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— Siri features are likely to go into beta testing for developers in January and then debut publicly around the springtime — part of an iOS 18.4 upgrade that’s already in the works.

— 1/3 Apple has rejected our Epic Games Store notarization submission twice now, claiming the design and position of Epic’s “Install” button is too similar to Apple's "Get" button and that our "In-app purchases" label is too similar to the App Store's "In-App Purchases" label.

— Later the same day, Apple had a change of heart about the situation, and instead has approved the Epic Games Store.

— Apple has ZERO moral high ground. The crApp Store is the origin of many dark patterns.

— A unique touchscreen interface was allegedly found buried in tvOS 18 beta 3 by 9to5Mac, and the finding is actually relevant to the ‌HomePod‌ because the ‌HomePod‌'s software is an offshoot of the tvOS software.

— In October, Kosutami shared images of component parts that allegedly belong to a prototype touch screen ‌HomePod‌. Other reports at the time claimed to verify the legitimacy of these images with other sources.

— omePod‌ has Sound Recognition, an option that is able to detect the sound of a fire alarm and send an alert.

— Google Chrome gives all *.google.com sites full access to system / tab CPU usage, GPU usage, and memory usage. It also gives access to detailed processor information, and provides a logging backchannel.

— For those interested: this is done through a built-in Chrome extension that can not be disabled, and does not show up in the extensions panel.