Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches TikTok AI Alive, which lets users turn static photos into videos in TikTok Stories using Story Camera  —  TikTok is launching its first image-to-video AI feature, the company announced on Tuesday.  The new feature is called “TikTok AI Alive” and allows users to turn static photos into videos within TikTok Stories.

Amazon’s Audible has announced that it’s planning to expand its audiobook catalog by giving select publishers access to its new “fully integrated, end-to-end AI production technology” that will let them more easily convert titles to audiobooks with their choice of AI-generated voices. The initiative will also help expand global access to audiobooks with the introduction […]

Juli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, no developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Sequoia 15.5 is light on new features, with Apple listing only a change to Screen Time in its notes. I still haven’t been able to get this update to install on an external drive. The former workaround of manually setting the Startup Disk […]

macOS 14.7.6 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 13.7.6 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. Previously: macOS 14.7.5 and macOS 13.7.5

Juli Clover (iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, enterprise, no developer): iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 are on the smaller side, featuring a limited number of new features. There’s an update to Screen Time that lets parents know when a Screen Time passcode is used on a child’s device, and there is support for carrier-provided satellite features […]