Apple and OpenAI are in a legal fight, and OpenAI has agreed not to use Apple’s alleged trade secrets while the case runs, according to a Bloomberg report. For IT, it is a reminder to keep an eye on AI vendor contracts and data sharing rules, as these rows can shape how safe it is to feed corporate data into third party tools.
WhatsApp now lets users invite people into group and one-on-one calls even if they do not have a WhatsApp account, via its new guest calling feature. This gives small teams another quick option for ad hoc calls with clients or suppliers, but it is worth checking how this fits with your current meeting tools and call recording or retention rules.
Apple hit a market valuation above 5 trillion dollars at the close of trading, becoming the second company to do so after NVIDIA. While this does not change your Mac fleet overnight, it signals that Apple is still a long term player for endpoint and mobile, which matters when you plan hardware lifecycles.
The Apple Invites app has been updated again, with RSVP improvements and a larger Home Screen widget in the latest release. If your users have started to adopt Invites for internal events, you may want to add it to your standard iOS image and basic user training so invites and responses do not get lost.
Apple Maps is rolling out its upgraded Detailed City Experience in Austin, Texas, matching what is already live in cities like London. This mainly helps staff who travel, so if you support users in those regions it is worth flagging as a quality-of-life gain rather than a core IT change.
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