NEW from Apple (again)

It’s Tuesday, but more importantly, it’s Halloween! What’s your favorite spooky treat? I’m going to say candy corn, love me or hate me for it. 

Anyway, here’s some news:

• The AI rendition of Seinfeld is back – why didn’t anyone tell me this existed? 
• Amazon dropped a new AI tool designed to help advertisers make better ads.
• It’s official – Meta is launching an ad-free version of Facebook and Instagram in the EU, with a price, of course.

It’s been a year of launches from Apple with new iPhones, new watches, an AR headset, and now, finally, some new Macs. The company from Cupertino wrapped up its “Scary Fast” event yesterday, where it dropped a number of Macs with, you guessed it, some blazingly fast new silicon chips. 

Here’s everything you might have missed: 

More powerful chips: It’s no surprise that Apple’s latest iteration of its Silicon processors took center stage. The new lineup includes the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, and according to Apple, these are the first personal computing chips made with the more efficient 3 nanometer process.

A new entry-level Macbook Pro: See ya Touch Bar! Apple announced a new entry-level MacBook Pro starting at $1,599. It comes bundled with an M3 chip, and more importantly, it replaces the base model 13-inch Macbook Pro. The touch bar is being discontinued. We’re sorry, or you’re welcome. 

iMacs get a refresh: iMacs have gotten an upgrade that the company insists is two times faster than its predecessor. Still with the same fun color options, the new iMacs come with the new M3 chips, a 4.5k retina display, and a 1080p webcam. 

Faster Macbooks and a surprise: Unsurprisingly, the rest of the MacBook line got a decent upgrade with the new M3, M3 Pro, and M3 chips, but the most exciting piece of news was arguably Apple’s return to black Macbooks. Ever since 2006, Apple fans have been begging for a new black colorway, and now the company has finally provided, and it’s 🧑‍🍳 💋. 

Well, there ya have it. That’s everything you might have missed from Apple’s latest and likely last event of the year. I was hoping for a Halloween-themed special edition of the iBook G4, but alas, there’s always next year. 

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