AI & RoboticsNews

ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US

December 11, 2025
Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year. For the U.S. market, OpenAI’s ChatGPT topped the ranks of free iPhone apps (not including games) with the most installs in 2025. The AI app was followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google’s Gemini. ChatGPT made it to No. 4 last year, but…
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Photo of high-fiving gorilla wins gold at Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards thanks to perfect comedic timing

December 11, 2025
An image of a high-fiving gorilla has taken the comedic crown at the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025. The photograph of the great ape, dubbed ‘High Five’, depicts a young male high-kicking his way across the Virunga Mountains landscape (Ministry of Silly Walks, anyone?). Mark Meth Cohn was on hand to immortalize the moment, which has been picked as the overall winner and landed the UK…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Electric motorcycle sets new world record… on top of an active volcano

December 11, 2025
Electric motorcycles are already known for their instant torque and quiet performance, but now one electric dirt bike has proven it can do something gas bikes can’t: breathe where combustion engines can’t. Stark Future and Swiss mountaineer-rider Jiri Zak just made history by setting a new high-altitude world record on the world’s highest active volcano, riding a fully electric Stark VARG EX…
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DefenseNews

Kongsberg, Helsing team up for European satellite-intel constellation

December 11, 2025
PARIS — Norway’s Kongsberg and Germany’s Helsing are teaming up to provide Europe with a sovereign satellite constellation for space-based intelligence, surveillance and targeting by the end of the decade, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The plan is to deploy a satellite fleet with interconnected communications for defense use by 2029, with Germany’s Hensoldt…
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