Hardware

How to find out where Apple stores your iCloud data (spoiler: you can’t exactly)

“The cloud” is a concept, not a place, although collectively, the cloud is made up of places. Cloud computing refers to an aggregation of servers that you don’t have to know much about to gain the benefit. This can be … Continue reading

Canary is putting security cameras in the hands of those who help keep us secure

The company will donate its All-In-One home monitoring camera to first responders and emergency services departments you nominate.

Sticking with it: iPhone X sales have to disappoint eventually

It’s been an annoying year already what with covering all the nonsense about supposedly poor iPhone X sales. But, it’s nice that we can finally put that all to bed and get on with our lives by going back to … Continue reading

Eve Button review: This programmable button puts you touch with your HomeKit tech

This smart button brings tactile control to HomeKit-enabled devices.

Apple to stream WWDC 2018 keynote live

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is coming—it starts on June 4, to be exact. The company on Tuesday announced that the WWDC keynote presentation will be available to the general public to watch on the internet. If you’re interested in watching … Continue reading

Macworld Podcast: Join us on Wednesday, May 23, at 10 a.m. Pacific

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is coming soon, so where is iOS 11.4? There’s a movement for “sustainability in the App Store” for app developers. A new eGPU is on the market. We also talk about various other Apple news and … Continue reading

Hands on: Razer’s Core X GPU enclosure is cheaper, bigger, and even works with Macs

The Core X external GPU case will take up to a 3-slot wide GPU, provide up to 100 watts over Thunderbolt 3 for charging, and cost just $299.

Apple’s original TV shows and series: Amazing Stories gets new showrunners

Updated 5/22/18: Variety reports that the co-creators of One Upon a Time, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, have signed on as the new executive producers of Amazing Stories.  Apple is said to be spending as much as $1 billion over the course of 2018 … Continue reading

What you need to know about Speculative Store Bypass, the Spectre-like ‘Variant 4′ CPU flaw

Google and Microsoft discovered a new CPU flaw related to Meltdown and Spectre. Take action, but don’t panic too much about Speculative Store Bypass.

The Samsung T5, our favorite portable SSD drive, just hit its lowest price ever

For portable external storage, you can’t get much better than Samsung’s T5 portable SSD—and that’s why it’s our favorite external performance drive. Because of its killer speed and convenient size, this drive is usually a bit of an investment, but … Continue reading