Curated Apple News summary, 30 Sept.

A busy day for Apple news — all the highlights are available in the MUCH bigger collection you should subscribe to on Substack, where you’ll also learn Apple’s Tim Cook now seems to chair a board with the CEOs of Nvidia and AMD, at least for a while. Take a look….
Apple will launch its HomePad on Oct. 13
Diary date: 13 Oct. Launch will include smart home hub, HomePod mini and an upgraded Apple TV. (Bloomberg).
Apple squashed the latest nasty surveillance style zero day bug.
Calls this, “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”
What to expect from upcoming iPad mini
Powerful A20 chip, 12GB RAM, OLED display, slimmer bezels, landscape front camera, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, IP-rated water resistance, redesigned speaker and a C-series Apple 5G modem in cellular models.