The long-awaited Spotify Wrapped is back, now with a recap of the songs and podcasts you listened to most in 2024. This year, in addition to a new design, Spotify has also added some AI-based features to make the Wrapped experience even more personal. Read on as we detail what’s new and how you can access your Spotify Wrapped.
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A wide-ranging interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals him (kind of) denying OpenAI rumors; addressing the potential conflict between the power requirements of AI and Apple’s environmental goals; the journey toward Apple Glasses; and how Apple’s greatest legacy may be saving lives.
Cook kicks off by denying that Apple was late to AI, pointing out that the company first built a neural engine into its products back in 2017 …
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Spotify Wrapped 2024 is here and features an AI Podcast that’s “Built with Google’s NotebookLM.” Two AI hosts from the viral note-taking/research tool “unwrap” your year in music.
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It turns out that Apple’s outgoing CFO Luca Maestri won’t be the next CEO of car maker Stellantis — which was apparently a rumor in the automotive industry.
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Apple has been granted another patent for technology that would allow it to have Face ID embedded in the display, enabling the company to reduce the size of the camera cutout.
While Apple has been working on this for many years, there are a couple of reasons to suspect that the tech may perhaps debut in the iPhone 17 line-up …
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Apple hopes to bring its Apple Intelligence suite of AI features to China in 2025, but the company has reportedly clashed with its partner Baidu over technical and privacy issues.
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Apple’s iPad Pro got a huge upgrade this year with the M4 chip, tandem OLED display, nano-texture option, and more. But the next version is already in the works, and now we have an idea of when to expect it.
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A newly-released app lets you regularly scan your iPhone for Pegasus spyware – which can access almost all the data on a phone – for a one-off cost of just one dollar.
A mobile security firm created the app, which allows you to scan your iPhone or Android phone and send the results to them for analysis – and they’ve so far detected seven phones infected by the spyware …
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Almost a year ago exactly, Disney+ started adding Hulu content to its app. Now, the streamer is integrating ESPN as well via a new tile that will start appearing in the Disney+ app today. And in a nice perk, non-bundle subscribers are getting some Hulu and ESPN content thrown in at no extra charge.
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Joining ongoing Cyber Monday prices on Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPods 4, today we spotted a large selection of natural Apple Watch Ultra 2 configurations at $99 off the going rate courtesy of Amazon – you can still score the OG Apple Watch Ultra at $429 off too. We also spotted a massive price drop on Amazon Renewed Premium iPhone 15 Pro units at $449 off the original new price tags joined by the Bose speaker holiday sale that is delivering deals matching the best we have tracked on its 2024 slate of portable and home releases, some solid offers on MagSafe charging gear, and more. Everything awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
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