BLUETTI offering up to 50% off on its portable power stations for adventurers during Prime Day [Sponsored]

BLUETTI is a leader in portable energy solutions, offering a wide variety of power stations that you can use to keep your devices juiced up while you’re off the grid on your adventures. They even offer some models with solar. This Prime Day, they’re offering some of their best ever discounts, with up to 54% off. Plus, 9to5Mac readers can also score an extra 3-5% off certain models with our special discount codes.

With code BLUETTI3OFF, readers

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9to5Mac Overtime 030: Coffee Check in Brooklyn, NY

Jeff and Fernando visit in Brooklyn, NY, to discuss the new iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, Camera Control, AirPods 4, Apple Watch Ultra 2 (black), and all the latest Apple news.

9to5Mac Overtime is a weekly video-first podcast exploring fun and interesting observations in the Apple ecosystem, featuring 9to5Mac’s Fernando Silva & Jeff Benjamin. . You can also and for more.

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Prime Day 2 highlights: Black titanium Apple Watch Ultra 2 hits best price ever, AirPods 4 and Pro 2, iPhone 16 cases, and more

We are now well into the second half of with all of the best deals ready and waiting in . Alongside ongoing and particularly impressive price drops on the latest back at the best price of the year with , our day 2 price drops are highlighted by the lowest price we have ever tracked on the new , including the configurations with the updated , , and the . The Prime Day prices carry over to the all-time low prices we spotted on the as well as the transparent from , and on the most affordable .

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Kuo: iPhone 16 sales matching expectations so far, no cutbacks anticipated

Apple’s iPhone 16 lineup launched just a few weeks ago. Now is about the time we typically hear supply chain reports that indicate how sales seem to be going. In contrast to a questionable report last week, today Ming-Chi Kuo has for iPhone 16 sales numbers.

In a , supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo provides a variety of updates on iPhone 16 shipments.

The biggest takeaway is that sales numbers appear to be matching expectations, with no supply chain cutbacks anticipated.

The weeks following


Passbook lets you create an Apple Wallet pass from any QR code

I’m a big fan of the Wallet app as a single place to store all my tickets and passes for everything from travel to theater, but not every company directly supports the app.

Passbook is one of a number of apps which allow you to take any existing ticket and import it into the Wallet app, to keep everything together …

I recently had a mild panic moment when I approached a ticket barrier at a train station and opened the Wallet app to display the QR code needed to open the gates. It

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Report: M4 iPad Pro demand drops significantly, price might be to blame

The M4 iPad Pro debuted earlier this year with impressive feature upgrades—and higher prices than ever before. According to a , demand for the Pro models has dropped significantly, and those premium prices may be to blame.

Ross Young, supply chain analyst at DSCC, has outlining demand struggles for Apple’s M4 iPad Pro.

The new iPad Pro models debuted in May, and initial demand seemed strong.

However, display panel shipments reveal there’s been a huge scaling back underway that reveals weaker than expected


Upcoming premium Ring doorbell subscription offers AI search – with mixed results

An upcoming premium Ring doorbell subscription will offer 24/7 recording, and AI-powered search, from $19.99 per month.

The Amazon-owned company is also renaming two of its existing subscription tiers, while Ring Protect Pro subscribers will have to choose between upgrading or downgrading …

has the details.

A new service, called Ring Home Premium, will include features like 24/7 recording and AI-powered video search, starting at $19.99 per month when it


Teen survey reveals Apple Intelligence will push more iPhone 16 upgrades

A of teens in the U.S. reveals that iPhone ownership remains extremely high. And while the number of teens upgrading to the iPhone 16 currently remains steady, Apple Intelligence looks set to push an acceleration of new purchases in the months ahead.

iPhone ownership remains high among U.S. teens

Piper Sandler of its semi-annual Gen Z survey. This is the 48th such survey, and it involved 13,515 teens across 47 U.S. states.

One unsurprising

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Threads Loop could compete with Communities on X, or subreddits

Meta’s Threads app may be seeking to further push into the territory occupied by the app formerly known as Twitter , taking on one of Elon Musk’s favorite features.

The feature is known as Loop, and one developer who spotted the reference said that it might be similar to the Communities feature on X, or subreddits

first found the feature.

Threads is working on Loops 👀

appears to have independently spotted it.

It appears that Threads is working on a Communities feature called “Loop”, which might be


The legality of free music streaming app Musi may be settled as developer sues Apple

The legal status of the free music streaming app Musi has long been unclear – but the matter may now be settled, thanks to a lawsuit the developer has filed against Apple .

Musi sourced its music from YouTube using a method it claims was perfectly legal, while parent company Google disagreed. When the two sides were unable to reach agreement, Apple pulled Musi from its App Store – a move the developer says lacked good cause …

Musi launched back in 2016, and proved a big hint with teens in particular

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