Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and search results

Apple is testing a new design for App Store search ads on iPhone. Some users on iOS 26.3 are noticing that the blue background around sponsored results is no longer shown, blurring the line between ...

VSCO adds prompt-based image editing as photographers increasingly embrace AI

The VSCO app is adding yet another AI-based feature to help photographers with their workflows: promo-based image editing.
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Here's how Google's Nano Banana AI model got its name

Gemini’s Nano Banana image generator was one of Google’s most talked-about launches of 2025. Within a month of its August debut, the tool had been used to generate more than 5 billion images on the ...

XAI blocks Grok from making sexualized images of real people after backlash

Subscribers to X’s premium service can still use Grok to edit and create other AI-generated images that adhere to the company ...
Electrek

BYD now lets owners share home chargers through their app

BYD is taking a page from the Airbnb playbook by launching a home charger sharing system that lets EV owners open up their personal charging equipment to other BYD drivers — and get paid for the ...
The Verge

Google is putting a discovery feed for images in its app.

Tapping the new “Images” tab at the bottom of the app will pull up a grid of pictures that Google says are “tailored to your interests.” You save images to your collection while you browse, as well as ...
The Verge

Google Play will label apps that use “excessive” battery in the background.

Google is cracking down on apps that prevent a device from going to sleep for a long period of time by performing activities in the background. Starting March 1st, 2026, Google will begin hiding some ...
Mashable

Google Play will warn Android users about apps that drain your battery

Google will now label battery draining apps in the Google Play store. Credit: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It's happened to all of us. You fully charge your smartphone battery ...
Ars Technica

Affinity’s image-editing apps go “freemium” in first major post-Canva update

When graphic design platform-provider Canva bought the Affinity image-editing and publishing apps early last year, we had some major questions about how the companies’ priorities and products would ...
PC World

Windows 11’s Photos app tests ‘auto-categorization’ of images using AI

If you take tons of photos and store them on your PC, keeping track of all those photos may soon get easier in Windows 11. According to a recent Windows Insiders blog post, Insiders across all ...
TechCrunch

Gemini tops the App Store thanks to new AI image model, Nano Banana

Gemini’s mobile adoption has been soaring since the August launch of its Nano Banana image editor model, which has received positive reviews, particularly from users who say they can now more easily ...