MagSafe is one of the more underrated features of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, mainly because most people don’t have any accessories to take advantage of it. You can change that with today’s deal: Amazon is selling the Anker PowerWave Magnetic 2-in-1 Stand for $34, a savings of $16 off the MSRP and the …
Late last year, during the annual commercial-fest that is the Game Awards, we heard that Google was planning to bring its Play Games platform from Android to Windows PCs. It’s arrived, at least for a few lucky players: The limited beta is only available in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea as of today. And …
The latest social-media craze is Wordle, the simple game where you have six guesses to match the game’s five-letter word. Five green squares means you’ve succeeded, and can rack up likes on Twitter and Facebook. But there are at least three simple ways to cheat at Wordle—including a way to discover Wordle’s word in advance …
An exploration of zero-click attack surface for the popular video conferencing solution Zoom has yielded two previously undisclosed security vulnerabilities that could have been exploited to crash the service, execute malicious code, and even leak arbitrary areas of its memory. Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero, who discovered and reported the two flaws last year, …
2022 promises to be another big year for the Mac, with the second half of the Apple silicon transition bringing a new 27-inch iMac, Mac Pro, and a redesigned MacBook Air. But while we’re excited about the performance gains and new designs, the conclusion of the switch to its own chips is also an opportunity …
Enlarge / Keychron K14 with no backlight (top) and an RGB backlight (bottom). Scharon Harding A common complaint about mechanical keyboards is that they’re too expensive. Options are limited further for budget-minded buyers if they want a wireless device, especially if they’re looking for a Mac-specific board. But the market has come a long way, …
iCloud Photos offers a great way to access all your media across all your devices and at iCloud.com. Some people find it doesn’t meet their needs and want to disable it, but they’re worried about a potential edge case, described as follows: They disable iCloud Photos on their Apple devices and retain images and videos …
A coordinated law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 11 members allegedly belonging to a Nigerian cybercrime gang notorious for perpetrating business email compromise (BEC) attacks targeting more than 50,000 victims in recent years. The disruption of the BEC network is the result of a ten-day investigation dubbed Operation Falcon II undertaken by …
Apple markets its App Store as “a place you can trust.” But is it really? In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about what the app store does right and what it gets oh-so-very wrong, and what we as customers need to do to get the most out of it. This is episode 775 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola. Listen …
Almost 90 percent of Americans resolved to get into better shape last year. While this year’s stats have yet to be determined, it’s a wise bet to think that the numbers will be similar. Are you one of the many who’s trying to lose a few extra pounds? Then you might consider getting a smartwatch — Such …