Across social feeds and campus group chats, a new kind of New Year’s resolution is taking shape for 2026: a deliberate move away from always-on, algorithmic gadgets and toward older, simpler devices.

On January 1, 2026, one woman will ditch her smartphone, deactivate all of her social media, cancel any streaming services and return to a simpler time—she’s not alone either. Ava is based in the U.K.

Google is removing the option to switch back to Assistant, effectively making Gemini the only digital assistant choice. This move is accompanied by new UI improvements, including expand/collapse ...

Update (08/13/2025): ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model is back for paid users; And o3, o4-mini, GPT-4.1 are also restored As OpenAI rolls out GPT-5 across ChatGPT, many users are finding themselves automatically ...