Peripherals

What felt like a taste of the future for laptop design in 2016 was abandoned by Apple last year as a failed concept. But engineers from Hong Kong think the idea holds much promise, so they've created something similar that works with Mac and Windows.

Sweaty palms are never a good thing, and now a new start-up is taking matters into their own hands with the Zephyr. This gaming mouse has a built-in fan to keep gamers’ hands cool. At the same time it's lightweight, responsive, and finished in LEDs.

Apple was true to form when it came to fitting the new MacBook Pro with ports, providing just four Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports and a 3.5-mm audio jack. That's where devices like the DGRule step in, to provide ports for any legacy peripherals.

​You might think that wired connections are the way to go if you want to keep the data flowing between peripherals and your computer secure. But researchers have found that USB connections are prone to data "leakage" that can compromise data security.