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Plus: The great Threads boom simmers down, Meta pivots to chatbots, and XBox controllers get more repair-friendly.

Boone AshworthSurprise, surprise, smartphone sales are down again. According to the tech analyst firm IDC, phone sales have declined by nearly 15 perce

Plus: Amazon Prime might roll out an ad-based tier, AI-powered ads land on LinkedIn, and there's even more talk about face computers.

Plus: Amazon kills off its fitness wearables while Apple shores up its products' health-tracking capabilities.

Plus: Samsung enters the news game, Humane reveals a wearable virtual assistant, and Snapchat gets chattier.

Plus: Google Maps enhances coverage within US national parks, SwiftKey with Bing Chat lands on iPhones, and we track the rise of the AI voice clones.

Plus: Kobo’s new E Ink tablet is made for doodling, Google moves podcasts into YouTube Music, and Peloton connects to Android watches.

Plus: The library ebook app OverDrive is shutting down, Fitbit loses some social features, and we take a stroll on Amazon Sidewalk.

Boone AshworthThe artificial intelligence incursion has made its way to the App Store. BlueMail, an app that uses AI to write emails and manage people

Plus: Windows 11 gets updated with its new Bing AI, Google’s Pixel Watch gets fall detection, and recommendation algorithms are absolutely everywhere.