All of today’s best Apple deals have arrived on this fine Tuesday and are headlined by a new low for Apple’s 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro at $250 off. That’s alongside a 1-day refurbished iPhone 12 discount to $480 and Eve’s new HomeKit Weather Station with Thread at $70. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Instagram will soon lend another TikTok feature for its app as the company is testing a new pinned post function on user profiles. It’s currently in beta for selected users, and it could be available soon to all users.

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OWC is out with a new workflow tool today to help videographers move footage quickly from “capture to creation.” Copy That for Mac is available to try out now – in public beta – and is built to streamline the ingest process from RED, Blackmagic, ARRI cameras, and other media storage to Mac.

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Apple TV+ is about to add a Webby Award to its long-running list of accolades. At the 26th Annual Webby Awards, Adam Scott, star of Severance, is going to receive the honor as Webby Best Actor. The hit series will be features at the in-person event in New York City on May 16. 

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Samsung continues to diversify its venerable T-series line of SSDs and today is launching its new T7 Shield portable SSD with a rugged rubberized exterior and substantial dust and water protection. The T7 Shield isn’t much larger or heavier than or security-focused T7 Touch, but it brings the added protection from the elements that some active users may require.

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Apple last year dropped the polarizing Touch Bar from the MacBook Pro models, but Dell has just launched a new laptop with a touch bar in the trackpad …

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Today, Apple will unveil the iPhone 14 series. With rumors heating up, there are some features that are pretty much confirmed on these new phones. Read on as we roundup four of them that we expect to see on the iPhone 14.

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Today, Jamf is unveiling a host of new features aimed to streamline the lives of Apple IT managers who manage devices for businesses, but also in education. At its special spring event, Jamf unveiled updates to Jamf Protect, a new Jamf Trust end-user app, and Jamf Safe Internet. Read on to learn more about the new features as well as release timing.

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Today, iOttie is launching new additions to its Velox MagSafe accessory lineup. Having first launched last fall, the series is now growing with three accessories made for iPhone 12 and 13 series handsets. All sporting premium builds, we’re taking a hands-on look at the latest iOttie Velox MagSafe charger additions to see if they’re worth pre-ordering. Head below for more.

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A new Japanese antitrust report into the smartphone market has raised the possibility of new legislation intended to reduce the dominance of Apple and Google. It calls for multiple app stores for each platform.

Additionally, it suggests that the preinstallation of Apple and Google’s own web browsers on smartphones means that competitor apps are disadvantaged …

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Apple’s MetLife Building renovation plans have been approved, ahead of a new billion-dollar campus at the Research Triangle Park in Cary, North Carolina.

The main campus, some 10 miles down the road, is expected to cost around $1B, while the renovation to the nearby MetLife Building 3 has a more modest budget of around $19.3M …

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A few weeks after adding non-conventional workouts to its Apple Watch app, Gentler Streak is back with another important update by improving heart rate monitoring during exercises plus bringing the long-awaited widgets support for iPhone users.

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Reactions to Elon Musk buying Twitter are in, and it’s fair to say that the overall tone is not one of wholehearted support. Even Twitter itself is taking precautions against potential employee reactions.

But the purchase does have at least one fan: Twitter founder Jack Dorsey …

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, I go solo for the first time and talk about Apple’s upcoming integration with Google Workspace for Managed Apple IDs.

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Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s company that owns Facebook, is taking the next step in promoting its products. Starting next month, Meta will have its own retail store so that customers can get a closer look at the metaverse.

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For some weird reason, there are still some native iOS apps missing on the iPad – like the Calculator and the Weather apps. While there are no hints that the iPad will finally get a Weather app this year with the upcoming iPadOS 16, this new concept shows exactly how the app should look on the big screen.

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There were multiple stories in the news last week regarding Apple Store employees’ plans to unionize. While Apple has yet to make a public statement about the unionization plans, it’s already working with anti-union lawyers to stop these efforts.

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Stripe, an online payment processing service, is partnering with Twitter to test a way for creators to receive payments in cryptocurrency. This select group of creators who have monetization features enabled can receive a USD Coin (USDC). This “stablecoin” cryptocurrency connected to the US dollar.

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Twitter has made it official: it will accept Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company at a value of $54.20 per share. This comes after Elon Musk submitted what he called his “best and final” offer to take the company private earlier this month. Head below for the full details on Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter.

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Apple just announced a new service program that offers free repairs for Apple Watch Series 6 that die unexpectedly. Here’s how to check Apple Watch blank screen free fix eligibility.

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After being first revealed back at CES, Anker’s latest addition to its stable of chargers is finally available. Enter the new Nano II 100W, a USB-C power adapter centered around the brand’s GaN II charging technology. Sporting a three-port design with an ultra-compact build, it’s 30% smaller than Apple’s comparative wall adapter and is .

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Over 18 months after the release of the first Mac powered by the M1 chip, Microsoft has released a version of Microsoft Teams that is optimized for Apple Silicon. While the Apple Silicon version of Microsoft Teams is not publicly available to Teams users yet, you can download it via the company’s website.

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Last year, Apple announced a handful of changes coming to the App Store in response to a class-action lawsuit from US developers. In addition, the company had unveiled a Small Developer Assistance Fund, which would pay out between $250 to $30,000 to developers making under $1 million per year in the App Store. Now, this assistance submission request for small developers is due by May 20.

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Apple and Back Market are teaming up on a new campaign to promote refurbished Apple hardware. This campaign about giving devices a second life comes just after Earth Day last week. In a video ad, the company surprised customers with AirDropped messages on iPhones at Apple Stores in Berlin, London, and Paris. 

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“Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day,” would sing The Mamas & The Papas – if you are able to check lyrics for songs using Apple Music. Some are experiencing downtime for Apple Music. Not only that, the App Store is also facing an outage this Monday, as 9to5Mac reported earlier today that privacy labels are now missing from apps.

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Last fall Nanoleaf launched its latest HomeKit smart lights, the modular Lines. They feature an all-new form factor that makes it easy to create a custom aesthetic for your home, office, or any other space. Now the company has released slick matte black skin covers (matte pink too) to easily transform the white exterior of the lights.

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