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Every year, on the year, for almost a decade, Apple’s September event meant new fresh iPhones. Except, of course, for last year which, thanks 2020, was all… Apple Watch and iPad. So what does 2020 Jr…. I mean, 2021 have in store for us? Literally… 

Well, it’s looking like a return to form with 120Hz iPhone 13, redesigned Apple Watch Series 7, refreshed iPad 9, redesigned AirPods 3, and maybe, just maybe, a redesigned iPad mini, some M1X Macs. Let me explain…

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New design. Flat design. But not round design. New display. Fuller display. But not rugged display. New finishes. Color finishes. But not Edition finishes. New S7 chipset. Maybe new radios. But maybe, maybe not new sensors. Not blood sugar, not blood pressure, not body temperature. It’s the Apple Watch Series 7 and it’s as close as a month away. So, should you get ready to upgrade?

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120Hz refresh rate. Always-on. Smaller notch. A15 chipset. X60 modem. Wi-Fi 6E. Bigger batteries. Bigger cameras. Better cameras. Better video. Mini, non-mini, Pro, Pro Max. Maybe 1TB. Maybe even Touch ID. It’s the iPhone 13… or iPhone 12s and it’s as close as a month away. 

But is it can't miss or must skip? Let's break it down!

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With Communication Safety in Messages and Image detection for iCloud Photo Library, Apple believes they’ve made the most privacy-respecting Child Safety Features in the history of… technology. Others believe Apple’s new system is dangerous, invasive, and… as anti-privacy as you can get.

So, how can we fix this?

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Buttery Bokeh Portrait Mode for video. Higher quality ProRes formats. New, context-aware filters. And that’s in addition to better 5G, smaller notches, adaptive 120hz refresh rates, next-generation A15 silicon, and all the other leaks already swirling around the iPhone 13, iPhone 12s, iPhone Mother of Dragons, iPhone The Dark Knight Notches… or whatever Apple decides to call the next set of iPhones coming our way in… Holy wow, just a few weeks now! Let's break it all down!

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Apple’s new child safety features: Siri and Search intervention. Communication Safety. Image detection — Explained!

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In a declaration from the NSO Group’s CEO, he said two Facebook representatives approached them back in October 2017 and asked to purchase the right to use certain capabilities of ther military-grade Pegasus spyware on iPhone users. Why and what did Apple do about it? Pop a beverage and hit play!

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Apple just announced new AMD RDNA 2-fast-2-furious graphics options for the current Intel Mac Pro. Radeon Pro W6800X single or Duo MPX Module, and a full-on 22.2 teraflop Radeon Pro W6900X hellicarrier of a highest-end card. All available right now.

But, one year into the Apple silicon transition and there’s still not a single, solitary goram ultra-high performance M1X MacBook Pro, iMac, or Mac Pro in sight. Just the ultra low power M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac. So, where are those Pro-level updates? Or, more importantly, if you’re waiting to buy and trying to decide for how long you can hang on, when are they?

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Tim Cook calls up Elon Musk. “Good morning. Apple wants to buy Tesla. It’s incredible.” Elon’s into it but, one condition — “I’m CEO!” Ok, two conditions, Apple has to pay in DogeCoins. Kidding! I think! Kinda! Tim’s like, “stay CEO of Tesla? Cool, cool, cool, maybe” But Elon’s like, “Nope, hard nope. CEO of Apple.” Tim eye-rolls 360, “#$%^ off”, and then hangs up… Hangs up.

Wait... what?

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Live Text is one of the absolute best new features coming to the iPhone with iOS 15, iPad with iPadOS 15, and Mac with macOS Monterey this fall. And, as of this week, it’ll be also be coming to Intel Macs as well as the M1!

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