Macworld If you’ve ordered a new iPhone recently, you’ll notice that the box is a whole lot slimmer than in previous years. That’s because the bulkiest accessory is gone: the power adapter. Apple has removed the charger from all iPhones it sells, so whether you’re spending $429/£449 on an iPhone SE or $1,599/£1,749 on a maxed-out iPhone 14 Pro Max, you need to bring your own charger. Any old charger and Lightning cable you have lying around will work, of course. But if you’ve been using Apple’s feeble old 5W adapter, it’s a perfect time to upgrade. Apple now supplies a USB-C-to-Lightning cable in all iPhone boxes to allow for fast charging, so all you need is the right charger.…

Macworld The iPhone 15 Pro this year is going to be powered by the new A17 system-on-chip, which should be the first large-scale consumer chip in the world to be made on a 3nm N3B manufacturing process. That means a lot more logic and cache in the same size chip, and better power efficiency at the same performance level as current 5nm iPhone chips. We expect big things from the A17. A new rumor from a Weibo user proclaiming to be an experienced integrated circuits developer suggests that Apple is going to switch production of the A17 at some time next year from TSMC’s N3B process to the upcoming N3E process. The N5E process is estimated to have better costs…

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The Synology DS120j offers fast and efficient file serving on a budget, making it a great starter storage appliance for your home network.The Synology DS120j ($125) is an inexpensive Network-Attached Storage (NAS) single-bay device enclosure, one you can add your own drive to. Based on a single two-core 64-bit Marvell Armada 3700 processor and 512MB RAM, the DS120j is easy to set up and use.The unit is small, lightweight, and silent, with dimensions of approximately 8.8 inches by 6.5 inches by 2.8 inches. Its compact size means it can accept either a single 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA drive. Read more...

The Synology DS120j offers fast and efficient file serving on a budget, making it a great starter storage appliance for your home network.The Synology DS120j ($125) is an inexpensive Network-Attached Storage (NAS) single-bay device enclosure, one you can add your own drive to. Based on a single two-core 64-bit Marvell Armada 3700 processor and 512MB RAM, the DS120j is easy to set up and use.The unit is small, lightweight, and silent, with dimensions of approximately 8.8 inches by 6.5 inches by 2.8 inches. Its compact size means it can accept either a single 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA drive. Read more...

With the power of Apple silicon, users experience incredible graphics performance on every Mac. And now, tens of millions of Macs with Apple silicon can run demanding games with great performance, long battery life, and breathtaking visuals. Developers continue to take advantage of Metal 3, bringing exciting new titles to Mac, including DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR’S CUT, Stray, Fort Solis, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, HUMANKIND, Resident Evil Village: Winters’ Expansion, The Medium, ELEX II, Firmament, SnowRunner, Disney Dreamlight Valley, No Man’s Sky, Dragonheir: Silent Gods, and Layers of Fear. To make it easier to port games from other platforms to Mac, Metal introduces a new game porting toolkit, eliminating months of upfront work and enabling developers to see how well their…