Apple has announced an upcoming Apple Fitness+ Time to Walk with Prince William. In addition to Apple Fitness+ subscribers, it will also be made available to everyone as a free airing on Apple Music 1.

The company says that the walk will be 38 minutes, with a choice of listening times to suit different time zones, and will have a mental health focus …

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A Pokémon Go 120fps option is now available to take advantage of the ProMotion displays on the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max.

Frame rates above 30fps are also available on older iPhones, but in both cases you’ll have to manually enable the option …

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Mariah Carey is back for the second year running on Apple TV+, this time with a new special ‘The Magic Continues’. The first Magical Christmas Special also remains available for streaming. Here’s how to watch the new special.

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Curious about conjuring up ? Follow along for how to type the Apple logo character on iPhone, iPad, and Mac including how to make your own keyboard shortcut.

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As the holiday season enters full swing, Apple Music is getting in on the times with a new “From Apple Music With Love” promotion. Apple says that over the next week, it will roll out “exclusive gifts to Apple Music users,” including exclusive EPs, playlists, and more.

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We are now tracking some huge price drops on the highly-rated XGIMI home and portable projectors, just in time to ensure you get one under the tree this year. These feature-rich projectors bring movie night to the next level with up to 300-inch displays, true 4K or 1080p resolutions, and audio systems courtesy of the folks at Harman Kardon. Best of all, we are now tracking major price drops at Amazon with hundreds of dollars in savings. Head below for a closer look.

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Last year we learned that Nvidia was set to move forward with its plans to acquire chip designer Arm for an estimated $40 billion. However, after the FTC investigated competition concerns around the deal this year, it has filed a lawsuit to block the acquisition.

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Zoe Schiffer at The Verge is out with a new story exploring working conditions for Apple’s “frontline employees,” including retail employees, support staff, and sales staff. The report, based on conversations with 16 current and former employees, says that “complaints about working conditions and pay have largely been ignored.”

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Apple is requesting the reinstatement of exclusions from tariffs on the Apple Watch and several Mac Pro components that are imported from China. Apple currently pays a 7.5% tariff on Apple Watches imported from China, and seven key Mac Pro components face a 25% tariff. The policy was originally initiated under the Trump administration.

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Update: Now rolling out to public beta testers as well.

After a brief hiatus, the beta train is back in business today. Apple is now rolling out iOS 15.2 beta 4 to registered developers, bringing new features and continued refinements. Today’s update to beta 4 comes just over two weeks after the release of beta 3 to developers and public beta users. Head below for the details. 

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With the end of the year quickly approaching, the Unicode Consortium is out with a fun study today showing off the emojis that were used most throughout 2021. While the smiley/emotion category was the most popular overall, the new report breaks down nine different emoji categories by the most and least used.

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All of today’s best deals are now up for the taking, with Apple’s official MagSafe Battery Pack at an Amazon low leading the way. That’s alongside AirPods Max returning to the Black Friday price and 20% off Satechi Apple chargers. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Apple’s chip manufacturing partner, TSMC, is expected to begin volume production of 3-nanometer chips during the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a new report from DigiTimes. This could mean that we start seeing 3nm chips in Apple products as soon as 2023.

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