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Apple unsigns iOS 18.6, preventing downgrades from iOS 18.6.1 or 18.6.2

iOS 18 downgrade.

Apple stopped signing iOS 18.6 on Thursday, just one week after releasing iOS 18.6.1 alongside watchOS 11.6.1 to enable the Blood Oxygen monitoring feature on Apple Watches that were previously barred from offering the feature to end users under an International Trade Commission ruling – but later circumvented by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection ruling that patent troll Masimo is now once again suing over.

Apple Card users who buy gas or EV charges at preferred stations can get 5% cash back for a limited time

Apple Card titanium.

Apple Card users who open the Wallet app on their iPhone this week will find that the company has started rolling out a limited-time perk for drivers of both gas and electric-powered vehicles: a fancy 5% cash back at Exxon and Mobil gas stations, as well as qualifying ChargePoint EV charging stations or the purchase of a ChargePoint home-installed charger.