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- 04:43 pmDeals: AirPods Pro 3, M5 MacBook Pro $300 off, M5 iPad Pro up to $340 off, Milanese Loop, more | 9 to 5 MacDeals: AirPods Pro 3, M5 MacBook Pro $300 off, M5 iPad Pro up to $340 off, Milanese Loop, more
Tuesday’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break awaits below starting with a chance to land AirPods Pro 3 at the lowest price we have tracked to date. We also spotted some particularly notable deals on M5 MacBook Pro configurations with 24GB and 32GB models sitting down at the lowest prices we have tracked at $300 off the list prices. Best Buy is serving up a chance to land a 512GB M5 iPad Pro at $340 off the list and you’ll find a new Amazon low waiting on Apple’s Natural Milanese Loop at 35% off. All of that and everything else awaits after the fold. more…04:36 pmApple’s first OLED MacBook may launch sooner than feared
Exciting news about the OLED MacBook! We won't have to wait as long as some had feared for this stunning display (plus a redesign). (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)04:30 pmBaseus Nomos 245W 6-in-1 Charging Station review: Max clutter-free power
Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros 6-in-1 charging 245W max power 140W PD 3.1 Qi2 15W wireless Small footprint Cons No U.K. version Our Verdict As any good charging station should, this compact 245W model reduces the number of chargers hanging off power sockets and, with two integrated retractable cables, it further reduces desk clutter. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Price When Reviewed$199.99 Best Prices Today: Baseus Nomos 6-in-1 245W Charging Station (NH21) Retailer Price $199.99 View Deal Baseus $199.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Charging devices is a daily chore/routine for just about everyone outside of the Amish community and that means plugs in sockets and cables dangling all over the place… when you have the correct cable to hand, of course. Us Apple users may need to charge their MacBook, iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch—probably not all at the same time but certainly concurrently at different times of the day. Maybe you even own a VisionPro. There are plenty of multi-device wireless chargers available—we’ve reviewed the best wireless chargers elsewhere on Macworld. We have also tested and reviewed the best USB-C chargers for iPhone and the best Mac chargers. Devices like the Baseus Nomos, reviewed here, blur the line between the two, as does Ugreen’s 100W GaN Mini MagSafe Power Station, which features three USB charging ports and an adjustable magnetic wireless charging pad. That’s the charger in front of me at my desk most days. It allows me to charge my MacBook and at least one iPhone at the same time—all I have to do is locate the USB-C charging cable for the Mac. Baseus’s Nomos Charging Stations goes a step or two further, and the latest 6-in-1 model (NH21 to its friends) has a maximum power output of 245W with Qi2 15W magnetic wireless charger and two retractable 100W cables. Simon Jary Charging strength A charging station should first be inspected for its power out ports. 2x Retractable USB-C cables (100W) 2x USB-C ports (140W) USB-A port (18W) Qi2 wireless: 15W Max output: 245W That’s a decent set of ports at a fast-charging pace. The two PD 3.1 (140W) USB-C ports can each fast-charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro, although not two at the same time as the maximum power output for the charging station is 245W. That is just enough to simultaneously fast-charge a 16-inch and a 14-inch Pro: 140W and 100W. A more likely scenario is to fast-charge any MacBook plus your iPhone wirelessly at the same time. That still leaves you with about 65W to spare for your iPad and various other devices. Place the charger on an office desk and you could use it to charge four medium-sized MacBooks at the same time: three at 65W and one at 45W. Unless you really need two laptops fast-charging at the same time as your iPhone, 245W should be plenty. For a higher output, look at a multi-port charger such as Ugreen’s desktop Nexode chargers. The $199 300W Nexode Desktop Charger has four USB-C and one USB-A, the $249 500W Nexode Desktop Charger has four USB-C and one USB-A. Neither has a wireless charging pad like the Baseus Nomus, however, let alone the retractable cables. There are at least 36 output variations depending on your needs for each port. Using five ports at the same time might involve three USB-C at 65W each, 15W wireless and 18W USB-A, or you could go for one 140W USB-C, three at 20W, 15W wireless and 18W USB-A. Whichever way, max output is limited to 245W. Baseus Note that the 18W indicated in the user manual for the USB-A port represents the universal fast-charging output that applies across all devices and charging protocols. For devices that support specific fast-charging protocols, such as SCP or FCP, the USB-A port can reach a peak of up to 22.5W. As the iPhone doesn’t support these charging protocols, we have listed it as 18W. The wireless charging pad utilizes Qi2 technology for a 15W maximum power. Later Qi2 25W tech would have faster charged your iPhone wirelessly, but you could connect a cable if you need the speediest iPhone charging. Also, 25W is available for only the iPhone 16 and later: see which wireless tech is best for your iPhone. Baseus has two existing charging station models that offer 15W wireless plus a variety of ports. The $129.99 Baseus Nomos 5-in-1 Charging Station has three USB ports plus one retractable cable, with a max power output of 160W. The $69.99 Baseus Nomos 8-in-1 Charging Station has a maximum USB output of just 67W but three useful AC power sockets. Both, like the 245W model have 15W Qi2 magnetic wireless charging stands. The 245W Nomos Charging station therefore offers a significant boost in overall power, plus two handy cables, although no AC power sockets. Simon Jary Design Each of the Baseus charging stations mentioned above have a similar look and are differentiated by the number and variety of ports. The 15W wireless charging pad is adjustable, able to tilt back to a flat 180 degrees and further. This means you can fold the wireless pad flat into the body of the charger, further reducing the overall volume of the charger, and also allowing you to place a wirelessly charging AirPods case on top. The 245W NH21 has a small footprint for a 6-in-1 charger: 4.7 x 3.6 x 1.4 inches (12 x 9.8 x 3.5cm). The power supply is pretty chunky so it’s not an easy travel accessory. You can position your iPhone in either portrait or landscape orientation. In landscape the iPhone is raised about 3 inches (7.5cm) from the desk. Simon Jary The retractable cables each measure 2.6 feet (80cm) and are situated on either side of the charging station. The USB-A port is also set to one side, leaving the two USB-C ports are the front. Press the 3-inch LCD screen button in the center to toggle between real-time data displays of overall power, individual port power and overall performance. Price The Baseus Nomos Charging Station 245W (NH21) is priced at $199.99 or €179,99. It is not available in the U.K. That compares to the aforementioned $149.99 Ugreen 100W GaN Mini MagSafe Power Station, which has a similar 15W wireless charger but two 100W USB-C ports and one 22.5W USB-A port. For the extra $50 with the Baseus you get 140W USB-C instead of 100W (handy for fast-charging the 16-inch MacBook Pro), plus the two retractable 100W cables. Should you buy the Baseus Nomos Charging Station 245W? Although you can’t use all the ports at maximum output at the same time—very few multi-port chargers can do so—each is well-powered, with two 140W and two 100W. The 245W max simultaneous power should be plenty for most users, with enough on offer to charge four medium-sized MacBooks at the same time. As any good charging station should, it reduces the number of chargers hanging off power sockets and with two integrated retractable cables it further reduces desk clutter. And for that we should be thankful.04:28 pmiOS 26’s Passwords app has a new feature that can save you a headache
Apple’s Passwords app has become my full-time password manager thanks to several iOS 26 changes. And there’s one welcome new feature I recently discovered that can prevent the headache of a forgotten password loop. more…04:27 pmApple wants you to know that human creativity still powers its services
A new promotional video for Apple TV shows the human creativity behind its movies and TV shows, pitching it as cutting through the noise of AI slop.Still from an Apple TV nature show in which that monkey is the devil on his shoulderprobablyApple just dropped a short promo video highlighting the talented folks behind Apple TV originals. It shows that human creativity and judgment are still at the heart of its services.The 46-second video, titled "Humans of Apple TV," is built as a fast-moving montage of behind-the-scenes photographs from Apple TV+ productions. Rather than highlighting plot points or upcoming release dates, the spot lingers on actors, directors, and crew members at work on set. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums04:20 pmToday in Apple history: iPhone comes to Verizon at last
On February 3, 2011, the iPhone arrived on the largest U.S. carrier. Bringing iPhone to Verizon Wireless ended four years of AT&T exclusivity. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)04:20 pmApple’s Certificate-Extension Updates Continue for Older Operating Systems
Apple’s latest updates for older operating systems extend certificates so iMessage, FaceTime, and device activation continue to work after January 2027. Meanwhile, iOS 16.7.14 may address a Telstra network issue affecting older iPhones in Australia.03:46 pmNew ‘Humans of Apple TV’ video debuts, watch it here
Apple just released a video highlighting the “Humans of Apple TV.” It features a series of behind-the-scenes stills from a variety of beloved Apple TV shows and movies. more…03:25 pmApple TV releases new ad celebrating the ‘ Humans of Apple TV’
Apple TV+ has unveiled a fresh promotional video titled "Humans of Apple TV", spotlighting the real people who bring its acclaimed… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.03:21 pm‘Reddit for bots’ Moltbook (probably) isn’t being used to plot an AI uprising
Moltbot, a personal AI assistant being run on batches of Mac minis, got a lot of attention when creator Matt Schlicht effectively partnered with his own assistant to develop a social media platform for the bots. Known as Moltbook, it’s been colloquially referred to as Reddit for AI bots. Schlicht says he didn’t write a single line of the code himself, and it wasn’t long before it was being suggested that Moltbot agents were using the social network to plot an AI uprising … more…03:15 pmFitbit creators launch ‘Luffu,’ a new app for family health sharing
Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman today announced the launch of Luffu (“loo-foo”), a new health app for families that will eventually expand to hardware devices too. Here are the details. more…02:51 pmNext iPhones’ satellite connectivity could rocket way beyond SOS
After iPhone 17, we could see more advanced iPhone satellite features changing the connectivity game and going way beyond emergency uses. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)02:33 pmNew Apple research could unlock fast-talking Siri
Macworld Hopes for a more accurate and functional Siri voice assistant currently lean heavily on the short-term fix: Apple’s recently announced partnership with Google to use the latter’s Gemini tech to improve its own AI offerings. But in the longer term, a new research paper offers a method that could allow Apple to make Siri faster all by itself. The paper, Principled Coarse-Grained Acceptance for Speculative Decoding in Speech, was written by five researchers working for Apple and Tel-Aviv University and published late last month (via 9to5Mac). It proposes a new approach that could, in researchers’ words, “accelerate speech token generation while maintaining speech quality.” The key to speed, the researchers argue, is avoiding unnecessary strictness. “For speech LLMs that generate acoustic tokens,” they write, “exact token matching is overly restrictive: many discrete tokens are acoustically or semantically interchangeable, reducing acceptance rates and limiting speedups.” In other words, at a certain level of similarity, it doesn’t matter which of two possible speech tokens is selected, since they sound or mean essentially the same thing, and it’s wasting time and processing resources to insist on working out which one is right. The solution proposed is to group acoustically similarly tokens together. “We propose Principled Coarse-Graining (PCG), a framework that replaces exact token matching with group-level verification,” the paper explains. “We construct Acoustic Similarity Groups (ASGs) in the target model’s token embedding space, capturing its internal organization of semantic and acoustic similarity. PCG performs speculative sampling on the coarse-grained distribution over ASGs and carries out rejection sampling at the group level.” The researchers claim this will increase speed without significantly lowering reliability. In experiments (see page 4 of the paper), increasing the number of tokens per second slightly lowers accuracy, but far less than with standard speculative decoding. The paper is rather technical, but it’s not very long. Check out the pdf to read the whole thing.02:30 pmThese open-ear earbuds can translate more than 50 languages in real time
Get real-time AI translation in more than 50 languages with Mymanu Orb open-ear translating earbuds. Great for travel, meetings and more. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)02:16 pmUse an external SSD with Final Cut Pro for iPad or risk losing your work
In AppleInsider testing, Apple Creator Studio's Final Cut Pro for iPad is proving buggy, and if you use the default settings, your work can even be completely lost.By default, video projects are stored within Final Cut Pro for iPad, which means deleting the app destroys themThe problems we've seen specifically concern Final Cut Pro for the iPad as included in the new Apple Creator Studio bundle. But the workaround is also useful for the previous subscription version of Final Cut Pro for the iPad, and it could save you from other problems.That's because, by default, any video you edit in Final Cut Pro on the iPad is contained within the app's own internal library. Then if you ever need to delete the app and reinstall it, that internal library is wiped and all of your work is lost. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:16 pmiOS 26.2 expands AirPods Pro’s powerful new feature, here’s how to use it
iOS 26.2 is the latest major iPhone update, and among its many new features, AirPods Live Translation expanded to a lot more users. Here’s how to use AirPods’ powerful recent addition. more…01:58 pmApple stops signing iOS 26.2, preventing downgrades from iOS 26.2.1
Apple on Tuesday stopped signing iOS 26.2, preventing iPhone users who have updated to iOS 26.2.1 from downgrading to the previous version… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.01:42 pmAll-new MacBook Pro design reportedly set to launch in final quarter this year
We’re expecting to see two MacBook Pro launches this year. The first, expected sometime this month, is an M5 Pro and M5 Max version of the current design. But the far more exciting prospect is an all-new MacBook Pro design later in the year. A new supply chain report says that Samsung is gearing up for production of the OLED panels for the new machine and that it will launch in the final three months of this year … more…01:27 pmM6 MacBook Pro OLED screen & M6 chip close to mass production
Apple's rumored second MacBook Pro release in 2026 is getting closer to reality, with production of the M6 chips and OLED display set to start within months.The display of the current-gen M5 MacBook ProThe rumor mill firmly believes that Apple will be bringing out a second MacBook Pro update in 2026, with an OLED screen accompanying the M6 chip. Work is being carried out to produce both of the core components, ahead of each item's summer mass production.The OLED screen, arguably the main reason for the update, will be produced by long-time supply chain partner Samsung Display, reports The Elec. According to the publication, it will be first mass production of an eighth-generation OLED line in the world, known as A6. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums01:03 pmThe latest iPhone Fold report is credible for one key reason
Yesterday saw a couple of claimed leaks about the iPhone Fold, one of them unremarkable, the other somewhat more surprising. The first of them is almost certainly true, coming from a leaker with a good track record and in line with existing expectations. The second is a bit more of a wild card, but it does make sense to me … more…