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iOS 12.2 Fixes 51 Security Vulnerabilities

Andrew Orr ·

iOS 12.2 patches 51 security vulnerabilities, which is a huge incentive to update if nothing else announced yesterday was enticing.

The list of patches covers a wide variety of bugs an adversary could potentially manipulate to obtain effects like denial-of-service, privilege escalation, and information disclosure to gaining root privileges, overwriting arbitrary files, or executing code of the attacker’s choice.

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iOS 12.2 Reveals Wireless Powerbeats Pro

Andrew Orr ·

Remember that rumor about wireless Powerbeats? Turns out it was real. They’re called Powerbeats Pro and will include the H1 chip.

Given that the new Powerbeats Pro looks and works similar to AirPods, they could be the solution for those who’ve been waiting for a black version of AirPods, which some expected to come with the second generation released last week.

I’d still rather have black AirPods.

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Apple Gets Starstruck at TV Plus Launch

Charlotte Henry ·

Jon Gruber, it seems, was not particularly won over by Apple’s event Monday. He pointed out on Daring Fireball that there remain lots of unanswered questions about some of the products launched. I particularly agree with him that the TV Plus portion of the event was too long. It did not feel very Apple-y. Perhaps that was the point.

The whole TV Plus segment felt like a presentation from another company, like Google or Amazon, not Apple. Apple does a good job keeping events moving along, and they tend not to parade a long series of people on stage. This was a parade of a bunch of A-list celebrities — Spielberg! Oprah! — but it just went on and on. It should have been as tight as the Apple Arcade segment. It feels like Apple was starstruck.