Apple’s decision to remove the headphone jack starting with iPhone 7/7 Plus and going all in on USB-C with the MacBook and MackBook Pro has caused a lot of commotion. No matter how you see the changes, an interesting result has emerged, we’ve made Apple’s dongles the best-selling products at Best Buy.

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iOS 12 beta isn’t the only release getting two versions this week. watchOS 5 beta 9 is out today just four days after the previous build. As always, we’ll dig through the latest beta version and highlight all the changes between the previous beta and the latest beta below.

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HomePod’s exterior is mostly made up of a high-quality fabric, but there’s also the silicone base and touch surface that can get dusty and dirty. Follow along for how to clean HomePod.

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An American woman is suing US Customs and Border Protection over what she claims is the illegal seizure and search of her iPhone at Newark airport …

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I can’t claim any credit for coming up with the idea for this feature request – it just seemed such a no-brainer to me that I’m endorsing John Gruber’s suggestion.

Shake to Undo is problematic enough that I think Apple should have figured out something better for the iPhone by now. (For accessibility reasons, you can turn Shake to Undo off, but if you do, you don’t have any Undo at all.) My best suggestion would be to take away some space from the auto-suggestion row above the keyboard and put in an Undo button on the left, just like the iPad …

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More than a dozen tech giants are meeting today to discuss countermeasures for state-sponsored disinformation campaigns on their platforms during the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections …

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T-Mobile has disclosed that hackers gained access to the personal data of some two million of its customers.

Compromised information includes names, zip codes, phone numbers, email addresses, account numbers and account types …

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A report back in July claimed that Apple was moving the Smart Connector on the new iPad Pro, placing it just above the Lightning port. This was supported a few days later by a CAD image which showed an outline in the same position.

Today, a claimed iPad Pro case reveals a slot which matches both the position and shape of the CAD image …

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