HomeKit Weekly: Prepare for outdoor Christmas lights with the Leviton Matter-enabled Wi-Fi plug

As everyone turns to Thanksgiving, I am already starting to see retail stores slowly bring out some Christmas items, and there’s one thing you need to have ready to go ahead of time – an outdoor smart plug. For outdoor Christmas decorations, Christmas trees, etc. – smart plugs that can handle moisture and cold weather are a must-have. Leviton has an excellent option for outdoor decorations with a .

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Plex unveils dramatic redesign for iPhone app, rebuilt from the ground up

Plex has a big update coming soon to its iPhone app. The app features a dramatic redesign with changes to navigation, more artwork, and more. Structurally, the app has also been completely rewritten from the ground up.

The current focus is on the new mobile experience, but Plex says a revamped TV experience is coming “very soon.”

In a , Plex explains that one of the focuses of the new design is revamping the navigation system:

One of the key changes is redesigned navigation that makes it easier to


Black Friday Week Deals: M4 Mac mini $500 low, iPad 10 $250, AirPods Max $150 off, 16GB M3 MacBook Air $844, more

Amazon’s rage on today with ongoing all-time lows on , the black , and . But we have spotted some new deals you’ll want to check out today headlined by the best price we have tracked to date on the alongside now even lower prices on the . We also have $299 price drops on , $150 price drops on , a new Amazon all-time low on , and a whole lot more. Scope it all out down below.

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iOS 18.2 upgrades Apple Mail with its biggest redesign ever, here’s what’s new

iOS 18.2 is a huge release for users. New Apple Intelligence features are a major highlight, but so too is the Mail app, which gets its biggest redesign ever. Here’s everything that’s new.

When you open Apple’s Mail app on iOS 18.2, the redesign is almost immediately evident. Your mailboxes screen will look the same as always, but opening an inbox reveals some big changes.

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More sophisticated iPhone 17 Pro cameras see LG Innotech upgrade production facilities

LG Innotech is the main supplier of Apple’s camera modules, and a new report says the company is upgrading its production facilities in order to be ready for next year’s iPhone 17 Pro cameras.

We don’t yet know much about the cameras for the iPhone 17 line-up, but the report suggests that one thing won’t change …

Namely, says that the periscope lens which enables 5x zoom will remain exclusive to the iPhone 17 Pro next year.

It does report that


Apple faces antitrust action in the UK over default web browser (but not cloud gaming)

Apple is likely to face antitrust action in the UK over S a fari being the default web browser on iPhone . The country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally concluded that the company abuses its control over iPhone apps.

This is likely to see Apple forced to take the same action it already did in the EU – allowing users to choose their default web browser when first setting up a new iPhone …

When you set up a new iPhone, your default web browser will be Safari, just as your


iPhone 16 ban: Apple offers $100M investment in Indonesia, govt wants more [U]

Apple has responded to an iPhone 16 ban in Indonesia by offering a ten-fold boost to its manufacturing investments in the country – from $10M to $100M. Update: The Indonesian government has – see the end of the piece.

The Indonesian government responded aggressively when Cupertino company fell a little way short of its promised spend in the country, and Apple seems extremely keen to resolve the matter …

Indonesia has followed the playbook successfully implemented by India : demanding that Apple bring some of its


Apple ebooks antitrust investigation closed, likely because it was irrelevant

An Apple ebooks antitrust investigation being carried out by the European Union has been closed without reaching a conclusion.

The EU says the probe ended is because the complaint against the company has been withdrawn, but that’s likely because it had become irrelevant …

An unnamed party which may or may not have been Amazon filed an antitrust complaint against Apple back in 2020, alleging that it was breaching EU competition law by forcing ebooks to be sold only through in-app purchase, and not allowing developers to point users


iPhone Diary: Focus and exposure lock is great in principle, but it’s for sure a beta feature

The Camera Control feature I was most looking forward to was half-press to lock focus and exposure – a key feature of traditional cameras.

While I’m very happy to have this in the latest beta , testing it in real-life use definitely confirms its status as the first attempt at a beta feature …

While there are times when you want someone centered in the frame, usually when you are shooting a portrait you will want to offset them in the frame. One shorthand way of thinking about this is the

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LLM Siri: The wait is frustrating, but the privacy payoff will be worth it

Bloomberg yesterday reported that Apple is currently testing an “LLM Siri” within the company, with the intention of announcing it as an iOS 19 feature.

That will likely see it previewed in June at WWDC 2025, but the report says that it won’t actually go live before the spring of 2026 …

I’ve talked before about the misleading comparisons people sometimes make between Siri and competing intelligent assistants (IAs). It’s easy to make an IA seem far more capable

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