Tech giant Apple this week bought the Boylston Street building that includes its three-story flagship Boston store for $88 million, according to a deed posted Wednesday. At about $3,500 per square foot, the deal is one of the most expensive of its kind statewide in recent years, Boston Business Journal reported.

Apple Inc. has purchased the Boylston Street property that houses its Back Bay store for $88 million, in one of the priciest retail real estate deals in Massachusetts in recent years.

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited the severed floor of Lumon Industries. Before exiting the elevator, Cook's "severed" self grinned mischievously, walking the long white hallways to meet Mr. Seth Milchick (Tramell Tillman) for an instructional video.

With the second episode of Severance season two now available, Apple's CEO Tim Cook is promoting it in a different way than previous shows.

Apple posted iOS 18 adoption rates on Friday, which are only slightly different from the numbers for iOS 17 a year ago. The company says iOS 18 has been installed on 68 percent of all iPhones (as of January 21) and 76 percent of models from the last four years.

OS 18 adoption is on pace with iOS 17 adoption last year, according to iOS 18 adoption statistics provided by Apple. iOS 18 is installed on