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📉 ChatGPT’s user growth has slowed

📱 Intel might manufacture future iPhone chips

🤖 Meta buys AI wearable startup Limitless

📖 Wikipedia is getting in on the yearly wrapped game

🍏 Tony Fadell reportedly wants to be next Apple CEO

⚖️ Google must limit default contracts to one year

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• New data from Sensor Tower shows that OpenAI’s chatbot is starting to hit a wall, with global monthly active users growing just six percent between August and November while rivals pick up speed.
• Google’s Gemini is catching up fast with a thirty percent jump in users recently, driven largely by the release of its Nano Banana image generation model and direct access through the Android operating system.
• People now spend eleven minutes per day using the Gemini app, a number that more than doubled since March, while time spent on ChatGPT actually dropped ten percent in November compared to July.

• A research note from analyst Jeff Pu claims Apple could hire Intel to manufacture the A22 chip for the iPhone 20 and iPhone 20e in 2028 using the 14A process.
• Apple wants a second fabrication partner in the United States to reduce its heavy dependence on TSMC and protect its hardware schedule from shipping delays or regional lockdowns in Asia.
• Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Intel to build lower-end M series chips for the Mac and iPad in 2027 with the 18A process to prove its yield consistency to Apple.

• Meta has acquired Limitless, the startup behind a $99 pendant that records conversations, and will integrate the team into its Reality Labs division to work on its AI-enabled wearables.
• The company will stop selling its hardware immediately and plans to wind down its Rewind desktop software, though existing users get a free Unlimited Plan subscription for one final year of support.
• Users can export their data or delete it from the app immediately, as the team joins the tech giant to help bring a shared vision for personal superintelligence to everyone.

• The Wikimedia Foundation just launched a customized Year in Review feature on its mobile app that presents a personalized summary of your reading time and favorite topics in a graphical format.
• This recap displays your total number of minutes spent reading alongside global stats like the 66 million changes made by editors and a list of the most-read English language articles.
• Users can find the new feature in the “more” menu of the Android app or on their profile page on iOS if the pop-up does not appear when launching the app.

• Former Apple executive Tony Fadell has reportedly thrown his hat in the ring to replace Tim Cook, adding a wild card to the ongoing speculation about who will run the company.
• While sources close to the company dismiss his chances, the report claims some unnamed former executives support Fadell as a dark-horse candidate to force a shake-up within the consumer electronics giant.
• Speculation indicates Tim Cook might step down in 2026, though some analysts believe he will stay until 2029 to shield the next leader from difficult dealings with the Trump administration.

• Federal Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google must renew its default search and AI contracts every year, banning the long-term agreements that previously secured its dominance on smartphones and tablets.
• The tech giant is still allowed to pay partners like Apple and Samsung for product placement, provided these deals are revisited frequently to help rivals in the generative AI market.
• Sources indicate the firm plans to fight the initial finding that it broke antitrust laws, while the Justice Department may also challenge the court regarding the rejection of a Chrome sale.

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