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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