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Apple highlights the seven new products available today

Apple has highlighted all of the new products which went on sale this morning, both online and in Apple stores around the world.

Unsurprisingly, the company positions the MacBook Neo as the headline news among the seven new products …

Here’s what Apple has to about each new piece of hardware.

“Powered by Apple silicon, MacBook Neo effortlessly handles all of a user’s daily tasks, from browsing and streaming to photo editing and exploring creative hobbies. It even supercharges AI capabilities across a user’s favorite apps

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Music discovery on TikTok just got a lot more powerful for Apple Music subscribers

TikTok and Apple Music are teaming up to bring two new features to iPhone users. Play Full Song allows to “listen to full music playback without leaving TikTok” thanks to an exclusive partnership. Listening Party, TikTok says, aims to bring artists and fans together on the platform.

TikTok calls its new Play Full Song feature a “new music discovery experience which will make it easier than ever for fans to engage with the music that they discover on TikTok.” Apple Music is the first and only supported music service at


Your MacBook can have Apple’s rainbow logo with new ‘1984’ skin

It’s a big week for the Mac, with three new MacBooks available today. To celebrate, dbrand has a new line of ‘1984’ skins to give your MacBook’s Apple logo a retro look.

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CarPlay coming this week for a major Tesla competitor’s electric SUV

EV maker Lucid is bringing Apple CarPlay support to its Gravity SUV starting tomorrow. While Tesla is rumored to be working on Apple CarPlay support, Lucid Gravity makes one more EV model with the iPhone feature first.

Lucid says Apple CarPlay support is now standard on all new Lucid Gravity SUVs.

Existing owners can expect a free over-the-air software update to bring CarPlay and Android Auto support, starting tomorrow on March 12 in North America. Gravity drivers in the Middle East and Europe will see the Lucid UX 3


11M Facebook and Instagram scam accounts zapped, new alerts launched

Me ta says that it has removed over 159 million scam ads and taken down 10.9 million scam accounts on Facebook and Instagram . The company is also today launching new anti-scam tools on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp . These aim to alert you to the three most common scam tactics used …

Scamming is big business, and is a major problem on all of Meta’s platforms. The company that it took down more than 159 million scam ads last year and removed 10


Kuo shares MacBook Neo shipment and touchscreen updates, OLED MacBook Air timing

MacBook Neo has arrived, and supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has some interesting insights around Apple’s first $599 laptop. Kuo also puts a timeline on the arrival of Apple’s first OLED MacBook Air.

First, Kuo has some credibility around MacBook Neo, after claiming last June that Apple would release “an approximately 13-inch display and powered by the A18 Pro processor” in “late 4Q25 or early 1Q26.” Technically, we’


The MacBook Neo doesn’t officially support fast charging, but a beefier charger helps

One of the compromises Apple lists for the MacBook Neo is that it doesn’t support fast charging, and the machine is supplied with just a 20W power adapter (except in Europe).

Based on Apple’s statement, there didn’t appear to be any point in using a beefier charger with the new machine, but tests reveal otherwise …

With no support for fast charging capabilities, the supplied 20 watt adapter appeared to be the only thing you will ever need. However, when plugged it


Apple Stores welcome the MacBook Neo, with in-store pickup available today

The MacBook Neo officially goes on sale today, and Apple Stores appear to be going all-in on welcoming the latest member of the Mac family.

The first owners are now taking delivery of their machines, but even if you haven’t pre-ordered yours, it looks like you have a good shot at getting one for same-day pickup from your local Apple Store …

It’s a week since pre-orders opened for the MacBook Neo and those orders are now shipping. Those who got in early

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Photographer Tyler Stalman tests the MacBook Neo with pro photo and video workflows

Watch below as Stalman realizes halfway through the video that the MacBook Neo can handle more demanding photo and video production workflows than he initially thought.

As today’s embargo lifted, most reviews of the MacBook Neo seemed to agree on one general point: despite all the talk about its non-upgradable 8GB of RAM and “iPhone chip,” the laptop holds up surprisingly well.

Few reviews captured the moment expectations flipped quite as clearly as Tyler Stalman’s video,

In it, Stalman opens every single app in


Gemini in Chrome gets first international expansion

After the US launch and big update , Gemini in Chrome is now coming to Canada, India, and New Zealand, as well as adding support for over 50 languages.

Gemini in Chrome can be launched from the top-right corner of the browser, , Mac menu bar, or Windows system tray. It’s available as a floating window or side panel docked to your current tab.

Prompts can use the context of open tabs (up to 10), while Gemini in Chrome can tap into Calendar

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