British AirPods Pro 2 owners can now enable the Hearing Aid feature, available today in a free software update. The update was made possible after the UK government stripped out “pointless regulation” in January.

We live in dangerous times. The threat landscape has never been worse, fueled by AI and a forensic industry exploiting security vulnerabilities at a rate we have not seen before. And it’s against this backdrop that Apple’s has confirmed a security warning for tens of millions of users, which EFF describes as “an emergency for us all."

Selfies on iCloud help capture a gang behind a series of burglaries, iPad thefts, and a UK crime spree make up this week's Apple Crime Blotter.

Apple has just removed Advanced Data Protection for iCloud Users in the U.K. Here’s what it means and why it’s a big change for consumers.