04 March 2026
Kart-e-Char, Kabul, Afghanistan

Ben Lovejoy

Articles by Ben Lovejoy

PSA: Most Wi-Fi routers vulnerable to AirSnitch attack – here’s what to do - 9to5Mac

TechnologyMarch 3, 2026

You may recall that way back in 2017, the WPA2 encryption standard used by most Wi-Fi routers at the time was cracked and had to be replaced with a new version, WPA3. Now a new attack method dubbed Aâ...

iPhone 17 Pro Max has the best battery life of 35 smartphones tested - 9to5Mac

TechnologyFebruary 6, 2026

Battery life tests carried out by CNET reveal that the iPhone 17 Pro Max has the best battery life of any of the smartphones tested, and that Apple heads the brand rankings across its models. Apple’…...

iOS 26.2.1 causing crashes, freezes, and severe battery drain for some - 9to5Mac

TechnologyFebruary 5, 2026

iOS 26.2.1 was released last week, adding support for AirTag 2, alongside bug fixes. However, a small minority of users are reporting that it has introduced bugs rather than removed them. Among the …...

New Mac configurator may point to separate CPU and GPU options - 9to5Mac

TechnologyFebruary 3, 2026

Apple last week changed the way you buy a Mac online, removing the previous lineup of customizable pre-configured options and instead putting you straight into configuring your spec from scratch. Wh…...

Should you update to the new Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Freeform on Mac? - 9to5Mac

TechnologyJanuary 30, 2026

Yesterdays launch of Apple Creator Studio (ACS) created a certain amount of confusion for Mac users not planning to subscribe. Some users of Apples productivity apps Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Fre…...

Latest Intel chips beat Apple’s M5 in multi-core scores – for maybe two days - 9to5Mac

TechnologyJanuary 28, 2026

Two laptops with the latest Intel chips have beaten out the MacBook Pro with M5 chip but it’s already clear that this will be an extremely short-lived victory. Benchmark results show impressive mult…...

149M logins exposed in unsecured database, inc 900k Apple accounts

CryptoJanuary 27, 2026

A database containing 149 million account logins has been found sitting unsecured on a cloud service. The records include 900,000 usernames and passwords for Apple accounts. It was discovered by the…...

iPhone 18 Pro Dynamic Island confusion now appears to be resolved - 9to5Mac

TechnologyJanuary 22, 2026

There’s been considerable confusion about the fate of the iPhone 18 Pro Dynamic Island, with conflicting claims about the position of the selfie camera, the visibility of the Face ID components, and …...

Gemini Personal Intelligence previews what we can expect from the new Siri - 9to5Mac

TechnologyJanuary 16, 2026

The long-awaited launch of the new AI-powered Siri now looks much closer thanks to Apple’s partnership with Google. The company this week confirmed reports that many Siri features will be powered by …...

Apple will pay billions for Gemini; OpenAI decided against Siri deal – FT - 9to5Mac

TechnologyJanuary 16, 2026

A new report on Apple’s partnership with Google to have Gemini power the new Siri appears to confirm speculation that the iPhone maker is paying around a billion dollars a year for the deal. It also…...