Owners of an Apple iPhone, iPad Pro, and other iOS devices that integrate Touch ID, could soon get access to what Apple describes as a “Panic Mode”, according to patent 20150319294, granted today by the US Patent and Trademark office.

While most users won’t notice the difference, the size of the update will be major, with several improvements concerning security and communication, with some changes in UI elements.

“A computer including a base and a display removable from the base.” Sounds familiar? A quick search for patent 9,176,536 on the US Patent and Trademark’s website, reveals a patent, originally filed September 30th 2011, and published April 4th 2013, for a device that “looks” a lot like a Microsoft Surface Book. The patent was granted to Apple, just yesterday November 3rd 2015.

Some say all good things must come to an end, and by this time next year, according to Microsoft Windows lifecycle support page, PCs will no longer ship with Windows 7 preinstalled, past the October 31st 2016 deadline.