A teardown of Apple’s latest Mac peripherals shows that the devices have many things in common with each other — including difficulty of repair — while borrowing some technologies from other Apple products.

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On this week’s all-new AppleInsider podcast, Nate, Mikey, Dan and Neil talk about Apple’s iMac refresh, debate the merits of Force and 3D Touch, and talk about Elon Musk’s comments on Apple and the prospects of an car from the iPhone maker. We also dismiss iPhone 6s “chipgate,” talk about successful Mac adoption at IBM, and give our thoughts on Microsoft’s Surface Book and Band 2.

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Microsoft on Thursday debuted a limited-time, in-store incentive program offering customers in the market for a new (non-Surface) computer running Windows 10 up to $200 when they turn over an old PC, or up to $300 for a used MacBook or iMac.

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Apple continued its iPhone 6s ad blitz on Thursday by releasing a short, 30-second spot highlighting the new handset’s 3D Touch capabilities.

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Apple on Thursday announced it has extended the App Store’s “Alternate Tier” app pricing structure to Australia, adding two low-cost price level options for developers in the country.

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In conjunction with Thursday’s iWork app updates for iOS and Mac, Apple has removed the beta tag previously adorning the icons of Pages, Numbers and Keynote in iCloud, while adding a number of new features like the ability to preview documents in mobile Safari and Android.

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Apple on Thursday updated its iWork suite of apps for both iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan, bringing new hardware support for iPhone 6s and iPad, including 3D Touch, tablet multitasking options, keyboard shortcuts for wireless accessories and more.

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Without the time to copy Apple’s more significant features, Samsung hopes that a coat of rose gold paint will help its higher-end phone sales survive a second shock wave from iPhone 6s, due to launch in South Korea next week on October 23.

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Pixelmator for Mac was updated to version 3.4 on Thursday, adding things like optimization for OS X El Capitan, and a new Photos extension founded on Apple’s Metal graphics technology.

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Adobe has discovered a “critical” vulnerability affecting many recent versions of Flash Player, according to a new security bulletin, which warns that the exploit is already in use by hackers.

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