Could Apple be ramping up its efforts to bolster itself in the smart home market? Apple released Final Cut Pro 11 with new features. The M4 MacBook Pro quietly got a quantum dot display over an LCD display. And Apple releases updates to iOS 18 and macOS that you should update to if you haven't yet!

Apple's next device is an AI wall tablet for home control, Siri and video calls.
Apple's fiscal 2024 in charts.
Apple releases updates to Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the Mac and iPad.
Apple quietly gave the M4 MacBook Pro a quantum dot display.
Apple faces UK 'iCloud monopoly' compensation claim worth $3.8 billion.
Apple removes another RFE/RL app at request of Russian regulator.
Apple releases iOS 18.1.1 with 'important security fixes' for iPhone.
PSA: iPhone users receiving AppleCare+ refunds multiple years after Apple trade-in.
Top execs explain Apple's chip philosophy: 'We are not a merchant silicon company, trying to leave nothing on the table'.
Apple offers $100M to undo Indonesia iPhone 16 ban.
Trump's tariff proposal could add $240 to the cost of an iPhone. Here's the math.
Discriminatory job ads for iPhone workers ended after Reuters report; Apple didn't comment.
Apple now sells its own Apple News ads for the first time.
Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2024.
Apple debuts The Weeknd: Open Hearts, the first-of-its-kind immersive music experience for Apple Vision Pro.
Porch pirates appear to be accessing AT&T data to track iPhone deliveries.
Apple seemingly discontinuing lightning to headphone jack adapter introduced alongside iPhone 7.

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