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This is Rumor Replay , a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: an iPhone 17 Air leak, Apple’s spring product details, iOS 19 redesigns, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

Need to lock down your new ? Apple has added a new desktop accessory to its online store just for that purpose.

No, it’s not some contraption from the latest Saw movie. It’s a Kensington Security Mount for the redesigned M4 Mac mini. The kit includes a two pieces: a mounting bracket and a locking kit that can be used separately or together.

The Kensington Security Mount for Mac mini has everything you need to secure your Mac. It can be used as a mounting bracket, locking

Benjamin and Chance give their thoughts on Apple’s attempts to placate the BBC’s complaints about notification summaries with iOS 18.3. Also, the rumored iPhone 17 Air design has a divisive camera bar on the back, and this week also saw an intriguing leak showing apparent design changes for the iOS 19 Camera app.

, Chance struggles to find new things to watch and — much to Benjamin’s delight — brings his own Apple TV app complaints to the table. Subscribe at .

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Over the last year, we’ve seen multiple long-term holdouts finally cave to the pressure and adopt Apple Pay. At this point, the largest holdout in the United States is Walmart, and the company today indicated that it has absolutely zero plans to change its stance.

For years, Walmart has insisted that its own payment technologies are superior to Apple Pay. For example, it launched “Walmart Pay” across the United States in 2016 . Walmart Pay works by having shoppers scan a QR code

Apple has just released a new beta firmware update for AirPods Pro 2, bringing revisions for developers ahead of an expected public launch.

AirPods Pro 2 have received their first new beta firmware since November , when build 7B21 launched to the public.

Version 7B21 is still the public firmware version for AirPods Pro 2, but that should change soon when the new beta makes its way to a wide release.

The newly released beta firmware is build 7E5067b.

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The EU is not exactly on the best of terms with several US tech giants, including Apple, and now the newly inaugurated President Trump is speaking up about it.

US President Donald Trump just appeared virtually at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he made a variety of comments criticizing the EU.

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President Trump criticized the European Union (EU) on Wednesday for levying hefty fines against the world’s biggest tech firms, calling it a “form of taxation” against American companies.

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Apple starting adding Thread radios to its devices in late 2023, but has said very little about it. iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max were the first to debut the new radio, but more iPhones, iPads, and Macs have followed suit . Now, a key Apple director has revealed why.

Today with three key players behind Matter, the smart home standard. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy interviewed leaders representing different groups that work together on Matter.

One such interviewee was Vividh Siddha, but also a current Director

While we are still tracking big-time price drops on just about every , today’s deals are headlined by a massive discount on premium renewed the launch prices as well as select . From there we move over to the accessory space with the return of all-time lows on the as well as the official at just , , and one of the thinnest MagSafe power banks we have ever seen . All of that and more is waiting for you below.