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TikTok’s New AI Tool Can Turn Your Photos Into Mini Movies

1 day ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

As platforms like Instagram and Snapchat continue to incorporate generative AI into their ecosystems, often by creating entirely new images, TikTok is taking a slightly different creative path, animating your photos into short, eye-catching videos. Meet AI Alive, TikTok’s latest generative AI experiment. It’s a feature built into TikTok Stories that lets users breathe life into still images with the help of AI prompts. The result?
Google reports that over a billion RCS messages are now sent daily in the United States

1 day ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

Not too long ago, texting across phones felt like crossing a language barrier. If you were on iPhone and your friends have an Android, you knew the drill—green bubble, blurry media videos, broken group threads, and that one person who kept reacting to your messages with “Emma loved ‘See you soon!’” instead of a love emoji. It was messy.
Big Tech finds relief in the U.S.-China tariff war's 90-day pause

2 days ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

The tariff that had Big Tech scrambling, supply chains unravelling, and prices climbing just got slashed. In a dramatic move that shook global markets Monday, the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day pause in their trade war, cutting sky-high tariffs that had threatened to choke off electronics production and send inflation soaring.
ChatGPT may soon offer lifetime access to your AI queries

2 days ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

OpenAI's greatest challenge right now isn't building smarter AI. It's paying for it. Training massive models and running millions of queries a day doesn’t come cheap, and now the company might be looking for more people to help cover the tab. The company behind ChatGPT is reportedly exploring new subscription models, including weekly and lifetime options, to get more users to pay for AI-generated text, code, and images.
Apple said to be expanding custom chip efforts for smart glasses, AI servers and Macs

3 days ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

In a world where AI is reshaping everything and wearables are the next frontier, Apple is betting that control over its silicon will be the key to staying ahead. And right now, it’s putting that strategy to work on a new generation of processors designed to power the next wave of its hardware ecosystem. According to Bloomberg, the company is working on a new wave of in-house processors to power future Macs, AI servers, and—most notably—smart glasses.
A premium plan for two

6 days ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

YouTube‚Äôs finally admitting that couples exist and not every shared account is a six-person ‚Äúfamily.‚ÄĚ Now, instead of subscribing to a six-person ‚Äúfamily‚ÄĚ plan, there's a new two-person premium plan being tested in select countries. It‚Äôs full-featured, unlike the ‚ÄúLite‚ÄĚ version they‚Äôve floated before ‚Äď full perks, no ads, background play, offline viewing, the whole deal, just made for two. Like Spotify Duo, but for your YouTube rabbit holes.
Apple made $10 billion from U.S. App Store commissions in 2024. Now it’s fighting to keep it

6 days ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

Every time you download an app, buy a subscription, or make an in-app purchase on your iPhone, Apple takes a cut. And last year, that cut added up to more than $10 billion in the U.S. alone, according to new estimates from analytics firm Appfigures. That’s right — over $10 billion, just from commissions on U.S. App Store transactions. And it’s growing fast. Back in 2020, Apple made about $4.76 billion in U.S. commissions. By 2024, it had climbed past $10.1 billion.
Apple Watch sales slipped 20% in 2024

1 week ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

Apple’s smartwatch line is losing steam, and fast. Lately, the excitement surrounding Apple Watch has dulled. And now, the numbers are reflecting that slowdown. According to research firm Counterpoint, global Apple Watch shipments dropped nearly 20% year-over-year in 2024. That follows a 10% dip the year before. Two straight years of decline isn’t just a blip, it’s a sign that something deeper might be going on.
Apple is eyeing AI search for its Safari browser

1 week ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji

For years, Google has felt untouchable in search. After all, it’s been the default on iPhones and Macs for years. Open Safari, type a question, and Google takes it from there. It’s been so automatic, so embedded in how we browse, that most people probably haven’t stopped to wonder if that could change. But recent developments suggest it just might. Apple is reportedly exploring ways to integrate AI-powered search directly into Safari, according to Bloomberg.
VIDEO: How to Use Sora in ChatGPT to Create Realistic AI Images

1 week ago | techloy.com | David Adubiina

If you’ve been exploring ChatGPT lately, you might have come across Sora, OpenAI’s powerful video generation model that can produce eerily realistic scenes from simple text prompts.