9to5Mac Daily: May 14, 2025 – Apple and Epic, more
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Max is changing its name again, back to ‘HBO Max’
You can’t make this stuff up. Max, the streaming service that’s had a rich and confusing history of rebrands, is now making yet another change. Max is being renamed back to ‘HBO Max’ once again. more…
DJ, Spotify’s AI playlist host, now takes music requests
In early 2023, Spotify launched DJ, an interesting feature that leveraged a text-to-speech LLM to deliver… traditional radio, pretty much. Now, Spotify has announced that, much like traditional radio, DJ can also take requests. more…
iPhone 18 Pro with in-display Face ID now looks very likely
Apple has long been working on embedding Face ID into the display, with recent report suggesting that this will finally happen in the iPhone 18 Pro. That idea today got a big boost in credibility, with a new development making the end of the Dynamic Is...
NSO Group kept spying on WhatsApp users despite Meta lawsuit
Last week, Israeli firm NSO Group, best known for its Pegasus spyware targeting iPhones and Android devices, was ordered to pay Meta more than $167M for targeting WhatsApp users. Now, TechCrunch has published an interesting report based on the 1,000+ p...
TikTok’s newest AI filter turns your photos into videos
Today, TikTok announced AI Alive, an AI filter that will allow users to animate static photos through prompts. ByteDance says that this new image-to-video feature undergoes multiple checks to avoid misuse, and its output will be labeled as AI-generated...
New Apple AI model generates 3D scenes from just three images
Apple’s Machine Learning team, in collaboration with researchers from Nanjing University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has announced an interesting 3D AI model called Matrix3D. This so-called Large Photogrammetry Model is ab...
Apple’s biggest 2026 products reveal major upgrades coming
Earlier this week, Mark Gurman said that Apple has a “product renaissance” coming in 2027. But we won’t have to wait that long for major new launches, as 2026 is expected to bring three especially exciting product upgrades too. Here’s what’s ...
