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Review: Anker’s new MagSafe battery bank truly delivers in its ultra-slim package

Earlier this summer, Anker announced Anker Nano Power Bank is honestly everything you’d want out of a MagSafe battery bank.

With Apple no longer making their own MagSafe batteries, and the upcoming iPhone 17 Air having relatively weak battery life – this could be a great purchase to make ahead of Apple’s ‘Awe dropping’ iPhone 17 launch event.

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MagSafe Monday: UAG’s Magnetic Ring Stand is the simple MagSafe accessory you did not know you needed

If you don’t carry a MagSafe wallet with your iPhone, there might be situations when you want a simple stand for travel, increased grip, stand at your desk, etc. The UAG Magnetic Ring Stand falls into that category. It gives you a better grip on your iPhone, doubles as a kickstand, and still slides in your pocket without getting in the way. Let’s take a look at what it offers.

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Deals: 1TB M4 Mac mini $100 off, Powerbeats Pro 2, iPhone, M4 iPad Pro up to $500 off, more

Your Monday morning edition of 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals is now ready to go. Now just over 24 hours out from tomorrow’s Apple reveal event, we are tracking even lower prices on select iPhone 15/16 Pro models with as much $730 in savings for folks not upgrading. Those deals also join the most affordable 1TB M4 Mac mini configuration at $100 off as well as some notable deals on the latest heart-rate monitoring Powerbeats Pro 2 at $50 off, and prices have dropped even further on some of the new 25W MagSafe stands. Everything awaits below. 

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Apple Calendar spam on the rise again, mostly crypto scams

We first saw Apple Calendar spam almost a decade ago, when it hit such levels that the iPhone maker issued an apology and said that it was blocking suspicious senders.

We’ve seen the problem re-emerge several times since then, with Apple even publishing a YouTube video on how to remove it. Despite all of these efforts, however, it seems to be spiking again …

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C1 modem planned for the iPhone 17 Air is slower on some carriers

Apple has been working for many years on developing its own mobile data modem to replace the Qualcomm ones on which it has traditionally relied. The first of these, the C1 chip, was used in the iPhone 16e, and is also expected to be used in the upcoming iPhone 17 Air.

There have so far been mixed messages on how well it compares to Qualcomm’s current chip, and a new study by Ookla provides our most detailed comparison yet …

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iPhone 17 Pro battery life will be a massive jump over last year: battery capacity increased by 19%

Just a day ahead of Apple’s September iPhone event, we finally have confirmed battery capacity numbers for the entire iPhone 17 lineup, thanks to Chinese regulatory filings.

All iPhone 17 models will get bigger batteries this year, compared to their 16 predecessors. But the biggest gains will come in the form of the iPhone 17 Pro, whose capacity increases 18.7% compared to the iPhone 16 Pro …

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Security Bite: How browsers use a psychological trick to protect millions from phishing every day

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If you’re reading this week’s Security Bite on your desktop, look closely at your browser’s address bar. Notice how the main (root) domain is bolder, while the rest of the URL is a lighter grey? This is not an accident, it’s a purposly implemented psychological trick called salience bias. This little design choice has protected users from phishing attacks for over a decade.

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