Apple Card is approaching its 5-year anniversary and is expected to undergo changes as Goldman Sachs exits the partnership within the next year. The credit card, launched in 2019, offers 2% cash back on all purchases with Apple Pay and 3% cash back on Apple purchases, with no late fees or foreign transaction fees. Apple will need to find a new partner bank.

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Apple and Amazon have partnered to offer three months free Apple TV+ when you subscribe to any streamer on Twitch. The promotion runs from July 30 to August 19, and is available for new and returning Apple TV+ subscribers. To qualify, you must subscribe or gift a subscription to someone else on Twitch during the promotional period. New monthly, multi-month, or gift Twitch subs count, but Twitch Prime subs or automatic sub renewals do not.

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Sany, a Chinese brand, has begun exporting its all-electric, four-axle E-mixer cement truck. Pan-United Corp. in Singapore has unveiled the nation's first electric-powered concrete mixer truck, aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 45% compared to conventional trucks. The company hopes to operate a substantial fleet of electric concrete mixer trucks in the future.

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Amazon is offering the Sony WF-1000XM5 Truly Wireless Bluetooth Noise Canceling Earbuds at $228 shipped, a nearly 25% price drop. This is matching the short-lived Prime Day price and the lowest we can find. The earbuds are part of Sony's XM series, which has been competing with big-time options like Bose and Apple.

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The Pixel 9 series is rumored to add a 'Call Notes' feature, allowing users to record phone calls and receive a text transcript. The feature will likely use AI summarization. iOS 18 will also get the ability to record, transcribe, and summarize live calls, with availability in several countries including the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and more.

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Amazon is offering the 14-inch Apple M3 Pro MacBook Pro with 18GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD at $1,699, which is $300 off the regular price of $1,999. This is the lowest price tracked for this model, and it's only the second time it has dropped to this price. The deal is available in both silver and Space Black.

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B&H is offering Apple's M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM, a 10-core GPU, and a 256GB SSD for $1,099 shipped, which is the most affordable way to score a 16GB M3 MacBook Air. This configuration is not available on Amazon, but can be customized on the Apple site for $1,299. The deal is $150 under the Prime Day offer of $1,249.

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Woot has launched a sale on the previous-generation OnePlus Pad, dropping its price to $379.99, a $100 discount from its regular price of $480. The sale is available for Prime members with free shipping, or for non-Prime members with a $6 delivery fee. This is the lowest price tracked for the tablet outside of limited accessory bundle offers and trade-in deals.

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TikTok has introduced a new feature called 'Sound Search' that allows users to find songs by singing, humming, or playing them. The feature identifies the song and also shows popular videos with the identified song. The tool can also detect some popular sounds and memes.

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The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has canceled the second offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico due to a lack of competitive interest. Only one company expressed interest in participating, and the agency received 25 comments in response to the Proposed Sale Notice. BOEM may decide to move forward with a lease sale in the future depending on industry interest. The agency has also received an unsolicited lease request from Chicago-based Hecate Energy Gulf Wind to acquire commercial wind energy lease(s) on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, off the southeastern Texas coast.

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