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A look inside Apple’s silicon playbook

Enlarge This week Apple introduced a set of new MacBook Pro laptops . During the prerecorded launch event , Apple’s engineers and executives made it clear that the MVPs in these new products are the chips that power them: the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips . With 34 billion and 57 billion transistors, respectively, […]

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iFixit’s Apple Watch teardown includes a theory about device’s delayed launch

iFixit’s full Apple Watch Series 7 teardown. [credit: iFixit ] As has become something of a ritual, tools-seller and repair-advocacy group iFixit has published a detailed teardown of the latest Apple product. This time, we get a look at the particular innards of the Apple Watch Series 7. This Watch model was announced in September—but […]

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With no new Apple monitors, here are the best high-res screens for your Mac

Enlarge / No larger M1-powered iMac yet. (credit: Apple) Apple held its fall event was today, and the stars of the show were the M1 Pro and M1 Max announced for the new MacBook Pros. We even got new AirPods and word on macOS Monterey. But all was quiet on the displays front. Hope for a […]

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Apple intros 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros with display notches, M1 Pro and M1 Max

Enlarge / The new MacBook Pro. (credit: Apple) Nearly a year after announcing the first, low-end M1 Macs last November, Apple has finally unveiled its higher-end Macs. New 14-inch and 16-inch Macbook-pro models will include the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, faster successors that build upon the foundation of the original M1, as well […]

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Apple’s third-generation AirPods arrive next week with a new design, spatial audio

Enlarge / The third-generation Apple AirPods. (credit: Apple) Today, Apple announced an update to its AirPods true wireless earbuds. The new third-generation model features a slightly revamped design that veers closer to the higher-end AirPods Pro , with shorter stems and a similar touch-based “Force sensor” control scheme built-in. Their charging case takes after the […]