This falls into the category of things that are nifty.

GE has expanded its line of available Siri and HomeKit-enabled window air conditioners after releasing the first of this kind back in April. The initial model was designed for small rooms and was exclusively available at Lowe’s. Now, the company has released some larger models with the same smart home capabilities that will cover up to 550 square feet.

The company is now offering 10,000 and 12,000 BTU window air conditioners with HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Assistant support. These are the first window air conditioners with HomeKit support to be offered in the US.

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Apple is rumored to be developing a single subscription service that would offer customers access to its original TV shows, Apple Music, and digital magazines, according to sources close to the story.

The company is said to have ordered multiple television shows ranging from comedies to dramas, although there’s no clear word as to how these shows would be be distributed.

Apple’s first original shows, “Planet of the Apps” and “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” have debuted in Apple Music as a perk for Apple Music subscribers, although other content is in development.

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A seven year legal feud that’s been the tech equivalent of the Hatfields and the McCoys has finally been resolved.

Apple and Samsung have finally settled their ongoing legal battle, according to court documents filed with the Northern District Court of California this morning.

In the document, Apple and Samsung said they have agreed to drop and settle the remaining claims and counter claims in the design patent legal battle that saw them back in court in May.

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If you’re not terrific at Fortnite, there’s now a practice mode.

Epic Games’ incredibly popular battle royale shooter game, Fortnite, has been updated to version 4.5. The new version adds a multi-player practice mode where you get an hour of play time to learn the ropes.

During that time, you can learn to build structures on the fly, practice with assorted weapons and more.

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If you’re feeling brave with your iOS device, you now have the change to test our the first public beta of iOS 12, which was released to its public beta testing group on Tuesday. The first public beta of iOS 12 should correspond to the second developer beta, which was released last week.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s beta testing program will receive the iOS 12 beta update over-the-air after installing the proper certificate on an iOS device.

Users can sign up to join the beta testing program on beta.apple.com, which gives users access to iOS, macOS, and tvOS betas. Prior to installing a beta, make sure to create a full encrypted iTunes backup or an iCloud backup and be sure to install iOS 12 on a secondary device because beta software is not always stable and can include bugs.

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If you’re feeling somewhat brave, or at least have a partition set aside for it, Apple released the first macOS Mojave public beta on Tuesday. Mojave is Apple’s latest version of macOS and is expected to ship this fall.

The upcoming operating system debuted at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference earlier this month. Developers have had a chance to experiment with two beta version by this point in time.

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It looks like Apple will be chasing the high end and could be offering studio-quality over-ear headphones for as early as next year, according to sources close to the story.

The company is said to be working on new AirPods with noise-cancellation and water resistance, the people said. Apple is trying to increase the range that AirPods can work away from an iPhone or iPad, one of the people said. You won’t be swimming in them though: The water resistance is mainly to protect against rain and perspiration, the people said.

The upper-end AirPods, which will more than likely retail at a higher price point than the existing $159 AirPods, could also arrive with a wireless charging case that’s compatible with the upcoming AirPower charger.

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Representatives from several major technology firms will meet in San Francisco on Wednesday to address growing concerns over consumer privacy, driven to the forefront by new European regulations and public uproar over scandals like Cambridge Analytica.

The companies include a part of the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington trade group, as well as Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, and Samsung.

The ITI declined to say which specific companies are attending. Apple though is likely to participate given its industry clout, the stakes involved, and its vocal stance on privacy matters.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of privacy-based concerns on Friday, states that a warrant is required to get cell phone tower location data from carriers. The 5-4 ruling was in a case called Carpenter v. United States, and is thought to be a core ruling that could have sweeping repercussions for decades to come.

The ruling was a somewhat unusual coalition of Justices, with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts being joined by the liberal wing of the court, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. The remaining four Justices each wrote separate dissenting opinions.

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After a fair amount of hemming and hawing, Apple has officially acknowledged that there are problems with its “butterfly” mechanism built into the keyboards of the recent MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks. The company is now offering an extended keyboard service program for computers affected by the issue.

The extended warranty covers replacement of one or more keys or the whole keyboard, depending on the extent of users’ problems, and it covers eligible laptops up to four years after the computer was bought at retail. Each MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook equipped with the keyboard seems to be included. The four year warranty is dramatically longer than the limited warranty the computers ship with or even Apple’s extended AppleCare Plus.

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