on the iOS App Store, and hardly anyone noticed. The company quietly released a new offline-first AI dictation app that runs its Gemma language…
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Recently, we at Cybernews released an AI Adoption Index — a study that examines which countries use AI apps the most per capita. In this report, we’re zooming in on the G7. Here’s our methodology: we pulled download data for the 100 most popular AI apps from both the Google Play Store and the Apple…
The upcoming updates are expected to enhance Siri itself, making it behave more like a standalone app. It may accept voice and text input, retain access to past conversations, and integrate smoothly with third-party AI services. The new feature will work while maintaining Apple’s privacy-first approach. Most processing is expected to occur on-device or in…
Apple has removed the AI powered “vibe coding” app Anything from its App Store, escalating scrutiny over a new category of tools that allow users to build software without traditional programming skills. The decision was confirmed by Dhruv Amin, CEO of the startup behind the app, who said the removal came shortly after Apple had…
Microsoft has reportedly had a hard time convincing corporate customers to pay premium prices for its enterprise AI products, particularly as their employees prefer ChatGPT or Gemini. The Information reported in December that Microsoft quietly slashed sales targets for some of those products — a report that Microsoft denied. Nevertheless, by Microsoft’s own admission, just 3.3% of…
Apple shifts AI strategy to integrate third-party models into ecosystem iOS 27 Extensions to allow external AI tools within Siri The company prioritizes the App Store revenue model over direct AI monetization Apple offers bonuses to retain engineers amid competition from rivals Apple is re-evaluating its artificial intelligence strategy to focus on its core strength…
