Both the M2 Max and M2 Ultra-powered versions of the Mac Studio are discounted this weekend. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It’s a good week for Apple aficionados looking to score some good deals on Apple’s newest computers. Not only is the 15-inch MacBook Air on sale for $100 off at Amazon and B&H Photo, but we’re also seeing the first notable discount on Apple’s latest Mac Studio. Right now, Expercom – an Apple-authorized retailer – is selling the new M2 Max-powered desktop machine starting at $1,899.05 ($100 off) with 32GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, a 12-core CPU, and a 30-core GPU. If you’re looking for even more power, you can buy the M2 Ultra…

Apple TV+ dropped the first episode of sci-fi series Silo on Twitter last month, garnering tens of millions of views on the platform, as a promotional tactic ahead of that show’s season finale. The company is now doing the same thing with its other big sci-fi fantasy series Foundation. The first episode of the first season will be streaming on YouTube this Monday, ahead of the second season premiere on July 14. more… The post Apple streaming first episode of Foundation free on YouTube, ahead of second season premiere appeared first on 9to5Mac.

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This week, Apple released the third beta of iOS 17 to developers, and while the update doesn’t add any major features compared to previous betas, it does come with some minor changes. One of those is the addition of new voice options for Siri in German. more… The post iOS 17 beta 3 adds new voice options to Siri in German appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Warren Buffett’s biggest investment coup during his 58 years of leading Berkshire Hathaway is Apple. With Apple’s market value now above $3 trillion, Berkshire Hathaway’s stake in the world’s most valuable company (some 915 million shares) is worth $176 billion, more than five times its cost of $31 billion.  Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 8, 2023 Andrew Bary for Barron’s: How did Buffett do it? He recognized Apple’s strengths and bought the shares inexpensively… While he is known for moving away from a deep-value investment approach—favored by his mentor Benjamin Graham—to growth stocks, he is disciplined in what he pays.   When Buffett was accumulating what has become a nearly 6% stake in Apple from 2016…

Sure, Apple will give you 5GB of cloud storage for life, but what if you actually want to use cloud space to store things? You could submit to monthly subscription payments with increasing rates for the rest of all time. Or better yet, you can save a massive 85% on up to 10 terabytes of lifetime storage with our friends at pCloud. more… The post pCloud packs up to 10TB of encrypted storage that expands your Mac into one lifetime purchase (save up to 85%) appeared first on 9to5Mac.