Friday’s best deals have now been gathered down below, headlined by the certified refurbished 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro. Alongside that $559 in savings, Apple’s AirPods Pro are also seeing a solid $75 price drop landing at $174 shipped via Amazon. From there, we are tracking deals on the latest MacBook Pro machines and more. Head below for a closer look at all of today’s best iPad Pro, AirPods, and MacBook deals in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. 

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UFC Usman vs Edwards is set for Saturday, August 20 at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. Read on for how to watch UFC 278 on iPhone, Apple TV, web, and more.

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Tech YouTuber Luke Miani managed to get his hands on three Apple AirPower prototypes, and demonstrate them working – albeit briefly! The 91Tech channel has done the same.

The videos provide a very graphic demonstration of why Apple was forced to very publicly abandon the project …

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Update: AmpliFi, which offers routers with built-in VPN capabilities, backs Proton’s position that the fix doesn’t reliably work – see below.

A debate about whether iPhone VPN app security is flawed continues today, with Apple insisting it has offered a fix since 2019, while ProtonVPN says that it’s only a partial solution.

The controversy began when a well-known security researcher said that iOS virtual private network (VPN) apps are broken, due to a flaw that he claims Apple has known about for at least two and a half years. This backed a previous report by ProtonVPN …

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The song identification service Shazam was bought by Apple in 2018. But it actually started out back in August 2002, which means it turned 20 years old this week. To celebrate its milestone birthday, Apple Music has shared a 20 Years of Shazam Hits playlist, featuring the most Shazamed tracks from each calendar year from the past two decades.

The company also announced the service has crossed 70 billion total track recognitions to date, detected from clips submitted by its 225 million monthly active users …

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As technology has evolved over the past few years, we’ve been looking for a way to take our comments/community functionality to the next level. We know that having healthy and on-topic conversations about the latest Apple news is a vital part of the 9to5Mac experience, so we’re excited to announce that we’re getting ready to launch a brand new comments system called OpenWeb. OpenWeb is used by WSJ, AOL, Yahoo, and many other major publishing platforms.

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Do Wireless CarPlay adapters actually work? My Honda Civic came with wired Apple CarPlay. I really wanted Wireless CarPlay in the Civic, but replacing its entertainment system seemed unwise. However, there’s a solution for turning , and it works with iOS 17.4 and iPhone 15.

My first experience of using a 360-degree camera was a few years ago, the Insta360 ONE iPhone module. The Insta360 ONE RS Twin Edition is the company’s attempt to provide a complete action cam package, combining both 360-degree footage and conventional GoPro-style video in one modular system.

It’s a very neat approach, for not too much more than the cost of a single-camera , and integrates extremely well with an iPhone app. You also get dedicated editing apps for both iOS and Mac …

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TikTok shopping is about to get easier, as the short-form video app offers advertisers no fewer than three different types of Shopping Ads …

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Apple TV+ today premiered the first three episodes of new dark comedy series Bad Sisters, starring, written and executive produced by Sharon Horgan, hailing from Horgan’s overall deal with Apple.

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Earlier this week, a Nikkei Asia report claimed that Apple was in talks to build Apple Watch and MacBook models in Vietnam for the first time. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now revealed that Vietnam is already responsible for manufacturing and shipping units of these products. Even so, Apple’s suppliers in Vietnam are expected to increase production of the Apple Watch ahead of the Series 8 launch.

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Apple this week released iOS 15.6.1 and macOS Monterey 12.5.1, both with security enhancements. And to bring these security enhancements to even more users, the company today released Safari 15.6.1 for Macs running macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina.

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has launched its newest Apple accessory today with a dual-purpose MagSafe wallet for iPhone. Along with carrying two cards, the clever design means you’ve also always got a handy stand for both portrait or landscape use.

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Apple Podcasts app is adding two new charts as it wants to make sure people know the shows and channels with the most subscribers. These charts are available for popular channel subscriptions in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia.

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In less than a month, Apple will announce its new iPhone 14 series. With the production of this iPhone in full swing, we’ll also see more and more cases on the web before its release. Now, you can take a look at some of the iPhone 14 cases Apple could introduce at its rumored September 7 event.

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If you’ve been having problems with your American Express cards and Apple Pay in iOS 16, you’re not alone. Apple has acknowledged an issue in the release notes for iOS 16 beta 6 where “American Express cards might need to be removed and re-added to Wallet.”

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J.D. Power is out with its yearly study on US credit card satisfaction today and Apple has come out on top for the second year in a row.

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OtterBox recently launched its latest iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods accessory, the 2-in-1 MagSafe Charging Station. We’ve been testing out the unique wireless charging stand that has a design similar to Apple’s Pro Display XDR pedestal. Here’s our detailed review of this official MagSafe charging stand.

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