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  "id": 16937186,
  "title": "Apple Announces Its First Touchscreen MacBook Pro",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-announces-its-first-touchscreen-macbook-pro-16937186",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/28/1732233/apple-announces-its-first-touchscreen-macbook-pro"
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  "summary": "Apple has unveiled its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, reversing a position the company held for more than 15 years that touchscreens were poorly suited for laptops. 9to5Mac reports: The new machine features a light-up Apple logo, tandem OLED, and touch input on the display. It runs on the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, like the existing MacBook Pro models without OLED touch displays. John Ternus, who…",
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      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Deals: AirPods Pro 3 20% off, Apple Pencil (USB-C), most affordable M5 MacBook Air $200 off, AirTag 2, more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/deals-airpods-pro-3-20-off-apple-pencil-usb-c-most-affordable-m5",
        "published": "2026-10-27T15:30:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Apple raises the MacBook Neo’s student pricing again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-raises-the-macbook-neos-student-pricing-again",
        "published": "2026-10-28T14:47:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Engadget",
        "title": "Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro has an OLED touchscreen, weighs just three pounds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apples-redesigned-macbook-pro-has-an-oled-touchscreen-weighs-just",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:13:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Apple unveils a touchscreen MacBook Pro with a 14\" or 16\" PROLED XDR display, a light-up Apple logo, Dynamic Island, M5 Pro and M5 Max, for $2,899+ and $3,399+ (Apple)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-unveils-a-touchscreen-macbook-pro-with-a-14-or-16-proled-xdr",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:16:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Apple finally caves and brings an OLED touchscreen to the MacBook Pro",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-finally-caves-and-brings-an-oled-touchscreen-to-the-macbook-pro",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:22:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Apple video shows new MacBook Pro with PROLED display in action",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-video-shows-new-macbook-pro-with-proled-display-in-action",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:28:13.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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