All of today’s best deals are now up for grabs to mark the halfway point through the week, and Apple Watch Series 7 on sale from $270 lead the way. A 20% off Nomad sale also has its new Base One 15W MagSafe charger at $80, and you can now score AirPods 3 in stock at $150. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Apple is one iPhone 14 away from releasing the iPad 10, and we are expecting an exciting update for Apple’s most boring tablet. If Apple delivers what we think is coming, the new entry level iPad will bring a number of changes.

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Apple today released the trailer for its next original movie for Apple TV+ entitled The Greatest Beer Run Ever. The film premieres on September 30 and stars Zac Efron as Chickie. Chickie embarks on a journey to the frontlines of Vietnam, to bring beer to the soldiers serving his country.

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Evidence is mounting that Apple will increase the prices of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max this year. Ming-Chi Kuo first suggested the possibility of a price increase last week, and now Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says that he expects a $100 price increase…

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Back in December of last year, we saw an interesting proof of concept of being able to control smart home devices simply by pointing your iPhone at them. Now a startup called Fluid One has brought that developer on board, and added the missing piece of the puzzle: hardware.

The video demo below looks extremely slick, but setting it up for a typical home won’t be cheap, coming in at $800 at the Kickstarter price …

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Curious how much storage Apple has put in its iPads over the years or how much storage your current iPad has (or could have had)? Read along for a look at the complete iPad storage list for what capacities come with every iPad model.

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Apple is expanding the collection of Remix Sessions available in its GarageBand app for iOS and iPadOS. The company announced via a press release that two new Remix Sessions are launching today from Katy Perry and K-pop supergroup SEVENTEEN.

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The UK carrier EE today announced that its Full Works plan will now bundle …. the Apple One bundle.

Although many different carriers have included Apple services perks like Apple Music or Arcade before, this is the first time that the full Apple One package is included as an extra. You can expect similar international carrier announcements to follow.

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An official survey in the UK shows that TikTok has replaced TV as the most popular entertainment source for young adults, while a separate Pew study reveals that 95% of US teens watch YouTube, many of them “almost constantly.”

Use of both apps and streaming services has dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast television …

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In June, Airbnb announced that its temporary ban on parties due to the pandemic was going to become a codified policy. Now, the company is introducing new anti-party technology in the US and Canada to prevent parties.

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Fears about midterm election disinformation have led both Meta and TikTok to outline the defensive measures they plan to deploy. It follows a disastrous experience in 2016, when Facebook unwittingly sold political ad space to disinformation agents working on behalf of Russia.

Meta subsequently put in place protections for the 2020 elections, and says that it will maintain the strategies shown to be effective, as well as improving on them …

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MacBook design changes have made it practical for the machines to be assembled in Vietnam for the first time. So far, only iPads and AirPods have been made in the country.

The move marks the continuation of Apple’s gradual effort to reduce its dependance on China as a manufacturing center …

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Meta on Tuesday announced some new features coming to Facebook and Instagram users as the company is focused on competing with TikTok. In addition to a new way to create Reels using previously shared Stories, Instagram users can now cross-post Reels to Facebook.

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WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a completely new app for Windows users. This time, instead of using the old Electron technology (which is web-based), the app has been completely rebuilt using native Windows technologies, which should result in better performance overall.

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Apple last month settled a lawsuit against Chicago as the city imposed a new local tax for streaming services. At the time, the company feared that the action would result in a ruling that such a tax is completely legal, which could set precedents for other governments to do the same. The company will begin collecting the tax for subscribers in Chicago starting next month.

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Apple is reportedly threatening to fire an employee over her posting a TikTok with iPhone security tips and advice. As first spotted by The Verge, the employee was told that she “breached company policy” by identifying herself as an Apple employee in a video about Apple products.

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Apple has set its next Apple Watch Activity Challenge for August 27 to “celebrate the beauty of national parks everywhere.” Apple Watch users can earn the achievement by completing a hike, walk, wheelchair workout, or run at least one mile.

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Another Apple Original is set to be available on Blu-ray. Award-winning TV show For All Mankind will see a physical release next month as the company expands its titles available for people to physically own them.

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Update: A day after releasing watchOS 9 beta 6, Apple is seeding the fourth public beta for this upcoming operating system.

watchOS 9 beta 6 is here. As Apple polishes the Apple Watch’s upcoming operating system after more than two months of beta testing, the company seems to be getting ready for the launch of watchOS 9 in September. Here’s everything new with it.

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A survey shows that 49% of Android users are considering switching to Apple’s iPhone due to “perceived superiority” in security and privacy. In addition, consumers reported feeling more secure using the iPhone 13 Pro Max instead of Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra.

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