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As social media becomes increasingly reliant on algorithmic feeds, creators are navigating a new normal: Just because you post something doesn’t mean your followers will see it. “I think that 2025 was the year where the algorithm completely took over, so followings stopped mattering entirely,” LTK CEO Amber Venz Box told TechCrunch. This isn’t news to creators – Patreon CEO Jack Conte has ardently banged this drum for years – but throughout the year, the industry at large has reacted to this phenomenon in different ways, from the influencers to the streamers. According to the executives that TechCrunch spoke to…

Motorola’s Chinese arm started teasing the X70 Air Pro, and now its international account on X is also teasing something coming on January 6. This may in fact be the same device. A taste of what’s next. January 6, 2026. pic.twitter.com/2gDPAdUqaq— motorola (@Moto) December 29, 2025 The handset sold in China as the X70 Air is known internationally as the Edge 70, and the first device in the upcoming Signature line is expected to be the Edge 70 Ultra – whether it ends up being called that or not. So the X70 Air Pro and Edge 70 Ultra / Signature…

The ROI of Ambiguity: How Great AI Can Emerge from Vague Questions by Boobesh Ramadurai | December 29, 2025 Companies love clarity. Define the problem, find clean data, choose the model, deploy, measure – that’s been the standard playbook for developing enterprise AI. It keeps projects on time and risks low, but it also keeps innovation boxed in. When you use GPS to get to work, you often follow the same suggested route every day. It’s efficient and familiar, but it also means you rarely explore alternative paths unless prompted by traffic…

Remember the good old days of landing at the airport and immediately making a beeline to the various carrier kiosks to look for a local SIM? Or worse, spending an exorbitant sum of money on international roaming charges from your local carrier? Yeah, those days are pretty much over thanks to eSIM technology. And if you’re looking for the best eSIM for USA travel, Ubigi might actually be worth checking out. What Actually Matters When Picking an eSIM Travel eSIMs are gaining popularity and it’s not hard to see why. When you sign up at one of…

One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background.  That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires in California and freezes in Texas raised awareness of the electrical grid. But it was in 2025, when the electrical grid — and concerns about demand, supply, pricing, and the strain on natural resources — moved into the spotlight. And a new batch of startups have emerged with a software-as-a-solution pitch. Electricity rates are up 13% in this U.S. this year driven by an AI boom…

OnePlus will make the Turbo 6 and Turbo 6V official on January 8, as the first two members of its new Turbo range of devices (we don’t know why it went straight to 6 either). Ahead of that, the company has revealed their designs and key specs earlier today, and now we also have two teaser videos for you to look at. The first one is about the Turbo 6 line, showing both phones. Next up, we have a quick unboxing of the Turbo 6, showing the iconic OnePlus red box and its contents – which include a case and…

OpenAI offers app integrations in ChatGPT to allow you to connect your accounts directly to ChatGPT and ask the assistant to do things for you. For instance, with a Spotify integration, you can tell it to create personalized playlists that will show up right in your Spotify app. To get started, make sure you’re logged into ChatGPT. Then type the name of the app you want to use at the start of your prompt, and ChatGPT will guide you through signing in and connecting your account. If you want to set everything up at once, head over to the Settings…

Realme recently confirmed several key specifications of the 16 Pro, and now it has revealed details about the 16 Pro+ model. The Realme 16 Pro series is set to launch on January 6. The company has updated the online listing for the Realme 16 Pro+ with new details. As per the website, the phone is confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC. As per Realme, the phone has managed to achieve a score of 1.44 million on the AnTuTu benchmark. It will come with up to 12GB LPDDR5X and 512GB of storage. Further, the company confirmed…

Oppo is expected to launch new members in its Find X9 series soon, and one of those will be the Find X9s. The device is rumored to feature compact dimensions in line with its predecessor and we now have more details thanks to tipster Digital Chat Station who revealed the upcoming phone’s key specs. As per the report, Find X9s will bring a 6.3” flat OLED display featuring an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. The panel is expected to feature LTPS technology and a 1.5K resolution based on previous info from the same source. Oppo Find X9 Pro The more…

Gemini Live is the more conversational, natural language way of interacting with the Google Gemini AI bot using your voice. The idea is you chat with it like you would chat with a friend, interruptions and all, even if the actual answers are the same as you’d get from typing your queries into Gemini as normal.Now, about a year and a half after its debut, Gemini Live has been given what Google is describing as its “biggest update ever.” The update makes the Gemini Live mode even more natural and even more conversational than before, with a better understanding of…