Last week was a busy one for Apple. On Tuesday, we got new chips, Mac minis, and MacBook Pros, and Wednesday brought the surprising return of the full-sized HomePod, with a similar design as the original model as well as the same $299 price tag, about two years after it was discontinued. And when you dig into it, things get even weirder. The new HomePod isn’t a carbon copy of the original model, but in subtle and confusing ways
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