Kicking off the week, all of today’s best deals are now headlined by Apple’s latest M1 Pro MacBook Pros at Amazon lows. That’s alongside $299 off iPhone 12/mini handsets and the first wave of clearance offers on the iPad Air 4. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Smartphones in Ukraine are playing a crucial role, whether it’s checking up on loved ones, sending live videos to show the uncensored reality of what is happening in the country, or using GPS to help navigate a safe route out of the country.

Given this, some have expressed surprise that Russia hasn’t yet targeted base stations and other telecommunications infrastructure, with debate over whether this is an oversight or a deliberate ploy …

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Ahead of the first orders arriving to buyers on Friday, the first reviews of Apple’s new iPhone SE 3 have officially hit the web. These reviews offer a more in-depth look at Apple’s “new” iPhone SE, including the A15 chip on the inside, 5G connectivity, and the classic home button and Touch ID design.

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Universal translation on iPhone is a fantastically useful feature when traveling. Arthur C Clarke famously said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, and this is one capability that still feels that way to me.

I’m in Buenos Aires at the moment, with extremely limited Spanish, and it’s incredible to me that I can point my iPhone camera at any Spanish text and have it instantly translated into English. But there is one big limitation that requires an extremely clunky workaround …

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Yesterday, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that some iPhone 14 models will keep the same A15 Bionic chip instead of being updated to a more powerful A16 Bionic processor later this year. 9to5Mac sources also independently corroborated this reporting, but here’s why you shouldn’t make a big deal of this possible decision.

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Russia has banned Instagram use in the country and blocked access to the platform for most of the country’s population. Russia says it took the action after parent company Meta announced a temporary change to its moderation policy …

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Apple Watch domination of the smartwatch market sees no sign of ending, despite the growing popularity of much cheaper devices.

A new report today says that much of the 24% growth in the market during 2021 was driven by demand for sub-$100 models, but that Apple continued to outsell its nearest competitor by a factor of three to one …

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The Ted Lasso wins keep coming, as the Apple TV+ show picked up a total of four awards last night, including Best Comedy – beating seven other nominated shows.

The wins take Apple’s hit show to a total of seven Critics Choice awards over two years …

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Foxconn, one of Apple’s major suppliers, has halted operations in Shenzhen, China, due to a lockdown imposed by the local government following a new COVID-19 outbreak. There, the Taiwanese company has factories responsible for assembling iPhones and other Apple products.

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Launched in November, Beats Fit Pro are the latest wireless earbuds by Apple brand Beats. While people are still waiting for the upcoming second-generation AirPods Pro, do Beats Fit Pro have what it takes to replace Apple’s AirPods Pro? Here’s how my experience has been so far.

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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today tweeted that he thinks Apple might break from tradition this year, and release some iPhone 14 models with the same A15 chip as the . 9to5Mac sources independently corroborated this reporting.

The A15 chip would power the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max, although the RAM would be upgraded to 6 GB from 4 GB. The new A16 SoC would be reserved for the higher-end, and more expensive, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models. The Pro phones would feature the same 6 GB RAM as the iPhone 13 Pro …

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