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Deals: AirPods 5 $125, M5 MacBook Air $150 off, Apple Watch Series 12, 25W MagSafe car mount, more

Amazon is now offering the lowest price anywhere on the new AirPods 5 with ANC pre-orders down at $125, just after launching its early fall Prime Day deals (details here). Those offers join the ongoing AirPods Pro 3 deal at $50 off and AirTag 2 at $20 each, but today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by a pair of M5 MacBook Air configs at $150 off via Amazon. We also have the first cash discounts on most affordable Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 with the new Translucent Ocean Band, joined by this discount on Anker’s iPhone 18 Pro-ready Prime Qi2 25W MagSafe Wireless Car Charger Mount. All of that and more awaits below. 

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Which new Apple products will launch this year – and which won’t?

Which new Apple products will launch this year – and which won't? | Photo shows John Ternus in a presentation at Apple Park

Apple may still be cleaning up after the end of the iPhone launch, but attention is already turning to an October event.

There are still a lot of new products we’re expecting the company to unveil, with the most exciting of these including touchscreen MacBooks and a smart home hub we’ve been dubbing the HomePad. But which ones will launch this year, and which ones will have to wait until next year … ?

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Fleet Device Management joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing to research AI-powered endpoint security

Fleet announced today that it has joined Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s controlled-access program for its Claude Mythos Preview. Fleet will use the access to evaluate how frontier AI can strengthen the security of device management systems, protocols, and the infrastructure around them, with a focus on closing the gap between how quickly threats emerge and how quickly IT teams can respond.

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New Apple Watch features may require new legal precedent for privacy

New Apple Watch features may require new legal precedent for privacy | Image shows the Live Rewind on an Apple Watch

Two new Apple Watch features may see the device running up against privacy laws in multiple US states. That’s because the new Live Rewind and Siri Recap features audio-record conversations.

The devil is very much in the detail here, since neither feature makes audio recordings accessible to anyone, and it seems likely that the issue will need to be tested in the courts in order to set a new legal precedent …

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Lukewarm orders for iPhone 18 Pro, says analyst – but it doesn’t mean much

Lukewarm orders for iPhone 18 Pro, says analyst, but it doesn't mean much | Image shows hands holding the iPhone 18 Pro next to the Pro Max

A high-profile analyst has said that demand for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max appears “lukewarm” based on pre-order wait times.

Jeff Pu notes that most iPhone 18 Pro configurations are available for immediate delivery and that the longest wait for the most popular iPhone 18 Pro Max extends only to three to four weeks …

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Breaking down the improvements and benefits of Parallels Desktop 27

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, Dmitry Geynisman from Parallels joins the show to talk about all the new features in Parallels Desktop 27.

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In select countries, iCloud+ now includes Apple TV and Apple Arcade at no extra charge

In more than 100 countries, Apple has launched a new initiative that bundles Apple TV and Apple Arcade subscriptions into iCloud+, at no extra charge. Rather than the pricier Apple One bundles, rolling everything into iCloud+ now seems to be the company’s strategy for services growth in smaller territories and price-sensitive developing markets.

This will clearly boost the access of Apple’s content services in these markets. You can find the full list of over 100 supported countries below, spoiler alert it does not include the United States …

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9to5Mac Daily: September 14, 2026 – Apple retail changes, iPhone 18 Pro pre-orders

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