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Apple’s AirPods Max 2 Blurs the Lines Between Marketing and Innovation

Also: The company hikes prices on external storage.
Apple’s AirPods Max.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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The new AirPods Max headphones show that the line between marketing and genuine innovation is blurring. Also: Apple retail stores have hiked the price of external storage; inventory of HomePods and Apple TVs is dwindling again; and the company’s home hardware chief has bolted for Oura.

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