Halfway through the work week, all of today’s best deals are now up for the taking with Apple’s white iPad Pro Magic Keyboard at $49 off. That’s alongside a series of Anker iPhone accessories from $11 and the first price cuts on DJI’s modular Action 2 camera. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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During Safer Internet Day, Instagram announced it’s rolling out some safety features, including “Your Activity” and “Security Checkup,” for users globally.

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An upcoming Apple headset is rumored to be powered by a brand new operating system. And now, we're seeing the “realityOS” name referenced in the company's source code for the first time ever.

On February 9, 1993, NeXT Inc., the company Steve Jobs founded after being pushed out of Apple, quit making computers to focus on software.

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Yesterday, Apple officially announced a new Tap to Pay on iPhone feature. This feature turns your iPhone into a contactless payment terminal – the initial implementation of this capability will target businesses, with Apple making new tools available to developers so companies like Stripe can integrate Tap to Pay into merchant applications.

But could this feature also hint at something Apple could add to the iPhone for peer-to-peer payments on a system-level with iOS 16? It certainly seems plausible…

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Apple’s newest macOS 12.3 beta appears to eliminate a frustrating Bluetooth bug that causes excessive battery drain for many MacBook users. The bug, introduced in macOS 12.2 late last month, continually wakes up a MacBook when it’s supposed to be asleep. That means the battery slowly drains while the computer’s not being used. Only disabling […]

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