💡 Apple has developed a Pixar-inspired robotic lamp

🤖 The lamp is able to follow objects, follow commands given by voice or gesture, answer questions and even show emotions.

🦾 The development is part of the project of a new smart home with a display and a robotic arm, which will be released in 2026.

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iOS 18.4 Beta 1 coming 🔜

This week should be busy with the launch of:
・Apple's new Powerbeats
・iPhone SE 4
・the new 📱 beta on February 12 or February 13

🇺🇸 If Apple waits until the week after that, the software could come on February 18, as February 17 is Presidents' Day, a U.S. a holiday.

🗺 Rumors suggest that iOS 18.4 will bring major Apple Intelligence Siri changes: personal context, onscreen awareness, and the ability to do more in and between apps.

🇪🇺 The update will also likely bring new emoji characters, some changes to default app options in the European Union, and an expansion of ‌Apple Intelligence‌ to new languages and countries.

📆 Apple has already said that ‌Apple Intelligence‌ will expand to additional countries in an April update, so we are expecting iOS 18.4 to be in beta testing through March ahead of an April launch.

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🔴 Make sure to update

iOS 18.3.1 includes fix for actively exploited vulnerability.

🪲 The iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 updates that Apple released yesterday include an important security fix, and it's important to install the new software as soon as possible because this bug was exploited all around.

📰 According to Apple's security support document for iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, it addresses an accessibility vulnerability that could disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.

🕵️‍♂️ Exploiting this vulnerability requires physical access to a device, and Apple says that it was used against specific individuals.

Impact: A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

🔧 The vulnerability was fixed with improved state management, according to Apple. Note that Apple has also released iPadOS 17.7.5 with the same security fix for devices that are not able to run iPadOS 18.

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🔔 Powerbeats Pro 2 has been officially announced

🔎 The new headphones feature active noise cancellation, transparency mode, an optical heartbeat sensor that measures 100 times per second, adaptive equalizer, personalized spatial audio, up to 45 hours of battery life and an updated USB-C charging case with wireless charging support.

🎨 The headphones are available in 4 colors: Jet Black, Quick Sand, Hyper Purple and Electric Orange.

🍏 Available on Apple and Beats' websites for $249.99.

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🍎 Now you can migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another Apple Account

If an Apple Account is only used for making purchases, those purchases can be migrated to a primary Apple Account to consolidate them.

You can choose to migrate apps, music, and other content you’ve purchased from Apple on a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account. The secondary Apple Account might be an account that's only used for purchases. You’ll need to know the primary email address or phone number and password for both accounts, and neither account should be shared with anyone else.

🔎 Learn more about migrating purchases between accounts here.

P.S. The feature isn’t available in the EU, UK, or India.

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🔔 Apple will hold an online event launch on Feb. 19 with a new product unveiling

📱 Tim Cook:

Get ready to meet the newest member of the family.

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🔜 No Event, but Launch

🍏 iPhone SE‌ 4 is an important new ‌iPhone‌ in Apple's lineup, but it reuses components from the ‌iPhone 14‌ and ‌iPhone 16‌, so it's not the most innovative device. Apple hardly ever is going to hold an event to unveil ‌iPhone SE‌ 4, instead introducing it through a press release and coverage on the Apple website.

❓ Although Apple did promote the launch early on social media, but there were no hints about just what product is coming on February 19.

So, what's your prediction?

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