We do just about everything online today, and in the digital age, having good passwords for your accounts isn’t sufficient anymore — and if you’re still using the same login credentials for multiple accounts, then it’s definitely time to upgrade your security setup. An easy way to do that is with a password manager that makes it simple to create and organize secure access codes for all of your accounts, but even that might not be enough to guard your sensitive personal and financial information from prying eyes. Instead, we recommend 1Password, a unique account manager that does more than just organize your logins. It also takes online security to a whole new level by letting you keep all of your accounts completely separate.
Your typical password manager can generate and organize unique credentials for your accounts (sort of like a digital key ring), but 1Password takes things a step further. With 1Password, you get not only a unique, strong passcode for every account, but the app also generates a unique email address as well. When signing up for a new account somewhere or updating some you already have, you simply create a new 1Password-generated email string and password, set up two-factor authentication, and use this new “sock” email and passcode to register. Your real information is kept private, and access codes are securely backed up in your 1Password account, for which you have a master password — the only one you need to remember.
Keeping your important online accounts separated from each other in this way effectively seals them off in the unlikely event that any of them are compromised, limiting any potential damage. The intruder won’t be able to use your 1Password-generated email and password to access any of your other credentials, for example — think of it as closing off a flooded compartment of a ship to prevent the rest of the compartments from taking on water and sinking the boat. However, since 1Password lets you set up two-factor authentication for your accounts (i.e. you will be notified of any attempted logins and can either authorize or block them), it’s highly unlikely that even one of them will be compromised in the first place.
No single security method alone is perfect, but by layering multiple protocols together like this, 1Password does a pretty bang-up job of keeping your personal information locked down and away from prying eyes. In fact, 1Password issued a challenge to hackers a few years ago, offering a $100,000 bounty to anybody who could successfully crack its system. So far, nobody has. Furthermore, only you have access to your data thanks to your Secret Key which is kept only on your device — 1Password does not handle your accounts’ login information, and it’s not stored on servers controlled by someone else — and it’s all kept secure with AES 256-bit encryption.
Better still, your 1Password account itself (and the aforementioned master passcode) uses the Secure Remote Password protocol, meaning that your credentials aren’t even sent across the open internet when logging into 1Password. All traffic between you and 1Password servers is fully encrypted, as well, as is all metadata such as image tags and URLs. Finally, your passwords and account information aren’t stored, used, or shared by 1Password in any way, so you can rest easy knowing that no unwanted spectators — not even the folks at 1Password themselves — are laying eyes on your sensitive information. You can install 1Password on Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, Linux, and Chrome OS computers and devices, and there are also 1Password browser extensions available for Chrome, Brave, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox.
The 1Password subscription can be had for as little as $3 per month when you sign up for the annual Personal plan and pay $36 up-front for a year’s worth of service, but new subscribers can try the service with a 14-day free 1Password trial. The Family plan upgrade gives you coverage for up to five users for $5 per month ($60 billed annually). Need protection for even more users? You can choose from three different business plans, which start at $20 per month for 10 users and can be scaled up from there. The $20 monthly Teams Starter Pack plan is also eligible for the 14-day free 1Password trial as well, so there’s no risk in signing up now and giving it a spin.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.