Mobile Apps

Dubai – September 15, 2026 -- Eligible customers of the investment app baraka can now buy shares listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) directly through their existing account, with local trades funded in AED. The DIFC-based platform, regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, says the move gives its users from more than 100 nationalities access to nearly 10,000 local and global assets in one place.

Younger investors are driving the platform's growth.

Secaucus, N.J. – September 15, 2026 -- Apple Health app users in the United States will soon be able to buy and receive results from Quest Diagnostics blood tests directly within the app on iPhone and iPad, Quest Diagnostics announced.

The panel covers more than 50 biomarkers for $119

The tailored Quest laboratory panel includes over 50 biomarkers designed to assess cardiometabolic health and organ function. It also includes biometric readings such as blood pressure, height, weight, and waist and hip circumferences. Users can purchase the panel and schedule a blood draw and biometric readings at one of Quest's roughly 2,000 patient service centers across the U.S. for $119. The feature will not be available in all U.S. states.

Dubai – September 15, 2026 -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has officially launched Bybit AI, a conversational assistant that lets users trade, manage accounts, and get customer support through a single chat interface inside the Bybit app.

Users type requests in plain language and Bybit AI carries out the action

Instead of navigating separate menus and dashboards for tasks like checking a portfolio balance, placing a trade, or filing a support ticket, users can simply describe what they want and Bybit AI executes it directly in the chat. The company describes the tool as a co-pilot for daily trading and account management.

Birmingham – September 14, 2026 -- Shipt has launched Ask Shipt, an AI shopping assistant that lets customers build a complete grocery cart by typing a request or uploading a photo, available now in the Shipt app and on Shipt.com.

Users can snap a photo to build a cart instantly

Customers who see a dish on social media or at a restaurant can photograph it, upload the image to Ask Shipt, and the tool identifies the ingredients and adds them to a cart automatically. The same feature works from typed prompts, such as requests for a weeknight dinner for a family of five under $35 or a Saturday tailgate for 25 people that includes brunch items.

Every recommendation stays fully editable before checkout

Shoppers select a retailer from Shipt's marketplace, then find Ask Shipt beneath the search bar. Items generated by the assistant can be reviewed, swapped, or removed before purchase, so dietary needs and personal preferences remain intact.

Shenzhen – September 11, 2026 -- TerraMaster has rolled out a major upgrade to its Photos application, adding AI-powered organization, duplicate photo detection, and a redesigned browsing interface for users managing large personal photo libraries on its NAS devices.

Browsing large libraries gets three new viewing modes

The updated app introduces three levels of thumbnail views, a timeline browsing mode, and keyboard shortcuts, letting users filter and locate photos faster whether they're sorting family albums, travel shots, or professional photography collections.

AI now recognizes people, scenes, and locations

The enhanced AI engine can identify people, scenes, and locations within photo collections, and recognition results can be added to albums with a single click. TerraMaster says this cuts down the manual work of searching for and organizing images.

Huntington, N.Y. – September 13, 2026 -- Patients researching symptoms on DxCheck can now book a doctor's appointment on the same platform, thanks to a new partnership with scheduling service Zocdoc.

The integration lets users book same- or next-day visits directly from health content pages

Through the partnership, DxCheck users can browse real-time appointment availability, filter specialists by insurance coverage, and book visits without leaving the site. The feature appears across condition pages, health articles, and assessment results, showing specialists relevant to the topic a patient is reading about and filtered by proximity.

Glendale, Calif. – September 13, 2026 -- Loop8 has launched a free privacy app that eliminates master passwords, letting users unlock passwords, notes, messages and two-factor codes with their phone's built-in biometrics.

The app stores nothing on Loop8's own servers

Everything a user saves is encrypted on their phone, with backups sent automatically to the user's own iCloud account on iOS or Google account on Android. The encryption key never leaves the device, so even that personal cloud backup cannot be opened without the original phone.

When data moves between devices, it passes through Loop8's servers end-to-end encrypted, with keys that stay on user devices. Loop8 says it cannot read the content and keeps no copy after delivery.

Signing up requires just an email and phone number

Loop8 does not collect a name, home address, age or gender during registration.

Dubai – September 12, 2026 -- Bybit has launched Bybit AI, a conversational assistant built into its app that lets users trade, check balances, and get customer support by typing plain-language requests instead of navigating menus.

Users can now trade by describing what they want

Instead of clicking through dashboards to place a trade or check a portfolio, users type a request into a single chat window and Bybit AI carries out the action. The assistant covers Spot, Futures, and Options trading, along with Bybit Earn, Copy Trading, Trading Bot, Loan, P2P, Bybit Card, Spot X, the Rewards Hub, and notification settings.

Austin, Texas -- September 8, 2026 -- Function members can now securely connect their personal health data to Muse, Meta's newly launched personal AI agent, the company announced.

Muse joins ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity in Function's expanding network of AI connectors, letting members feed their lab results and health insights directly into the AI tools they already use daily.

Muse can turn lab results into actionable health plans

Once connected, Muse draws on a member's Function lab results and clinician-reviewed summaries to inform goals and tasks. Members can ask Muse how a specific lab result compares to their optimal range, have it build or adjust a plan toward a health goal using their own data as context, or let it flag and follow up when it's time to schedule the next Function lab visit.

Los Angeles – September 12, 2026 -- ShareAScan, a patent-pending platform that turns clothing, accessories and everyday objects into scannable digital links, will be featured in this year's Emmy nominee and presenter gift bags.

A single QR code can hold unlimited changing content

Unlike a standard QR code locked to one destination, ShareAScan lets owners swap out what a scan reveals -- text, photos, videos, music, social profiles, portfolios, shops or causes -- without replacing the physical item or code itself.

Two sisters built the platform while still in school

Founders Shara and Kailey Zuckerman run the Maryland-based company as students: Shara studies business, finance and artificial intelligence in college, while Kailey is still in high school. Both have competed in Shark Tank-style contests and the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition.