Filipe Espósito

OpenAI has acknowledged that its popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is currently experiencing an outage, making the platform inaccessible to users all over the world. This issue has also impacted the integration with Siri following the public release of iOS 18.2 on Wednesday.

As we recently reported, Apple released a second RC build of iOS 18.2 to developers and beta testers before releasing the update to everyone earlier today. Although the RC build is often the same as the one that becomes available to the public, this time beta users have another update to install on their devices.

Apple on Wednesday released iOS 18.2 to the public, and the update brings many more Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad, including Image Playground, Genmoji and ChatGPT integrated into Siri. Genmoji is undoubtedly one of the most fun features of the update, and Apple is already promoting it in a new iPhone 16 ad.

Microsoft this week released an update to the Teams app for iPad that adds an important new feature. With the new version, Microsoft Teams users on iPadOS can now connect and use external webcams rather than the iPad’s built-in camera.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new feature coming soon to Windows that will let users easily share files between an iPhone and a PC, similar to Apple’s AirDrop – which is only available on Apple devices.

Along with the release of iOS 18.2 to the public, Apple is today also releasing watchOS 11.2 for Apple Watch users. Unlike iOS 18.2, which adds new Apple Intelligence features, watchOS 11.2 isn’t exactly a major update – but it does add a new feature to the Camera Remote app.

After rolling out Tap to Pay on iPhone to users in the United Arab Emirates and Chile, Apple today also introduced Apple Pay in Egypt. The news was confirmed by Apple and comes after the company expanded its payment platform to Uruguay last week.

A few weeks after launching Tap to Pay on iPhone in New Zealand, Apple on Tuesday announced another expansion of the feature. As of today, merchants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can accept contactless payments directly on their iPhones, without the need for additional hardware.

Adobe and Box on Tuesday announced a new partnership that will integrate services from both companies. Starting today, Box users will have access to the Adobe Express image editor directly from the cloud platform, so that they can create and edit visual content without the need to open another website or app.

TestFlight was recently updated with a refreshed design and new features, but Apple still had one more thing before the end of the year. TestFlight’s iOS app has now been updated with support for dark and tinted icons in iOS 18.

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation compelled Apple to grant developers greater access to the iPhone’s NFC reader, and this change was implemented earlier this year with iOS 17.4. Now, the Norwegian payment platform “Vipps” has become the first to use the new API to let users pay with NFC directly from its iPhone app.

Apple’s vice president of Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji became known for his work leading the development of Apple Silicon chips, which have become a fundamental part of the company’s products. While there are no signs that Srouji wants to leave Apple any time soon, it seems that Intel is keeping a close eye on him for a potential new CEO.

I recently wrote about Karo, a new iPhone app from developer Mustafa Yusuf that helps people create to-do lists and assign tasks to others. Starting today, Mac users can also try out Karo with a native version for macOS.

With watchOS 11, Apple has brought Live Activities from the iPhone to the Apple Watch, so that users can check for updates in real time directly from the Smart Stack. While watchOS can mirror Live Activities from the iPhone, Uber has now made its Live Activity a whole lot better on the Apple Watch.

Following a report earlier today about Apple appealing a Brazilian antitrust regulator’s ruling on the App Store, the Brazilian courts decided on Thursday night to overturn the injunction imposed on Apple, which would have forced the company to enable sideloading on iOS for Brazilian users within 20 days.

Apple has been testing iOS 18.2 for a while now, and the update brings a lot of new features related to Apple Intelligence such as Genmoji and Image Playground. However, there’s another small but important change for users of the Apple Music and Apple TV app, and that’s the ability to search using natural language in those apps.

Samsung on Thursday unveiled One UI 7, the new version of its custom experience for the company’s Android phones. One UI 7 comes with a lot of new features such as AI writing assistance tools, but the update also brings some design changes – and it’s impossible not to compare them to Apple’s iOS.

As we recently reported, the Brazilian antitrust regulator known as “Cade” recently ruled that Apple can no longer prevent developers from selling content and distributing apps outside the App Store in Brazil. Unsurprisingly, Apple is now appealing the decision which the company considers “disproportionate.”

AirPods Pro 2 gained hearing aid capabilities with iOS 18.1, which was released to the public in October. Users can run a test to detect potential hearing loss and then use the results to adjust their own AirPods so that they function as hearing aids. With iOS 18.2, which will be released to the public in the next few days, the company is expanding these features to more countries.

From the beginning, Meta built its Threads microblogging platform with fediverse integration in mind. However, this integration has been rolling out in parts, and there’s another important update coming. Threads users can finally follow accounts from other fediverses, although there are still many limitations.

Apple puts a lot of effort into promoting accessibility with things like the hearing aid feature for AirPods Pro. This time, however, the company showed an example of how the iPhone’s Action Mode has been helping people with Parkinson’s in their routines.