Apple's home-grown silicon continues to surprise. The new M1 Max chip -- with 32 graphics cores -- may rival Sony's brand-new game console in terms of graphics performance. And that's without a dedicated graphics card, of course.

Apple's new chips are so powerful, they're already leaving Intel and AMD in the dust. And now Apple is gunning for Nvidia, too.

Just wait until the next iteration of Apple Silicon, which is destined for the upcoming Mac Pro and iMac. It's rumored to come in two configurations, with up to 4X the number of CPU and GPU cores as the M1 Max. That’s 40 CPU cores and 128 GPU cores!

If I were Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, I'd be quaking in my boots.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

M1 Max chip could deliver even greater graphics than PlayStation 5 — www.cultofmac.com

MacBook Pro’s mind-blowing processor packs more raw GPU power than Sony's latest console, at least on paper, with up to 32 graphics cores. And Apple promises the chip will offer capabilities on par with a “high-performance discrete GPU” in competing laptops.

Oops, some of Apple’s own apps don’t support new MacBook Pro screen notch — www.cultofmac.com

The updated design apparently came as a surprise to many of Apple’s own software developers, as some of the company's professional apps don’t yet support the cutout.

Apple’s new 140W USB-C Mac Power Adapter remains offensively huge — www.cultofmac.com

It enables fast-charging up to 50% in a mere 30 minutes, but the charging brick looks comically large.

I got Sherlocked at Apple’s ‘Unleashed’ event! — www.cultofmac.com

There, on the screen where Apple presents an array of accessories for the MacBooks, I saw a jaw-dropping product … Apple’s new Polishing Cloth. You gotta be kidding me!

Download, manage and rip videos to your Mac with these apps loved by experts — www.cultofmac.com

Macs can be restrictive when downloading, ripping and managing media files. But you can take control of your videos with the MacX Media Management Bundle. It offers lifetime licenses to three hot Mac apps for just $39.99. That’s a huge 94% discount off the regular price of $689.

Bidding on super-rare Chaffey College Apple-1 computer starts at $200,000 — www.cultofmac.com

One of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs' earliest computers hits the auction block on November 9. Find out what makes it extra-special.

Head for a galaxy far, far away in 'Lego Star Wars: Castaways' — www.cultofmac.com

The upcoming Apple Arcade exclusive will be the first social, action-adventure Lego Star Wars game, so it’ll offer chances to relive great moments from the movies or have dance parties.

Charge iPhone and AirPods as you go with updated Power1 battery pack — www.cultofmac.com

This interesting product will carry and charge both devices at the same time, right in your pocket.

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"I don't think it's good that Apple's perceived as different. I think it's important that Apple's perceived as 'much better.' If being different is essential to doing that, then we have to do that, but if we can be much better without being different, that'd be fine with me. I want to be much better." -- Steve Jobs