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If you’re like me and bought an iPhone Duo, you’re likely a bit disappointed by the options on the market to prop it up on a table. Apple’s official $129 folio with kickstand is expensive, flimsy, and gets in the way of the outer display. MagSafe wallets that turn into kickstands are too tall for the back of the phone, and there aren’t many good third party cases yet.

That said, the perfect option for an iPhone Duo kickstand might’ve actually been hiding in plain sight all along.

I have tested and used countless charging stations over the years, and while many of them get the job done, I feel like there is always some sort of compromise. Whether it’s not enough power, lack of a certain port that I need, or slow wireless charging, I have yet to find one that truly checks every box for me. But over the last month, I have been using CUKTECH’s new 140W Powerstation, and it has nailed everything. It is a six-in-one desktop charger with a built-in retractable cable, magnetic wireless charging, and a dedicated diagnostic display, all in an aesthetic, compact package. Here is everything you need to know and why I think it’s worth considering.

The early Black Friday Doorbusters have officially arrived for week 1 of the biggest deal season of the year alongside the ongoing pre-order price drop on the next-gen Apple TV 4K and Apple’s new HomeView. We have AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off, all-time lows on AirTag 2 starting at just $17.50 a pop, and nearly $100 off the new Apple Watch Ultra 4. 

Moving over to the Mac, the latest M6 Mac mini is $150 off, the M5 MacBook Air has returned to the lowest prices in months at $200 off, and we have pre-order offers on the new M6 MacBook Pro, M6 iMac, and the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display. All of that joins Apple’s new OLED iPad mini and the next-gen World Travel Kit, as well as this deal on Apple Pencil USB-C for iPhone Duo users. Check it all out below.

Apple just unveiled the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR, its first MacBook with a touch display. While Apple already added a handful of touch optimizations to macOS 27 Golden Gate earlier this year, there’s also a number of new optimizations that were unveiled alongside the new MacBook Pro. Here’s what Apple worked on.

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Pumpkin Lights is a nifty little menu bar app for Mac that lets you quickly toggle between light mode and dark mode with a ray-traced jack-o-lantern that drops down from the top of your screen. It’s completely free, and very fun to utilize.

After five years, Apple released its first major MacBook Pro overhaul since the M1 Pro/M1 Max models, and well… it was a little bit underwhelming from a design perspective. The product is incredible on many merits, but after seeing it, I’m not left feeling like I need to buy one – at least not yet.

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Apple hardware costs more than it did a year ago, and if you have purchased a fleet recently, you are feeling it. Now, one thing I should mention: Macs have not risen in price with inflation or performance. If you think about what a Mac mini or MacBook Air cost when they launched vs. today, I would still say they are extremely affordable. With that being said, there’s a scenario taking shape in the enterprise where the price of a Mac matters a lot less than it used to. If open-weight AI models become a real part of how companies work, Apple Silicon might end up looking basically free compared to the token bill it supplements.

Jeff and Fernando discuss everything from Apple’s big week of new hardware releases, including the M6 MacBook Pro, iPad mini 8 with OLED, and, of course, Apple’s new MacBook Pro w/ PROLED XDR Display. Is finally having a touchscreen Mac resonating with the Overtime crew? Tune in for a spirited discussion about it and the rest of Apple’s final new hardware releases for 2026.

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Apple tonight rolled out the HomeView 27.2 system update, ahead of the device’s official launch on November 13. The update includes the device’s default wallpapers, each available in light and dark variations, which you can download below.

In a blog post this week, WhatsApp confirmed that it is rolling out four new features designed to make it easier to manage group chats and keep track of what’s going on in each one. Here are the details.

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Apple today took the unusual step of confirming when its next iOS developer beta is expected to arrive, as part of an announcement detailing the upcoming launch of Apple Intelligence in China. Here are the details.

According to a report published earlier this month, the second season of Apple TV’s acclaimed sci-fi drama ‘Pluribus’ is scheduled to begin filming tomorrow, October 31, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here’s what we know.

Hollywood director Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) announced a new iPhone camera app that uses the same image processing techniques as his ‘Knives Out‘ films. Here are the details.

iOS 27.2 adds new features to Messages, Podcasts, Photos, and more—including some easy-to-miss upgrades to FaceTime. Here’s what’s new.

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On Security Bite, it’s one of my favorite pastimes to explain why camera covers are virtually useless today. I’ve been called out plenty of times for it. So when Apple patches a bug that lets a malicious app get access to the camera without permission, I find myself in a rather precarious situation.

This week, Apple released iOS 27.2 to the public, and with it, over 160 different vulnerability patches. One of them fixes a bug that could let a malicious app access an iPhone’s or Mac’s camera without the user’s permission. Rest assured, this is not a hardware issue. Apple’s post-2008 change that put the camera module and the green LED indicator on the same circuit is not at fault here.

The robot vacuums designed for large open floor plans often have big batteries but take up a ton of space. The SwitchBot K11+ Pro goes the other direction: a tiny vacuum, a small dock, and Matter support so it works with Apple Home.

Apple TV just premiered Nocturne, a new crime thriller that’s earning a lot of praise. But the streamer also has three series all scheduled to wrap up next week. Here’s what’s ending.

There are devices you need in your life, others for which you can put together a convincing justification – and then there are gadgets you quite simply want.

I said last month that I was wowed by the launch video for the iPhone Duo, despite it falling very clearly into the latter category for me – and playing with one hasn’t changed that in the slightest …

Apple has launched a wave of major new products since John Ternus took over as CEO, and a new interview with Ternus reveals how this aligns very much with his primary focus.