Apple weekend deals: MacBooks up to $540 off, AirPods up to $100 off, Apple Watch, more

Your 9to5Toys Lunch Break weekend edition is here, and so are the deals. We are starting off with a series of solid headliners, including AirPods Pro 3 at 25% and AirPods Max 2 at $100 off on all five color options, as well as AirPods 4 with ANC dropping to the best price in 6 months at $135 .

Just be sure to scope out the Apple Certified Refurbished Store if there’s a new MacBook in your future while M5 Pro MacBook


At least 38 people killed following 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia


日本華裔參議員石平再參拜靖國神社

來自四川的日本華裔參議員石平,今日(15日)在個人社交平台發布參拜靖國神社的相片,並配文稱:「我和日本維新會的同事們一起參拜了靖國神社。」

石平是首位來自中國的日本參議員。石平1962年生於四川,曾就讀


At least 38 dead in eastern Indonesia earthquake of magnitude 7.7


Multiple shooters and 5 people shot at Virginia State University

A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday.

新華社:紀念江澤民誕辰百年大會17日舉行 習近平將發表講話

新華社報道,紀念已故前國家主席江澤民誕辰100周年大會,將於8月17日(下周一)上午10時在人民大會堂隆重舉行。中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平將出席大會並發表重要講話。

屆時,中央廣播電視


Review: Zeiss 28mm 2.0 Distagon ZE/ZF/ZF.2

Introduction We haven’t seen a lot of exciting fast 28mm primes for the mirrorless mounts (yet), so I am having a look at the Zeiss 28mm 2.0 Distagon (ZF.2 version) first released in 2009 today. Is there still a reason to consider this lens today or will it suffer the same fate as the Zeiss … Continue reading Review: Zeiss 28mm 2.0 Distagon ZE/ZF/ZF.2

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警冚秀茂坪公屋毒品倉 檢290萬可卡因拘48歲男

中區警區反三合會行動組人員昨日(14日)展開反毒品行動,成功搗破一個位於秀茂坪區內的懷疑毒品儲存倉。行動中,警方秀茂坪區一個公屋單位內拘捕一名48歲本地男子,涉嫌「販運危險藥物」,現正被扣留調查。警員


降溫用品很快失效?「KEYUCA-9.6℃涼感冷感巾」自來水反覆恢復清涼

降溫用品很快失效?「KEYUCA-9.6℃涼感冷感巾」自來水反覆恢復清涼

炎熱天外出時,總會想帶上些防暑用品。

不過,如果是又重又佔空間的用品,反而會讓人懶得帶出門。

就在這時,我找到了 KEYUCA「沾濕即涼感降溫毛巾 附收納袋」

方便繞在脖子上的涼感降溫毛巾

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Why US Indo-Pacific ‘burden sharing’ risks deepening polarisation and big power rivalry

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has recently concluded a tour of Southeast Asia. Photo: AP

The US push to promote “burden sharing” among its allies in the Indo-Pacific has seen it focusing on increasing its military capacity while lowering the political temperature in an effort to reassure its allies.

But some analysts have questioned its chances of succeeding, arguing that this deterrence strategy has intensified great power rivalry and polarisation in the region, while driving deeper bilateral cooperation between China and Russia on the one hand and Russia and North Korea on the