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The More-Dot-Four Edition Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Apple Releases watchOS 11.4 With Sleep Alarm Update, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

With watchOS 11.4, Apple has added an option for a Sleep Wake Up alarm to break through Silent Mode, so you can have your Apple Watch make a sound in addition to haptic tapping when a morning alarm goes off. There's also support for Matter-compatible robot vacuum cleaners in the Home app.

Apple Enables RCS Messaging For Google Fi Subscribers At Last, by Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica

The company released iOS 18.4 this week, and hiding amid the control center tweaks and priority notifications is support for RCS on Google Fi and other T-Mobile MVNOs.

New AirPods Max Firmware Unavailable Due To iOS 18.4 Bug, Apple Says Update 'Coming Soon', by Tim Hardwick, MacRumors

AirPods Max users have been left unable to download Apple's new firmware update bringing lossless and low-latency audio support to the headphones, owing to a software bug with iOS 18.4, MacRumors can confirm.

iOS 18.4 Bug Seemingly Resurrects Previously Deleted iPhone Apps, by Tim Hardwick, MacRumors

Apple's latest iOS 18.4 software update appears to be causing long-deleted apps to reappear on some users' iPhones, based on corroborating reports on forums and social media.

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This Travel Gadget Has A Standout Feature For The Apple Watch, by Tucker Bowe, Gearpatrol

But one of the things that makes Ridge’s Magnetic Power Bank really unique is that it has an integrated charging puck for your Apple Watch. There’s no need for an extra charging cable — you just place your Apple Watch directly on the power bank’s designated puck and it’ll charge.

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Apple’s Swift Language Gets Version Manager, by Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Apple has introduced swiftly 1.0, a version manager for the Swift programming language that is intended to ease the process of installing, managing, and updating the user’s Swift tool chain.

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Visa Bids $100 Million To Replace Mastercard As Apple's New Credit Card Partner, WSJ Reports, by Prakhar Srivastava, Reuters

Visa has offered Apple roughly $100 million to take over the tech giant's credit card partnership from Mastercard (MA.N), the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Visa has made a bold push to secure the Apple Card, offering an upfront payment typically reserved for the largest card programs, WSJ reported.

US Labour Watchdog Halts Apple Cases After Donald Trump Picks Group’s Lawyer For Top Job, by Michael Acton, Financial Times

The US labour watchdog froze two cases against Apple days after Donald Trump nominated an attorney who represents the tech group to be the agency’s top legal official.

The National Labor Relations Board filed multiple complaints against the iPhone maker last year alleging it intervened against employee attempts to organise, but abruptly pulled back from two of the cases late last week, according to documents seen by the Financial Times.

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I will continue to sing the praise of The Studio, the latest comedy from Apple TV+. The third episode is laugh-out-loud funny. (It helps to have some mini-plot-twists in the show.)

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