Picked up some fun new toys in the last few weeks that you need to keep track of? Amazon currently has Apple AirTags in a four pack marked down to just $65, an excellent price for these easy-to-use location tracking devices.

While there are plenty of similar tracking tags on the market, the Apple AirTags have some unique features that set them apart from the crowd. Probably the most relevant is that they leverage Apple’s entire network of devices for tracking, rather than just your phone, or other users who happen to have the company’s app installed. That means they’re more likely to show up as they get further away from you, and you can set them as lost in the system to notify you when they come within range of an iPhone or iPad.

They’re also extremely easy to set up and pair to your phone, thanks to the close pairing of Apple’s hardware and iOS software. Just tap the AirTag to your phone to connect it to your account, and you’re ready to go. They’re compact enough that they can squeeze into basically anywhere, including on a keychain or tucked into a small purse. You can also share them with up to five family members, in case you need to help your significant other track down their keys.

Apple has put a ton of work into making the AirTag super useful while also keeping an eye on safety and security concerns. Both Apple and Android phones will warn you if an AirTag not linked to your account is following you around, and they’ll even beep occasionally when they aren’t within range of any Apple devices on the Find My network.

The biggest downside to the Apple AirTag is that it doesn’t work with Android devices at all, except for the safety warning. If you aren’t an iPhone owner, make sure to check out our other favorite tracking devices to keep your belongings safe. For everyone else, the AirTag is an excellent option, and for just over $15 a piece, can give you a lot of peace of mind when it comes to your most valued gadgets.

Want a watch strap that’s as comfortable as fabric, as light as rubber, as strong as a metal bracelet and as tactile as a Milanese mesh?

Any watch fan looking to tick all of the above boxes would normally expect to be a dab hand with a spring bar removal tool to experience all the above individually, but a new strap developed by Malaysian independent brand Ming appears to now offer the best of all worlds.

The one strap to rule them all has been dubbed the Polymesh, and is 3D-printed from grade five titanium, and comprises 1,693 interconnected pieces (including the buckle) held together without any pins or screws. The only additional parts requiring assembly are the quick-release spring bars at each end that attach it to the watch—the articulated pin buckle is also formed in the same process.

Ming says that the strap, which is made up from rows of 15 equilateral triangles, meshed together and bookended by larger end pieces, “has more motion engineered into the radial axis than the lateral one,” leading to a supple end result that drapes like fabric yet retains the strength of titanium.

It has taken the company seven years to develop, working with partners Sisma S.p.A in Italy and ProMotion SA in Switzerland. Ming says notable challenges included the risk of components fusing together, and the fact that powdered titanium—the raw material from which the strap is laser sintered—is highly explosive. The straps each take several hours to produce, requiring hundreds of layers of additive manufacturing in an inert gas environment.

The company is not the first to use 3D-printing techniques for final products in watchmaking (as opposed to prototyping), but it is the only one using it for straps or bracelets. British start-up Apiar has debuted a 3D-printed watch case, as has Dutch brand Holthinrichs, which has created versions of its Ornament 1 in both 18k gold as well as stainless steel.

The Case for Straps

To the extent that straps have been an area for innovation in the watch world, recent attention has tended to focus on brands’ development of proprietary mechanisms for swappable straps, to varying degrees of success and popularity. Sustainability programmes that focus on leather alternatives such as reclaimed apple peel or mushroom-based material, or textiles woven from ocean plastic. Some have proven difficult to industrialize, and nearly all have been dogged by accusations of greenwashing.

Rolex’s 2015 Oysterflex strap featured an elastomer virtually indistinguishable from rubber with thin blades of titanium-nickel alloy embedded within it for strength.

Photograph: Stojan & Voumard/ Rolex

Oracle and Advanced Micro Devices are expanding their partnership with the deployment of 50,000 AMD graphic processing units beginning in the third quarter of 2026 with further expansion to follow.

The so-called AI “supercluster” is a massive, interconnected group of high-performance computers designed to work together as a single system.

AMD shares jumped 3% before the bell Tuesday, while Oracle’s slipped 1.8%.

The companies said that next-generation AI models are poised to outgrow the limits of current AI infrastructure.

No dollar figures for what each company’s investment in the expanded partnership.

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