We’re heading into the weekend with all of today’s best deals, courtesy of our friends over at 9to5Toys. On tap for this Friday, Apple’s 13-inch M2 MacBook Air is an even better value at $980. New all-time lows are delivering up to $160 in savings to go alongside a Sonos summer sale that’s marking down some of the most popular smart audio gear on the market from $134. And if you’re looking for the last charger your desk will need, a rare markdown is delivering Satechi’s latest 200W GaN power station with six USB-C ports for $128. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Apple Watch saves lives, and it’s not just by making SOS calls and detecting heart conditions. Sometimes the motivates someone in just the right way to change their life through a months-long fitness journey.

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Do Wireless CarPlay adapters actually work? I bought two cars a few years ago. The Honda Civic came with wired Apple CarPlay. The Honda HR-V had a basic entertainment system that I upgraded with an . I really wanted Wireless CarPlay in the Civic, but replacing its entertainment system was too disruptive. Now there’s a solution for turning standard CarPlay into Wireless CarPlay…

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is continuing his damage control tour, this time via a new interview with The Verge. Despite a large number of subreddits still offline in protest over Reddit’s changes to third-party apps, Huffman is once again doubling down on that decision.

This time, his argument is that the Reddit API – which has been used by third-party apps successfully for years – “was never designed to support third-party apps.”

I’ll save my full opinion on this for the “9to5Mac’s Take” section below… but I’ll give you the gist of it here: “bullshit.”

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Earlier this month, WhatsApp announced its new “Channels” feature, which for those who use Telegram, works pretty much the same as it lets users broadcast messages to many other people. And Meta seems to really believe in this feature, as the company is now rolling out Instagram Channels globally to users.

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When Apple announced the all-new iPhone 14 lineup, they decided to completely remove the physical sim card tray from iPhones sold in the US. Many customers, especially international travelers, were upset with this because when they would travel to another country, they would purchase a local sim card to avoid outrageous data roaming costs. But Holafly aims to alleviate this frustration by supporting over 130 destinations with their simple-to-use international eSIM solution offering regular and unlimited data plans from 5 days up to 90 days.

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As Apple has been trying to show that macOS is a platform for gaming, many developers have also been showing interest in the platform. Now Steam has announced an important update for its Mac app, which now supports hardware acceleration – and that should enable better performance when users are browsing through Steam’s catalog of games.

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Anker has a new charging lineup on the horizon that is set to be even more capable than previous releases. The new Anker Prime collection my drop GaN from its naming scheme, but still delivers on the efficiency and compact size offered by Gallium nitride tech, packing that into new power banks with up to 27,650mAh batteries and 240W charging stations.

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Online advertisements are everywhere these days, and sometimes they can be quite inconvenient. For those who don’t like to see ads all the time, here’s some bad news: Uber will soon show video ads in all its apps while the user waits for the driver and during a ride.

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Apple is making a major change to its Apple Card Monthly Installment purchase option for iPhone buyers. Starting in August, Apple says that it will no longer allow customers to purchase SIM-free iPhone models using Apple Card financing. Instead, carrier connection with AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon will be required.

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Apple launched an all-new retail experience with a big renovation of its very first location – Tysons Corner in Virginia last month. Now Apple has debuted its second new retail location to get its fresh aesthetic in London’s historic Battersea Power Station.

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Benjamin and Chance talk all things Apple Vision Pro, from hardware design to its features to its real-world appeal. We also walk through Chance’s impressions of his hands-on demo experience at WWDC last week. Plus, Apple just dropped a trio of new M2 Macs, including very the compelling 15-inch MacBook Air.

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Are your Spidey-Senses tingling or is that just CASETiFY’s newest collaboration? Today the popular smartphone case maker is back with its latest collection of themed covers, this time tapping into one of Marvel’s most beloved heroes. Miles Morales might be all Spider-Man fans can think about right now, but the folks at CASETiFY are going back to a more classic rendition of the hero for a new lineup of iPhone 14 cases, AirPods covers, and other gear for your web-slinging everyday carry.

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A seemingly small update with iOS 17 that turns out to be very useful is the ability to have your iPhone clean up 2FA text messages on its own. Here’s how to auto delete iPhone verification codes with iOS 17.

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The deal could close in a week – or it might have been completed as this goes to print.

Sources tell Electrek that Rivian has been in talks to acquire the world’s most popular EV route planning service, Sweden-based A Better Route Planner, or ABRP for short. Financial details weren’t disclosed, but ABRP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Iternio, which lists a small employee count of under 10 people and 8 people on LinkedIn.

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You’ve always been able to ping your missing iPhone from your . Now with iOS 17, the iPhone can easily return the favor.

Even though iOS 17 was announced over a week ago, we’re still discovering some smaller yet useful new features and changes. One such change included in iOS 17 is more flexibility to help protect yourself against forgotten or unintentional passcode changes on iPhone and iPad.

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Following up on releasing the second round of the iOS 16.6 beta, macOS 13.5 beta, and more, Apple made the third beta of these releases available for developers. However, these betas come as the first iOS 17, macOS Sonoma, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17 betas are now in testing.

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Apple’s first-ever 15-inch MacBook Air has new charger options compared to the 13-inch version. We already took a look inside Apple’s new 70W GaN USB-C today.

The new fast and compact USB-C charger isn’t just speedier than the 67W power adapter, it’s also smaller by a fairly significant amount. GaN, short for gallium nitride, is just so good for .

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