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Apple launches new 0% Apple Card financing for iPad, Mac, AirPods, and more - 9to5Mac

Posted: 15 Jun 2020 06:33 AM PDT

Apple today has officially launched support for financing additional products with Apple Card and 0% interest. The new financing options are available for the Mac lineup, iPad, AirPods Pro, AirPods, Apple Pencil, and more.

In December, Apple launched a new iPhone 0% financing option for Apple Card users, and during Apple's most recent earnings call with investors, Tim Cook teased that similar promotions would soon be available for other Apple products and recent reports indicated the rollout was imminent. These new options are available starting today.

The financing options vary by product. For example, higher-priced items like the Mac and iPad Pro offer 12-month financing with 0% interest. Cheaper items like AirPods and AirPods Pro offer 6-month financing with 0% interest. Apple Watch is excluded from these financing options for unknown reasons.

For example, you can finance AirPods Pro with 0% interest for 6 months, which equates to $41.50 per month. AirPods with Wireless Charging Case can be financed for $33.16 per month. You can finance a 16-inch MacBook Pro starting at $199.91 for 12 months — and Apple just added a more powerful graphics option as well.

The Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR are also eligible for these financing options. The Pro Display XDR starts at $416.58 per month, while the Mac Pro starts at $499.91 per month.

Apple is also encouraging users to finance iPad hardware purchases alongside accessories. For example, you can finance the iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and Apple Pencil for 12 months with 0% interest, even though the Apple Pencil is a lower-cost item.

Notably, you also still receive 3% Daily Cash back with these finance purchases through Apple Card. Apple explains that you simply select Apple Card Monthly Installments at checkout and complete your purchase. You can also apply for an Apple Card if you don't already have one.

Now when you shop at Apple, you can use your Apple Card to pay monthly at 0% APR with Apple Card Monthly Installments. And you'll get 3% Daily Cash back on the Apple products you love — all up front.

How to buy with Apple Card Monthly Installments:

Select Apple Card Monthly Installments when you check out

Since you already have Apple Card, you'll skip the application process

Complete your purchase

Because these new financing options require Apple Card, the promotional financing is limited to the United States for now.

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Windows 10 May 2020 Update is now causing problems for Google Chrome users - TechRadar

Posted: 15 Jun 2020 05:35 AM PDT

Windows 10 May 2020 Update is causing more problems, this time for those using the popular Chrome browser, who are being logged out of their account every time they reboot their PC – and this is reportedly happening with other software too, like Battle.net.

As Windows Latest spotted, there are multiple reports of this bug on Google's own support forum (linked here: 1, 2, 3) and on Reddit, with anecdotal indications that this gremlin not only affects the Chrome browser, but also Battle.net, and possibly Edge.

So it seems that this is an issue with Windows 10 and the latest upgrade, rather than with Chrome. Browser cookies are apparently being deleted randomly, and users are being logged out of their account(s), and forced to log back in repeatedly.

As one person observed: "I have the same issue. Chrome, also Battle.net application like a previous poster mentioned. What's going on? Everyday when I start my computer I'm logged out of everything."

Sync is also being errantly paused for Chrome, and another user has said that the login problem manifests with Microsoft Edge as well sometimes (although a different complainant alleges that his Edge browser is fine, whereas Chrome most definitely isn't).

Spanner in the works

So it appears to be a rather flaky bug, and indeed other folks are reporting that it happens to them every time they close Chrome, as opposed to every time they turn on (or restart) their Windows 10 PC.

It would seem, then, that there's a fairly hefty spanner in the works somewhere, and hopefully both Google and Microsoft are looking into this issue, and we'll hear more about what's going on, and perhaps a potential solution, soon.

We've contacted Microsoft to ask if the company is aware of or investigating the reported login disruptions, and will update this story if we hear back.

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