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Apple has been steadily expanding its Self Service Repair program since spinning it up two years ago. Starting today, you can access the tools, parts and repair manuals you need to fix the latest MacBook Pros and iMacs that run on the company's M3 chips.As of sometime next month, folks with M3 systems will be able to use Apple Diagnostics for Self Service Repair on their systems too. The web-based tool gives end users the same capabilities as the company's authorized service providers and independent repair shops to…

Gemini, Google’s ambitious new AI for phones, will make its way to Pixel 8 Pros next week. On the Apple side, we might begin to see M3-powered iPads and MacBook Airs hitting store shelves a lot sooner than we expected. Gizmodo’s consumer tech team has all the latest news and more. Here’s a roundup of our most-read stories this. —Jorge JimenezZillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedGoogle’s Gemini Turns Pixel 8 Pro Into a True AI PhoneThe Pixel 8 Pro might finally live up to its promise of being the…

While the newer M3-powered 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models are expected to come out later this year, the M3-powered 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros might not come anytime sooner before next year. Mark Gurman from Bloomberg reports that the M3 chip will not be included in the initial release of the Mac Mini and high-end MacBook Pro, which are slated to launch later this year.According to Mark Gurman, a new version of the Mac Mini with an M3 chip is likely to come out in the future, but it is not yet in the…

Apple may finally unveil its M3 silicon sometime in October this year. The M3 silicon, believed to be the most powerful consumer level SoC yet, will be first seen in Apple, AIO iMacs, before it is seen in Macs and MacBooks. There will also be an iPad Pro with an M3 SoC…

Apple has a new chip on the horizon. As the M2 gets older, it's almost time for the Apple Silicon M3 to come around. It looks like we may get it as early as October as well. In his latest Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman said that Apple is looking at unveiling the M3 later this year, in October, with an iMac refresh. MacBook Air and Pro willThe iMac will be the first Mac to get the M3 treatment, which makes sense, given that it skipped an M2 refresh. This will be the first refresh for the iMac since its launch back in…

Apple has quite a few new products coming in the second half of this year and potentially in early 2024. Mark Gurman mentioned in his PowerOn newsletter over the weekend that there’s an Apple Watch Ultra second generation coming alongside the Apple Watch Series 9 and the iPhone 15 series. Gurman did not mention to much about the second-generation Ultra, and what to expect. Though, that might be a good thing, since the last time leakers were sure of an Apple Watch leak, it turned out to be the opposite. Apple likely to…

The M1-powered 24-inch iMac has been long in the tooth compared to Apple’s other mainline devices.Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images)Good news for all those iMac fans pounding the table for another all-in-one device from Apple. One oft-cited Apple analyst said we may see another iMac drop later this year, coming much sooner than previously anticipated and potentially boasting an M3 chip.Mark Gurman’s Bloomberg newsletter noted on Sunday that the next iMac is on its way, and that while Apple won’t be ramping up…

Apple is readying to release a new 24-inch iMac as early as the second half of the year, according to . Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman reports the development of two new iMac models has reached “a late stage,” with Apple recently beginning manufacturing tests. Gurman expects volume production of the 2023 iMac won’t start for at least another three months, but the good news is the refreshed models will feature a handful of improvements. Most significantly, the 2023 iMac will reportedly include Apple’s…