Apple has released a variety of new software updates today, including iOS 18.1.1 for iPhone users. Here’s what to expect from this latest update.

Apple’s latest software updates bring ‘important security fixes’ for your devices.

Here are the official release notes for iOS 18.1.1:

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

You can find the specific list of security fixes .

Don’t expect any new features or other noteworthy changes in

Apple is rolling out macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 today with what it says are important security fixes. The update comes three weeks after macOS Sequoia 15.1 was released to the public.

Apple’s release notes say: “This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.” The build number for today’s update is 24B91. The update is available to all Macs that are capable of running macOS Sequoia.

You can update your Mac by going to

Last week, analyst Ross Young revealed that the new M4 MacBook Pro is the first Apple device to use new quantum dot display technology.

In a follow up blog post, Young says that this same technology will also make its way to the next-generation Pro Display XDR.

Previous M-series MacBook Pro models used a red KSF phosphor film to enable the miniLED backlighting to produce a wider color gamut than would normally be possible. The new M4 models, however, use a quantum dot film that offers better

Apple’s in-house advertising efforts are growing. According to , the company recently started selling its own ads for Apple News—a big shift in its News ad strategy.

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Apple has started selling its own advertising inventory for Apple News, two sources familiar with the effort told Axios. It’s pitching new ad units that it hopes will maximize revenue for itself and its publishing partners.

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Apple is pitching marketers on new ad units within the Apple News feed and within individual stories on Apple News

While we now have the details on the upcoming , among , none of the advertised deals are beating out the offers we have on M4 and M4 Pro MacBook Pro models right now. Alongside the ongoing all-time low on the , today we spotted up to . From there we move over to the that is now $200 of the new regular price and you would have paid early last month. The official is also now in full swing with new all-time lows on its gorgeous leather iPhone

Do you ever frame screenshots inside Apple device frames? Then you’ve probably used . Unfortunately, the shortcut has been broken in recent months, and now we know that an iOS 18 bug is the cause.

In a , Federico Viticci of has detailed the problems Apple Frames has had since iOS 18 arrived.

So the reason I’ve been unable to update my Apple Frames shortcut for the latest devices is a bug in iOS/iPadOS 18’s Shortcuts app that hasn’t been fixed yet

Apple TV+ has some beloved comedies among its best series , and a new show coming in early 2025 looks set to join them. It’s called The Studio, and Apple just dropped the first trailer.

The Studio is set in the wild world of Hollywood filmmaking, and is the brainchild of Seth Rogen. Rogen stars in the series and is also writer, director, and executive producer. This marks his second Rogen comedy with Apple following 2023’s .

The Studio will debut

A once inspired a years-long fascination with the idea of Apple building a TV set. The product never came to fruition, but the dream lives on, stoked by a new Mark Gurman rumor that Apple is now ‘evaluating’ making a TV. Here are five reasons I think Apple absolutely should make its own TV.

It was back in September when Meta first revealed an early prototype of its Orion AR glasses , and while they are a long way from becoming an actual product you can buy, the company does believe it can achieve this.

Indeed, Meta’s wearables chief thinks that Orion can in time become the AirPods of augmented reality devices …

Meta rather optimistically described the prototype pair as having “the look and feel of a regular pair of glasses,” and I wasn’t entirely in agreement with this description.

Perhaps to