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This week on AI: HomePod preorders kick off, iOS 11.3 details, sapphire maker sues Apple and more
AppleInsider Staff
This week's news revolved around new products from Apple, namely availability of the HomePod smart speaker and forthcoming updates to the company's major operating systems. Other developments include a lawsuit alleging Apple breached its contract with a sapphire material manufacturer.
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Everything you need to know:
- Apple announced a start to preorders of its hotly anticipated HomePod speaker > >
- Which kicked off on Friday ahead of general availability on Feb. 9 > >
- The Siri-enabled device will lack a few promised features at launch, however, including stereo and multi-room support > >
- Apple released the latest versions of iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS this week with Meltdown and Spectre fixes > >
- And issued a security patch for older macOS and Mac OS X versions > >
- iOS 11.3 was teased with battery performance settings, ARKit 1.5 and new Animoji > >
- But the first beta version did not include tools for setting CPU throttling features > >
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