This week on AI: Apple bows to pressure on iPhone batteries, iMac Pro ships, Amazon Echo wins Christmas & more

By Roger Fingas

It might nominally be the holidays, but perhaps not for many people at Apple, as the company scrambled to deal with an ever-growing scandal over its decision to slow down iPhones with weak batteries.

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Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown controversy, will reduce out-of-warranty battery replacement to $29Criminal lawsuit over iPhone battery slowdowns filed in France, where planned obsolescence is illegalSouth Korea probes Apple's decision to slow down iPhones with weak batteriesiMac Pro arrives at Apple's retail storesApple's non-invasive glucose reader for Apple Watch may be 'years away'Video: Unboxing Apple's new iMac ProAs Apple's HomePod misses Christmas, Amazon Alexa tops App Store charts for first timeFirst look: Benchmarks put Apple's entry-level $4999 iMac Pro to the testCiting security, Apple's board mandates CEO Tim Cook use private jet for all business & personal travelComputer History Museum will host Apple Lisa source code following reviewApple's first store in Saudi Arabia could open in 2019Video: iMac Pro vs. 5K iMac, speakers and FaceTime cameras comparedItalian clothing maker defeats Apple, wins rights to use 'Steve Jobs' trademark