Apple announces Ted Lasso look-alike contest happening in NYC

Ted Lasso returns for season 4 this week ( watch here ), and Apple has just announced a clever marketing event: a Ted look-alike contest happening at Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City.
MagSafe Monday: The LISEN Qi2.2 MagSafe battery brings the most unique lanyard on the market

The new LISEN Qi2.2 MagSafe battery strikes a nice balance between size and design, bringing some very interesting features to the lanyard. On the spec side, the key feature is supporting the Qi2.2 standard for much faster MagSafe charging. To me, the most unique feature is a really clever lanyard system for the included cable.
9to5Mac Daily: August 3, 2026 – Apple’s Q3 earnings

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Wikipedia for iOS just added a fun, new app widget for your Home Screen

If you’re anything like me, you can relate to spending way too much time going down the rabbit hole of random articles on Wikipedia. Now there’s officially an app, err, widget for that.
Disney+ might soon launch free tier for users, per report
Hollywood increasingly sees YouTube as its major competition, and per a new report , free tiers from streamers like Disney+ and Paramount+ might be the answer.
Apple launches revamped ‘Apple Accessories’ shopping experience

Apple has rolled out a new experience for browsing and buying accessories on the Apple Online Store and in the App Store app. The changes make it easier to browse accessories by categories, view editorial curations, and more.
Apple will launch five new products next month, here’s what’s coming

We’re only one month away from Apple’s biggest product launch event of the year: the September iPhone event. Here’s what rumors say is coming.
Deals: Apple Watch Ultra 3 $100 off, Series 11 from $299, AirPods, Anker chargers, Best Buy back to school sale, more

Summer deals are somehow still live on AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off alongside all-time low pricing on AirTag 2, but today we have some fresh discounts on Apple Watch Ultra 3 . Amazon is now offering several configurations at nearly $100 off the list prices to join refreshed Series 11 offers from $299 . We also have Anker’s more powerful 100W 3-port Smart Display Charger down at $50 on Amazon (nearly 30% off) and
Google Health adds two-way Apple Health syncing on iPhone

Back in May, the Google Health app launched alongside the new line of affordable Google Fitbit Air health trackers.
Google Health initially included one-way Apple Health integration. The app could read and import health data recorded by an iPhone, Apple Watch, and other HealthKit-connected apps, but it couldn’t write Fitbit data back to Apple Health.
Today’s Google Health iOS app update adds the missing half of that connection.
Apple’s latest acquisition makes a lot of sense for product roadmap

Apple recently agreed to acquire a company called PlasmaSolve, according to EU-required filings . Here’s why the new acquisition could make a lot of sense for Apple’s future product roadmap.