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1 week ago | macrumors.com | Mitchel Broussard

This week's best deals are headlined by ongoing low prices on the AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4, plus we're still tracking a few solid deals on M4 Mac mini and M4 MacBook Pro. If you're shopping for Apple-related accessories, our exclusive Anker coupon will help you save 20% sitewide this month. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. AirPods What's the deal?

1 week ago | macrumors.com | Tim Hardwick

In iOS 17 and later, Apple includes an accessibility setting that makes the haptic feedback feature activate faster than in previous versions of its mobile operating system. If you fondly hearken back for the days of 3D Touch, you might just prefer it. As many iPhone users might remember, ‌3D Touch‌ was an interactive haptic feature that Apple introduced in 2015 with the ‌iPhone‌ 6s.

1 week ago | macrumors.com | Mitchel Broussard

Amazon today has a few models of Apple's M4 Mac mini on sale at record low prices, starting at $469.00 for the model with 16GB RAM/256GB SSD, down from $599.00. Discounts reach up to $150 off in these sales, and this time around there isn't a discount on the M4 Pro model. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

1 week ago | macrumors.com | Tim Hardwick

YouTube is deliberately slowing video loading for users with ad blockers enabled, in what appears to be an escalation in Google's campaign against ad-blocking extensions. Multiple users across Reddit and the Brave browser forum report videos displaying black screens for the typical duration of pre-roll ads before content begins playing. The video player simultaneously shows a pop-up ("Experiencing interruptions?

1 week ago | macrumors.com | Tim Hardwick

Apple is investigating generative AI to accelerate its custom chip design, according to remarks by hardware chief Johny Srouji last month. Srouji outlined the company's interest in AI-assisted chip design during a speech in Belgium, where he received an award from semiconductor research group Imec. Reuters was able to review a recording of his remarks. "Generative AI techniques have a high potential in getting more design work in less time, and it can be a huge productivity boost," Srouji said.