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Apple TV debuted the new comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin last year to critical praise, and a quick season 2 renewal. Reporting later indicated, however, that the new season had been canceled. Yet Apple just released a surprise new episode of Dick Turpin with no official announcement.

Apple just unleashed the all-new M5 MacBook Pro and iPad Pro, but we are taking a short break to scope out today’s best 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals. Amazon has now brought back Prime Day pricing on AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation at $119 shipped – matching the lowest price we have tracked. We also have 1TB iPhone 16 Pro at $400 less than 17 Pro today, a solid $50 price drop on the titanium Apple Watch Series 11 as well as the return of Prime Day pricing on the 4-pack of Apple AirTags ($16 each). All of that and more awaits after the jump. 

Are you a Vision Pro early adopter looking to upgrade to the new M5 model? While trade-in is a common option for other Apple products, the company unfortunately doesn’t offer trade-in when buying its new Vision Pro.

Following the rollout of one-on-one direct messages on Threads last July, Meta is now adding support for group DMs and expanding the messaging feature (including groups) to users in the EU. Here’s how it works.

When Apple releases iPadOS 26.1 soon, iPad users will have access to the Apple Vision Pro app for the first time.

In recent years, Apple has stopped including power adapters with products for environmental reasons. iPads and MacBooks still include power adapters in the US, but not with certain models in the EU and UK.

Apple Vision Pro is officially being upgraded from the M2 to the new M5, but existing customers don’t need an all-new Vision Pro to enhance the experience. Apple has shared release details for two previously announced accessories. Apple’s new Dual Knit Band that comes with the M5 Apple Vision Pro is also available to purchase separately.

Today Apple launched its new M5 iPad Pro, which is available for pre-order now and ships next Wednesday, October 22. And just like last year’s M4 model, certain models have varying hardware specs you’ll want to be aware of.

Amid the new M5 chip goodness, Apple quietly refreshed its Magic Keyboard accessory for iPad Air with a new look.

Today Apple unveiled its M5 chip alongside a trio of new M5-equipped products: the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro. Here are the details.

Alongside the new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro with the M5 Apple silicon, Apple announced today a revised Apple Vision Pro, which also features the new M5 chip, as well as the anticipated Dual Knit Band. Here are the details.

Apple today refreshed the iPad Pro with an M5 chip, offering the next generation of Apple Silicon performance in its thinnest tablet form factor. The cellular models are also now powered by the Apple C1X modem.

Apple says the new iPad Pro with M5 delivers up to 3.5x the AI performance than is predecessor, thanks to the new Neural Accelerators in each GPU core. The new iPad Pro lineup is available to order starting today, with first deliveries shipping on October 22.

Apple has officially announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by the M5 chip. The company touts that this delivers the “next big leap in AI for the Mac,” with up to 3.5x faster AI performance than M4.

Here’s everything you need to know…

The Department of Homeland Security says that Chinese criminal gangs have made more than $1 billion from text scams sent to US phone numbers over the past three years.

Scam texts about fake highway toll payments, US Postal Service fees, and traffic violation fines are used to obtain credit card details. They also trick victims into submitting a one-time code from their bank, which allows the criminals to add the card to Apple Wallet …

While I’m generally a fan of the Liquid Glass user interface, not everybody is. For some, it fails usability tests, while others are just not keen on the aesthetics.

Fortunately Apple allows a huge amount of control over the effects, and Adam Engst over at TidBITs has put together the ultimate guide for this …

Following the launch of VSCO Canvas, an AI-assisted mood board tool for visual creators, VSCO announced today AI Lab, “the first photo platform to deliver professional-grade AI tools for photographers.” Here’s what that means.

Apple has long been rumored to be working on a significant improvement to the main iPhone camera in the form of a variable aperture lens. Some reports claimed that this would be introduced in the iPhone 17, but this of course didn’t happen.

Ming-Chi Kuo first reported plans to introduce the feature in the iPhone 18, and this has now been corroborated by a supply chain report which says that work is already underway on the new hardware …

Apple is lobbying for a change in the tax law in India as it potentially faces billions of dollars in taxes for new iPhone assembly equipment.

Some 25% of iPhones are now made in India, and the company is looking to push this percentage even higher, but there is a potential major barrier to further expansion …

During this year’s WWDC, Apple confirmed that 13 new automakers had committed to adopting the Apple Wallet car key feature. Now, it looks like a handful of them may be close to flipping the switch.

Still waiting for Apple’s first smart home hub with a screen? Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reports that the product is scheduled to arrive in spring 2026. Notably, manufacturing will take place in Vietnam and not China, where most first-gen products are produced. Gurman also reports on Apple’s target price for the first new smart home product.

Apple TV+ is now just Apple TV, and Apple’s senior vice president of Services says the change was simply the right moment to make it.

In a guest appearance on The Town podcast hosted by Matt Belloni, Eddy Cue discussed why the company decided to drop the “Plus” from Apple TV Plus and why Apple does not believe it will create confusion with its other products of the same name.

Following a limited test earlier this year, Mozilla is now adding Perplexity AI as a default search engine option. Here’s how it works.

Following last month’s 1.5 update, which introduced new features and the Liquid Glass design, Apple Invites was updated today with new “festive event backgrounds.” Here’s what’s new.