Macworld Apple’s AirTag object tracker helps users find their keys, pet, or even vehicle in the supermarket car park by using the tracking device and the expanded Apple Find My network on their iPhone. Priced at $29/£29 each for one, or $99/£99 for four, AirTags have proved incredibly popular, but there are other similarly capable products available—some of which beat Apple’s AirTags in certain forms and functions? Look out especially for trackers that “Work with Apple Find My”, as these operate just like an AirTag, adhere to all Apple’s privacy protections, and use the power of the network of hundreds of millions of Apple devices that use Bluetooth wireless technology to detect missing devices and report their location back to…

Macworld Portable power banks that charge your phone are popular, but wireless battery packs using Apple’s MagSafe technology offer a simpler and smarter cable-free solution for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 users. Phone batteries are prone to run dry just when you’re heading away from a power source, so having a portable charging source is one of today’s necessities. Annoyingly, most power banks require you to carry around a cable, too. Wireless power banks do away with cables but come with their own major limitation–the inefficiency of wireless charging means you need a high-capacity power bank to fully charge a drained iPhone. I use one as a quick bedside iPhone charger so I can charge and use the phone at…

AMD announced a new chip for thin-and-light notebooks that it specifically claims beats Apple's year-old M2. Did the company cherry-pick results and hide the compromises, or is this a genuine triumph?A couple of months ago, Intel came out with a "notebook" processor — the Intel Core i9 13980HX — that it claimed with a healthy dose of deception it could beat Apple's M2 Max, currently Apple's fastest processor. While the specific claims of benchmark triumphs in certain areas were technically true, those advances came with truckload of caveats.In the case of the Intel chip, it completely lost all of its speed advantage the moment it went on battery, and drained the battery like a starving vampire at a blood bank…

The EcoFlow River 2 Pro is a compact portable power station with plenty of power, and when drained and can fully recharge in under 1.5 hours.EcoFlow River 2 ProWhile they cannot power your whole home, having a power station is great to have around when camping or when the electricity goes out unexpectedly. It can power small appliances and your devices until the electricity returns. Read more...

The EcoFlow River 2 Pro is a compact portable power station with plenty of power, and when drained and can fully recharge in under 1.5 hours.EcoFlow River 2 ProWhile they cannot power your whole home, having a power station is great to have around when camping or when the electricity goes out unexpectedly. It can power small appliances and your devices until the electricity returns. Read more...

The EcoFlow River 2 Pro is a compact portable power station with plenty of power, and when drained and can fully recharge in under 1.5 hours.EcoFlow River 2 ProWhile they cannot power your whole home, having a power station is great to have around when camping or when the electricity goes out unexpectedly. It can power small appliances and your devices until the electricity returns. Read more...