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This week on AI: Apple's embarrassing Mac glitch, 'Apple Car' hits the track, Apple TV shortages & more

Apple's macOS engineers didn't have much of a chance to recover from holiday turkey this week, since they were quickly forced solve an embarrassing security vulnerability. The company was meanwhile said to be working on its first power management chips for iPhones, and planning to test self-driving cars in Arizona.

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Everything you need to know:

  • A now-fixed High Sierra flaw let people gain root access without a password > >
  • Apple-designed power chips could be ready as soon as next year > >
  • Apple test cars may be hitting a track in Surprise, Ariz. > >
  • Apple and Qualcomm intensified their legal actions against each other > >
  • The long-awaited Amazon Video app for the Apple TV is still in testing > >
  • It may be hard to get a 64-gigabyte Apple TV 4K in time for Christmas > >

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