Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup - 6/25- 7/1

Dreaming of living in a Barbie world? Get ready to book through Airbnb!

Reddit’s volunteer transcribers quit over API changes 

AirPlay is coming to LG smart hotel TVs later this year 

Leaked: Colour options for the Google Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro

Introducing HyperPack Pro: The backpack you can find in the Find My app

Netflix Canada is ditching its cheapest ad-free plan

LinkedIn tests AI-generated copy for posts 

Samsung unveils new adorable Pokémon cases for Galaxy Buds 2 series

Oreo enters the world of Nintendo's Super Mario

Google Docs gets a polling feature 

Google rumoured to resurrect Stadia through a new YouTube product 

Meta launches new parental supervision hub on Messenger

Swedish House Mafia creates custom sound pack for Nothing Phone (2)

Ancestry makes Chinese Exclusion Era records available 

Stolen shot of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 shows its new cover screen 

Casetify reveals Bounce Vision accessories for Apple’s Vision Pro 

Meta helps teens block unwanted messages on Messenger and Instagram

YouTube’s new approach to prevent ad-blockers

Apple and Nokia renew patent deal for 5G and beyond

Apple gives you the power to fix your own iPhone 14 or MacBook M2

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If you have an iPhone 14 or a MacBook with an M2 chip, you can now fix it yourself with Apple's help. The company has expanded its Self-Service Repair program to cover these devices and more. You can order the parts, tools, and manuals you need from Apple's website and follow the steps to repair your device at home. According to Apple, you can also fix the TrueDepth camera and top speaker on iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 models in the US, UK, and seven European countries. M1-based desktops like the iMac are also included.

You don't even need to call Apple to finish the job. Just put your device in Diagnostics mode and use the System Configuration tool to verify and authenticate your repairs with official parts. This tool also makes sure your biometrics (like Face ID and Touch ID) work properly with the Secure Enclave.

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Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup - 6/11- 6/17

Coca-Cola Creations levels up with League of Legends

Bing AI Chat adds voice chat to desktop search

Tesla Supercharger network to open up for other EVs in Canada

iOS 17 brings new stickers features to Messages

Capcom's sci-fi adventure 'Pragmata' pushed back further

Samsung Bespoke Jet AI: A vacuum with AI, long-lasting battery, and LED brushes 

'The Last of Us Part I' gets Steam Deck verified and PC patch

'Hyper Light Breaker' drops new trailer

End of legacy plug-ins for the Mail app on the Mac

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE to reportedly launch in Q3 2023 with Exynos 2200 and 50MP camera 

Dyson HEPA Big+Quiet Formaldehyde gets priced in Canada

Apple’s iOS 17 will stop autocorrecting swear words with machine learning 

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 official image leaks 

New Apple Mac Pro has a glitch with internal SATA drives

Anker’s new Soundcore Liberty 4 NC earbuds can last longer than your phone

Squarespace to buy Google Domains

Netflix unveils the first look at 'The Three-Body Problem' adaptation 

New Apple Mac Pro has a glitch with internal SATA drives

Apple has acknowledged a bug that causes some internal SATA hard drives to disconnect from the 2023 Mac Pro after the computer wakes from sleep. The company will release a "future macOS update" to fix the issue.

The Mac Pro, which recently launched with Apple's M2 Ultra chip, comes with SSD storage but also has SATA ports for connecting additional hard drives. However, due to a glitch, some of these drives may disconnect when the Mac Pro resumes from sleep mode.

Apple explained in a support document that if your Mac automatically goes to sleep or if you manually put your Mac to sleep, then certain models of internal SATA drives might unexpectedly disconnect from your computer. "If you see a message that your disk was not ejected properly, you can restart your Mac to reconnect to the drive," they advised.

Until Apple releases a software update to address the problem, you can prevent your Mac Pro from automatically going to sleep by changing a setting in the System Preferences app. You need to click on Displays → Advanced…, and enable the option Prevent automatic sleeping when the display is off.

The new Mac Pro has the same design as the Intel-based model from 2019 but does not support graphics cards or user-upgradeable RAM due to Apple silicon's unified architecture. If you do not need PCIe expansion, you should consider the Mac Studio instead.

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