Deals: MacBook Neo up to $120 off, MacBook Pro $500 off, Apple Watch SE 3/Ultra 3 $130 off, AirPods, more
The AirPods Pro 3 discounts roll on alongside the all-time low pricing on AirTag 2, but for today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break we are stating off with the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store where you’ll find the lowest prices on MacBook Neo at up to $120 off the list new lists. Those deals join this M5 Pro MacBook Pro at $500 off (that’s $100 under the pre price-hike MSRP) as well as this Apple
9to5Mac Daily: August 5, 2026 – Apple iPhone event clues, more
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Ted Lasso is back, and two more hit Apple shows are coming soon
Ted Lasso is officially back for season 4 ( watch here ), and Apple TV has two more hit series set to return soon. Here’s what’s coming.
iOS 27’s best new Messages feature is all about saving you time
iOS 27 gives the Messages app a variety of new features and improvements . And based on my time with the beta, Messages’ best new feature is a convenient time-saver: one-tap suggestions.
A live iPhone launch seems unlikely, but the event could be live-lier this year
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman stirred things up a little with what was likely a deliberately teasingly-phrased tweet. Some took this to be a reference to a live iPhone keynote presentation instead of a pre-recorded one.
That seems unlikely, but there are a couple of reasons for suspecting that the live elements may be livelier this year …
MacPaw is building an on-device AI layer that will work across your Mac apps
MacPaw has announced a long-term strategic partnership with Liquid AI to co-develop an on-device AI technology stack built specifically for the Mac.
The collaboration will start with Eney, MacPaw’s AI assistant for macOS.
TikTok is telling people to put their phones into the fridge, and repair shops are happy
I don’t use TikTok myself, but from all of the second-hand reports I see, it seems to have become a massive repository of terrible advice. This apparently now includes videos advising people to put their iPhones into the fridge when they become hot …
As iPhones get more expensive, T-Mobile launches new 3-year plan
While claims of a $1,399 starting price for the iPhone 18 Pro may be exaggerated , there’s no doubt at all that we are going to see steep price increases for this year’s lineup.
Apple has already prepared the ground for the resulting sticker shock with the new Apple Upgrade program , and now T-Mobile is responding with the launch of a new 3-year payment plan …
Apple lawsuit against OpenAI says iCloud mess didn’t play a role
One of the theories voiced about how a former Apple employee may have accessed confidential documents after leaving the company to join OpenAI has been dispelled by a court filing.
It has been suggested that access to the documents may have been inadvertent due to a seemingly messy iCloud arrangement for Apple employees – but the company says this is not the case …
Wispr Flow takes on AI meeting assistants with Notetaker, its first product beyond dictation
Wispr Flow users on Mac can now access Notetaker, an AI-powered meeting assistant that uses calendars, connected apps, and personal dictionaries to provide additional context for transcripts, summaries, and notes. Here are the details.