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Most Downloaded Free App in US Is Out of China

Temu takes top spot in Apple's App Store rankings

(Newser) - Apple is out with its annual list of the most downloaded apps in the US via its App Store, and the winner this year is a freebie out of China, reports TechCrunch . Shopping app Temu holds on to the No. 1 spot, which it ripped away from TikTok last year....

This Is What Folks Looked Up on Google in 2024

Site's 'Year in Search' shows queries centered on sports, the US election, Liam Payne's death

(Newser) - Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google released its annual "Year in Search" on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year, ranging from key news...

Here Are Your Top Films of 2024, per 2 NYT Critics

All We Imagine as Light , Nickel Boys rank first on the lists for Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson

(Newser) - It was a hectic year in politics, but people still managed to find time for a movie or two, or several, including New York Times film critics Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson. The duo have compiled their individual top 10 lists for the flicks that most thrilled and moved them,...

Top Podcasts That Lit Up Spotify This Year

The Joe Rogan Experience, Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy both interviewed presidential candidates

(Newser) - Spotify may have lost exclusivity rights for The Joe Rogan Experience this year, but that didn't stop the comedian's podcast from ascending to the No. 1 spot for the fourth year running on the streamer's annual "Wrapped" roundup . Variety notes that both Rogan's show and...

2024's Most Notable Quotes
2024's Most
Notable Quotes

2024's Most Notable Quotes

There are a couple that have to do with cats, and a lot that have to do with politics

(Newser) - Well, 2024 is almost behind us, and it turns out humanity didn't take the year off from opening their pieholes and saying things that went viral or just broke people's brains. Yale University compiled a list of the year's most notable quotations, and perhaps unsurprisingly for an...

Bill Gates Wants You to Read These 5 Books

They helped him make 'sense of the world' in 2024

(Newser) - The book lists keep coming , with Bill Gates now weighing in on the the reads he "enjoyed" in 2024. The billionaire Microsoft founder, who unveiled the list of four recommended books plus a bonus read on his blog , wrote the four "are, in one way or another, about...

Most-Streamed Artists of Spotify in 2024

Ever heard of Taylor Swift?

(Newser) - It's time for a barrage of best-of-2024 lists, so get ready to see a lot of Taylor Swift. In this instance, it's Spotify's list of the artists who were most streamed globally this year, and Swift takes the No. 1 spot for a second year in a...

See the New York Times' Best Books of the Year

Novels by Miranda July, Kaveh Akbar make the list

(Newser) - In the wake of the Washington Post's unveiling of its best books of the year , the New York Times is out with its own list of the 10 best books, split into fiction and nonfiction, just two of which appear on the aforementioned list. All "made lasting impressions,...

Washington Post Picks the Best Books of 2024

Novels by Claire Messud and Percival Everett make the cut

(Newser) - It's that time of year when best-of lists begin to percolate, and the Washington Post is among the first with its list of the top 10 books of 2024. The unnumbered list is split between fiction and nonfiction. The list: Fiction
  • Colored Television by Danzy Senna
  • James by Percival
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Dictionary.com Is Out With Its 2024 Word of the Year

'Demure,' kids

(Newser) - OK, so "brat" is out and "demure" is going to rule in 2024. The latter has been named Dictionary.com's word of the year, with searches for the word seeing a "meteoric rise" of some 1,200% between January and August. As CNN reports, the spike...

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