Systems Limited (SYS), one of Pakistan’s leading IT firms, has reaffirmed its positive outlook following the recent acquisition of Confiz Limited, a top-three Pakistani IT company specializing in retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) segments.

The update came during SYS’s latest corporate briefing, where management discussed recent acquisitions and the company’s future direction.

According to a report by Topline Securities, the acquisition of Confiz, a 20-year-old business with a strong track record of organic growth, was completed through a 100% share swap arrangement. As a result, Systems’ shareholders will be diluted by 3.8-4.0%, while revenue from Confiz is expected to contribute about 10% to SYS’s current business.

Management highlighted that Confiz’s revenue per employee is higher than Systems’, largely due to its focus on the North American market and the Microsoft ecosystem. Confiz also boasts a direct workforce in America, Europe, and other offshore locations.

Confiz’s margins and profitability ratios are in line with industry trends for growth companies, and its diversified client base includes several Fortune 100 companies. Importantly, there is little overlap with Systems’ existing clientele. The transaction is expected to be finalized within three months, pending court and regulatory approvals.

Management also provided an update on the BAT SAA acquisition, confirming that the business is now fully integrated, with operations beginning in November 2025. However, further details were withheld due to non-disclosure agreements.

SYS has exited several loss-making contracts in the domestic market, with more expected to conclude by the end of this quarter and the next. The company expects the region to return to profitability and emphasized a focus on stable, sustainable growth rather than hyper-expansion in Pakistan.

Growth in the Saudi market has also accelerated this quarter, with momentum expected to strengthen in 2026 as public sector investments are released. Employee attrition has improved, partly due to fewer visa constraints in the Middle East, and the company has largely retained its senior leadership, the report added.

Updated Dec. 15 with further details of the unrequested change in iOS 26.2.

Apple released the latest iPhone update, iOS 26.2 — unprecedentedly on a Friday — and while early reports suggest it’s a stable release, it’s not without controversy. Some users are reporting that the update turns on automatic software updates without them asking for it. On the other hand, some users are finding the reverse problem. More on that later.

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“At the Software Update Complete stage where you normally tap on continue to get to the Home Screen, there might be an extra little bit of information,” MacRumors reported.

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“Some users are seeing a warning that future updates will be automatically downloaded and installed, with the option toggled on automatically if the Continue button is tapped. There’s a subtle ‘Only Download Automatically’ option that does not opt you into automatic updates if you’re paying attention, but it’s easy to miss,” it went on.

Many people already have automatic downloads turned on, and in that case there’s no message when the new software is installed.

Why this matters is that people might not want to download and install updates as soon as they go live, preferring to wait and see what the reactions of other users are, in case there are reports of problems arising.

If you’ve installed iOS 26, the simplest and perhaps safest action is to check. Just open Settings, go to Software Updates and you’ll see a panel marked Automatic Updates. If this says On, then at the next update, it will be downloaded and installed automatically.

Click the panel and on the next screen tap the switch marked Automatically Install. When it grays out, you’ll see an option below marked Automatically Install.

There’s another entry on the page which specifies System Settings and the words Automatically Install. Below this is an explanation: “System files improve iPhone functionality without changing the software version. iPhone may reserve storage space to ensure updates can be installed.”

You can choose whether to have this option on or off.

It’s worth saying that having automatic updates turned on doesn’t necessarily mean that your iPhone will be updated the second the software is released. It takes a little time for the update to reach you.

So, if you’re the kind of person who likes their iPhone to be updated straight away, you may find that even with the setting turned on for both download and update that you are updating manually because you’ve thought of it before the phone has got round to it.

And this is not an issue to do with the thorny issue of when you switch from iOS 18 to iOS 26: this unexpected change seems to be restricted to iOS 26. In other words, Apple has not made this change to force people to go to iOS 26. Though that doesn’t mean such a change won’t happen at a later stage.

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