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MacBook Air hits its best-ever price under $750 as Mac holiday deals heat up

We’ve been keeping you apprised of all the best Mac deals this holiday season, and we have a beauty of an offer to share today.

Best Buy has the M4 MacBook Air down to its lowest-ever price of $749, matching Black Friday. The kicker here, however, is that you’ll also score a $25 Best Buy gift card with your purchase.

And of course, we’re tracking lingering deals on the , , and more.

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Exclusive: Intel has tested chipmaking tools from firm with sanctioned China unit, sources say - Reuters

Exclusive: Intel has tested chipmaking tools from firm with sanctioned China unit, sources say Reuters

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OLED M6 MacBook Pro Launch, Design, Specifications, Features, & Price – Here Is Everything You Need To Know

The mini-LED MacBook Pro family will complete their five-year anniversary in 2026, but next year will be the first time Apple finally puts this display technology to rest and introduces OLED in its place, starting with the M6 MacBook Pro series. Not only are the new machines expected to ship with a display upgrade, but the Cupertino firm is reported to introduce a swath of changes to its design, not to mention potentially announcing the first 2nm SoC for Macs after the A20 and

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Rumor Replay: AirTag 2, iPhone 18 upgrade, Studio Display 2

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: iPhone 18’s Face ID upgrade, AirTag 2 rumors, the latest on Apple’s new Studio Display, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

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Apple wins partial reversal of sanctions in Epic Games antitrust lawsuit - Reuters

Apple wins partial reversal of sanctions in Epic Games antitrust lawsuit Reuters

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A19, A19 Pro Are Up To 10% Smaller Than A18, A18 Pro In Die Size, While Packing Higher Performance Cores, Larger GPU & E-Core Area – Here’s How Apple Did It

Apple ensured that its A19 and A19 Pro aren’t your typical iterative chipset updates compared to the A18 and A18 Pro, as the company brought in a wave of improvements over just a single generation. According to the newest analysis, both current-generation flagship chipsets powering the iPhone 17 series are up to 10 percent smaller in die area, with a closer inspection revealing that Apple succeeded in bringing higher performance cores coupled with an increase in efficiency cores and GPU area.


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New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics

By stacking multiple active components based on new materials on the back end of a computer chip, this new approach reduces the amount of energy wasted during computation.

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Apple has a sleeper advantage when it comes to local LLMs

Local LLMs thrive on Apple's hardware, and a huge part of it is thanks to MLX.

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6 home lab projects that are perfect for a Snapdragon X Elite mini PC

Or the X or Plus variants, they're all capable machines

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MediaTek Currently Undecided About A Dual-Chipset Launch Strategy Like Qualcomm, But Rumor Says That The Company Might Be Convinced Due To Pricey 2nm Wafer Costs

The Dimensity 9600 appears to be MediaTek’s only flagship SoC that is scheduled to launch in 2026, and with the Taiwanese fabless semiconductor manufacturer already having announced the successful tape-out of its first 2nm chipset , chances are it only has one variant to offer. However, a new rumor claims that the company is still undecided if it wants to switch to a dual-chipset launch strategy like Qualcomm is said to adopt with its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen

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