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The truly bezel-less iPhone, rumored AirPods roadmap, WWDC invites go out

WWDC invites have gone out, and Chance will be there in person. The pair discuss the narrative of indifference that hangs over WWDC at the moment, as the tech industry is currently dominated by daily onslaught of AI news. And while the rumors about the AirPods roadmap are a little bleak, Apple is rumored to be shipping a truly all-screen bezel-less iPhone in a couple of years time — an exciting prospect indeed.

And in Happy Hour Plus, Benjamin has spilt tea on his Magic Keyboard, which leads into a bigger topic of the pair talking about what sits on their desk. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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Deals: iPhone 16 Pro up to $400 off, M4 iPad Pro Magic Keyboard $144 off, leather iPad/MacBook cases, more

Alongside the now live wider sales at Amazon and Best Buy, the Memorial Day weekend offers are starting flood in. But first, we have up to $400 off iPhone 16 Pro units in Amazon Premium Renewed condition alongside one of the best deals we have tracked to date on the M4 iPad Pro Magic Keyboard. Then it’s on to the accessories – Twelve South’s 15W 3-in-1 HiRise 3 Deluxe MagSafe stand is now at a new Amazon all-time low with 47% in savings and the Burton Goods Memorial Weekend sale is knocking up to 30% off everything sitewide (leather MacBook, iPhone, and iPad cases as well as Apple Watch bands). All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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The io device is mysterious and important – what could it be?

Jony Ive and Sam Altman yesterday released a strong candidate for most frustrating video of the year: promising a completely new concept in AI hardware, but giving very little clue as to what it might be.

I transcribed the video to see whether I could spot any clues, in conjunction with other things the two have said. I think we can draw some pretty safe conclusions about what it’s not – and there are one or two clues about what it is

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HomeKit Weekly: SwitchBot launches new smart lock with Matter support and revamped Hub 3

One of the best things that has happened to HomeKit in the past few years is the Matter standard. It is far from perfect, but it has opened the door (pun intended) for a new crop of accessories that would have never supported Apple’s smart home platform before. SwitchBot is a great example. The company started out with clever smart home products like the , but has leaned hard into Matter recently, and it is paying off. It’s new Lock Ultra and combo brings serious upgrades and, more importantly, native HomeKit compatibility thanks to Matter support.

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Apple logins with plain text passwords found in massive database of 184M records

Apple login credentials were among a massive database of 184 million records found sitting unprotected on a web server. Other logins included Facebook, Google, Instagram, Microsoft, and PayPal.

The owner of the database is unclear, but the security researcher who discovered it says that it amounts to “a cybercriminal’s dream working list” …

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AirTag sees lost dog reunited with its owner – and reminds us to monitor battery levels

A lost dog has been reunited with its owner thanks to an AirTag attached to its collar – but the story also serves as a reminder to monitor the battery levels of our tags.

The AirTag was out of power, but thankfully the dog chose to wander into the home of a tech writer who had some spare batteries to hand, ensuring that the owner could quickly locate the errant pet …

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