**Samsung launches ViewFinity S9 5K, the Apple Studio display competitor**
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After teasing (https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/02/samsung-5k-monitor-viewfinity/) its Apple Studio Display competitor in January and releasing the full specs and price details in July (https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/17/samsung-viewfinity-5k-monitor-specs-price-launch-date/), the ViewFinity S9 5K monitor is . Here’s what makes it an interesting Apple Studio Display alternative.
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**Shazam app for iOS gets two new Lock Screen Widgets**
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Apple on Tuesday released a new update for the Shazam iOS app, which comes with a subtle but important addition. Users can now add two new Shazam widgets to their Lock Screens, making it even easier to access the app.
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**iPhone 15 Pro Max to face 3-4 week delay compared to other models – analyst**
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Apple is expected to announced the iPhone 15 line in three weeks and begin shipping hardware in four weeks. The highest end iPhone with the most advanced camera system may face delays into October, however, due to image sensor readiness.
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**Netflix game streaming coming to Mac, PC, and TVs, but App Store bans cloud gaming**
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Netflix recently shipped (https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/08/netflix-game-controller-iphone-ipad/) the “Game Controller” app for iPhone and iPad ahead of its big push into video game streaming. Today the company has more to say about how and when its new iOS app can be used.
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**Deals: Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID $150, Anker 30W USB-C charger $17, LG DualUp monitor, more**
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All of Monday’s best Apple deals are now live and headlined by the best discounts of the year on Apple’s official Space Black Mac accessories (https://9to5toys.com/2023/08/14/997748/). All starting from **$80** (https://9to5toys.com/2023/08/14/997748/), the savings carry over to an all-time low on Anker’s 30W Nano 3 GaN USB-C charger at **$17** (https://9to5toys.com/2023/08/14/colors-anker-nano-3-gan-charger/). Then go check out LG’s unique DualUp 16:18 USB-C monitor (https://9to5toys.com/2023/08/14/lg-dualup-monitor-deals/) now that it’s **$100 off** (https://9to5toys.com/2023/08/14/lg-dualup-monitor-deals/). Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest _9to5Toys_ Lunch Break.
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**Apple Watch X will upset a lot of people, but change is inevitable [Poll]**
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Every 5 to 10 years, Apple makes a decision it knows will upset a lot of people, and generates a lot of negative PR – but the company also knows that the fuss generally dies down, and everyone then forgets all about it. It looks like the Apple Watch X is set to be the next example.
Mark Gurman reported over the weekend that while this year’s Apple Watch (https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-watch/) upgrade will be the usual modest annual bump, we can expect a major redesign in 2024 or 2025 (https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/13/gurman-major-apple-watch-x-redesign-coming-next-year/) – with the name suggesting as big an update as from the iPhone 8 to iPhone X …
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**Ford taps Eddy Cue’s former deputy Peter Stern to lead services after leaving Apple**
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Prior to leaving Apple in January, Peter Stern was widely considered the eventual successor to Apple Services boss Eddy Cue. Fast-forward to today and Stern has popped back up as the new head of software and services integration at Ford.
**Apple helps Made in India program hit 2B phones, 98% locally made units**
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A new report highlights the success of the Made in India (https://9to5mac.com/guides/india/) initiative, with a massive 2 billion mobile phones made in the country since the program was introduced.
Apple (https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/) has been a major contributor to that stat, going from making only the iPhone SE (https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-se/) in the country through to making the latest flagship models (https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-14/) today – and more to come …
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**Mac malware can easily bypass Apple’s Background Task Manager, says security researcher**
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macOS has a number of built-in tools to detect Mac malware (https://9to5mac.com/guides/malware/), with Background Task Manager added to the defenses last year. However, a security (https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/) researcher says that this can be trivially bypassed, and that Apple (https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/) failed to act on his recommendations to fix it.
Patrick Wardle presented his findings at the Defcon hacker conference, making the unusual decision to do so without advising Apple ahead of time …
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**Apple is now working on two Lionel Messi documentary series**
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The prominence of MLS Season Pass (https://tinyurl.com/mlsappletv) is rising leaps and bounds with the arrival of soccer legend Lionel Messi to the league. Apple is capitalizing on the hype with multiple documentary series in development for its streaming service Apple TV+ (https://tinyurl.com/getappletvplus).
The first of the projects was announced in June (https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/06/apple-tv-scores-with-documentary-series-featuring-legendary-football-champion-lionel-messi-and-his-fifa-world-cup-career-culminating-in-his-dramatic-qatar-2022-win/), which will follow Messi’s World Cup career culminating in his win at Qatar last year. Separately, Bloomberg is now reporting (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-13/a-lionel-messi-docuseries-is-coming-to-apple?sref=W6GJF3MS) a second documentary is in the works, specifically targeting his MLS run.
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**Saturn says only students can see user data, but the new iPhone app for teens is lying**
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What if I told you there was a new app that let anyone easily look up names and social media accounts for local teenagers? Creepy much? That’s exactly what a new app called Saturn does, and it’s one of the top 15 free iPhone apps on the App Store.
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**Saturn says only students can see user data, but the new iPhone app for teens is lying**
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What if I told you there was a new app that let anyone easily look up names and social media accounts for local teenagers? Creepy much? That’s exactly what a new app called Saturn does. It’s also currently one of the top 15 iPhone apps on the App Store.
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**TSMC US chip plant battle deteriorates, with American workers insulted in online attacks**
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The ongoing TSMC (https://9to5mac.com/guides/tsmc/) US chip plant battle continues to rage, over the company’s plans to bring in hundreds of Taiwanese workers to speed up construction. The plant is slated to make chips for older Apple (https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/) devices.
The latest development has seen a popular Taiwanese YouTube channel accuse US workers of laziness, with anti-American insults also posted to a local Facebook group …
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**Apple releases new AirPods Pro and AirPods Max developer beta firmware**
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In addition to iOS 17 developer beta 5, Apple has issued a new round of AirPods developer beta firmware.
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**Apple releases iOS 17 developer beta 5**
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Fire up those software updates, folks, iOS 17 beta 5 is now available. The fifth developer beta versions of iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma are also out today.
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**Google’s AI-powered code editor enables Android, iOS, and web dev online**
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Google has taken the wraps off of “Project IDX,” which will provide everything you need for development – including Android and iOS emulators – enhance it with AI, and deliver it to your web browser.
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**Netflix just released its Game Controller app for iPhone and iPad**
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Netflix used to mail out movies (https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/18/netflix-streaming-video-has-officially-killed-the-netflix-dvd-in-the-mail-business/) on DVDs. Now it makes a phone app for playing video games on your TV.
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**YouTube TV is partially broken on iOS and iPad with buffering issues, fix coming**
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If you’re experiencing issues with YouTube TV or live content on YouTube through an Apple device, you’re not alone, as Google has confirmed an ongoing issue with YouTube TV on iOS devices (both iPhone and iPad).
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**WhatsApp now lets you share your screen over video calls**
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WhatsApp is becoming more like your standard video calling service thanks to a new feature rolling out now.
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**Apple to invest in Arm when it goes public later this year, will help guide the future of Apple Silicon architecture**
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Nikkei is reporting (https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/Apple-Samsung-to-invest-in-Arm-as-it-eyes-September-IPO) that chip design company Arm is set to go public on the US Nasdaq stock exchange later this year, with an IPO valued at more than $60 billion.
Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, Intel, and other leading chipmakers will invest in Arm stock when it goes public. For Apple, this ownership stake will help secure a stable future for the chip architecture that forms the foundations of all of its Apple Silicon chips.
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