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Best MacBook Accessories in 2026: Sleeves, Hubs, SSDs, Stands

Best MacBook Accessories in 2026: Sleeves, Hubs, SSDs, Stands

  If you’ve recently purchased a new MacBook, equipping it with the right accessories is essential to maximizing its potential. The right tools not only protect your investment but also enhance its functionality, usability, and overall experience. This guide explores the must-have accessories for your MacBook, focusing on practicality, durability, and value. From protective solutions to connectivity enhancements, these recommendations will help you make the most of your MacBook while keeping it in excellent condition. The video below from Mac Vince gives us more details about the best accessories for your new MacBook. Protect Your MacBook with a Quality Laptop Sleeve A laptop sleeve is one of the most important accessories for safeguarding your MacBook. It acts as a protective barrier against scratches, bumps and accidental spills. The TomToc laptop sleeve is a standout option, designed specifically for MacBooks. Its snug fit ensures your device stays secure, while the soft microfiber interior prevents scratches. Thick bumpers provide additional protection against impacts and the water-repellent fabric shields your MacBook from spills. Durable YKK zippers add to …

Italy’s migrant detention hubs in Albania not against EU law, says top EU court adviser – POLITICO

Italy’s migrant detention hubs in Albania not against EU law, says top EU court adviser – POLITICO

In a reaction on X, Meloni said the opinion confirmed the “validity” of her government’s approach and hit out at “forced and unfounded legal interpretations,” which she said had led to “two lost years.” The Italian government cut a deal with Albania in 2023 to house migrant detention and deportation centers on its territory. The hubs were initially meant for asylum-seekers from countries considered safe while their applications were processed, but Rome has since decided to also use them to house people whose applications have been rejected and will be deported. NGOs have repeatedly lashed out at Italy’s hubs, with Amnesty International raising concerns that the rights of asylum-seekers would be “severely curtailed.” Nicholas Emiliou, an advocate-general at the Court of Justice of the European Union, argued in an opinion published Thursday that EU law doesn’t prevent a country from setting up detention centers to process failed asylum-seekers outside its own territory. But he stressed that the country would still be bound by EU guarantees for migrants, including the right to legal counsel, language assistance …

My smart home runs through this one device, and I stopped buying dedicated hubs years ago

My smart home runs through this one device, and I stopped buying dedicated hubs years ago

I’ve had a great experience with my smart speakers. Over the years, I’ve had a Google Home and a Nest Hub as I was trying to figure out what might be right for my home. But it ultimately came down to something that my wife and I found when we were unpacking boxes when we first moved in together. She had an Amazon Echo Dot that she had been given and we plugged it in to get some use out of it for setting timers and playing some music. What we didn’t realize then was that we were starting our journey towards a smart home. Years later, we have a well-automated home that runs through Amazon Alexa, which has been my favorite smart home assistant to work with. Along with that, the Amazon Echo Show 8 is my favorite smart home device that I have for many reasons. It can do so much and I feel like I’m just scratching the surface with it. Related I turned my old tablet into a smart home dashboard, …

US to Set up 12 Regional Disaster Response Hubs as It Consolidates Emergency Humanitarian Aid

US to Set up 12 Regional Disaster Response Hubs as It Consolidates Emergency Humanitarian Aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is setting up 12 regional hubs to coordinate disaster and emergency humanitarian responses under the auspices of a new bureau that will oversee some of the functions that had been handled by the now-dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development. The new Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response will be based in Washington with about 200 staffers, the department said Friday, but on-the-ground operations are to be run from the regional hubs, which will be located in Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa. The Trump administration has been criticized by many aid and relief organizations for closing down USAID, which had been the government’s main platform for providing foreign assistance for decades. The new bureau, which will handle only disaster and emergency aid, is part of a larger office that oversees all foreign assistance. The administration has drastically cut foreign aid spending, particularly for programs that dealt with climate change and social justice issues, but late last year announced a $2 billion contribution to the U.N. Office for the Coordination …

£100m English hubs had ‘substantial’ impact, researchers say

£100m English hubs had ‘substantial’ impact, researchers say

Evaluation finds school-led scheme boosted pupils’ outcomes and ‘broader literacy’ Evaluation finds school-led scheme boosted pupils’ outcomes and ‘broader literacy’ More from this theme Recent articles A £100 million scheme supporting children who are struggling to read has boosted pupils’ outcomes and “broader literacy”, researchers have said.    A government-commissioned report, published last month, found the English hubs programme (EHP) has had a “substantial” impact, with more six-year-olds meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check. Gap narrowed Launched in 2018, the EHP aims to boost phonics teaching, early language and reading for pleasure, particularly for those making the slowest progress.  Each of the 34 hub lead schools was selected for its expertise in teaching early reading. The evaluation assessed the support provided at selected primaries with high levels of disadvantage and a low proportion of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check.  The researchers said the two- to three-year course of “bespoke intensive support” is the programme’s main focus.  They found this increased the proportion of year 1 children meeting …

USB Hubs Can Save You Lots of Hassles—Here Are 5 We Like Best in 2026

USB Hubs Can Save You Lots of Hassles—Here Are 5 We Like Best in 2026

Other Good USB Hubs to Consider Ugreen Revodok Pro 211 Docking Station for $64: Most laptop docking stations are bulky gadgets that often require a power source, but this one from Ugreen straddles the line between dock and hub. It has a small, braided cable running to a relatively large aluminum block. It’s a bit hefty but still compact, and it packs a lot of extra power. It has three USB ports (one USB-C and two USB-A) that each reached up to 900 MB/s of data-transfer speeds in my testing. That was enough to move large amounts of 4K video footage in minutes. The only problem is that using dual monitors on a Mac is limited to only mirroring. Photograph: Luke Larsen Hyper HyperDrive Next Dual 4K Video Dock for $150: This one also straddles the line between dock and USB hub. Many mobile docks lack proper Mac support, only allowing for mirroring instead of full extension. The HyperDrive Next Dual 4K fixes that problem, though, making it a great option for MacBooks (though it …

Iran Expands Strikes On Gulf Energy Infrastructure As More Oil Hubs Hit

Iran Expands Strikes On Gulf Energy Infrastructure As More Oil Hubs Hit

One day after a reported Iranian drone strike forced Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery offline, with high-resolution post-strike satellite imagery showing visible damage, multiple reports on Tuesday morning suggest additional energy infrastructure in two Gulf states has also been targeted in suspected Iranian drone attacks. Bloomberg reports that “falling debris” from an intercepted drone sparked a major fire at the United Arab Emirates’ major oil-trading hub of Fujairah. The Fujairah Media Office wrote on X that civil defense units are suppressing the fire at the energy facility, while operations at the storage terminal and an oil refinery were suspended one day earlier. 🇦🇪 A major fire broke out at Fujairah port, UAE, one of the world’s largest oil storage facilities, following an Iranian drone strike on an oil depot. pic.twitter.com/Jsx4jG39na — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 3, 2026 Fujairah is a major storage, blending, trading, and ship-refueling hub on the Gulf of Oman, near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz but outside the Persian Gulf. This makes it a partial bypass route if Hormuz is …

Behaviour expert plays down hubs’ restorative practice trend

Behaviour expert plays down hubs’ restorative practice trend

Government behaviour adviser Tom Bennett has played down the role of restorative practices in the hubs scheme he helped to develop, after an evaluation report found around half of participating schools had shifted towards the approach. Bennett, who led the development of the behaviour hubs programme under the last Conservative government, is critical of relying on restorative practices to manage pupils’ behaviour and has publicly defended strict approaches to discipline. But, at the end of last month, a government-commissioned evaluation of the original hubs scheme found that an “increased focus on positive behaviour was often accompanied by a shift to restorative rather than zero tolerance behaviour management”. The evaluation’s survey of participating schools found 52 per cent of those that responded had shifted towards restorative behaviour management while on the programme. Rewarding good behaviour Schools also adopted clear behaviour standards and increased their focus on preventing misbehaviour and rewarding good behaviour, the evaluation found. But, speaking to Schools Week, Bennett denied that the hubs programme leaned towards restorative practice. “The evaluation does not conclude that …

Community health hubs could use empty classes

Community health hubs could use empty classes

More from this theme Recent articles Classrooms in schools rocked by falling rolls could be used by the NHS as “community health hubs”, the boss of the Department for Education’s property arm has said.  Lara Newman, the chief executive of LocatED, also said she was “seriously worried” about plunging birth rates undoing the free schools programme.    A drop in birth rates since the early 2010s has left primaries struggling to fill places and forced the worst-hit urban councils to slash intakes and close schools.  Councils ‘can’t afford it’ Speaking at a Westminster Education Forum on school buildings last Thursday, Newman said: “Local authorities are in a really difficult position around their own funding. They cannot afford to keep empty schools going.” Lara Newman She argued that “finding some medium-term way of usefully utilising” empty space was “absolutely crucial”.  Options that could keep school buildings occupied and viable “if and when children return”, included using empty spaces as “community health hubs” alongside public health and wellbeing services.  A slide shown during her talk noted paediatric …

EU moves closer to backing ‘return hubs’ for migrants: A right-wing turn on asylum policy – Talking Europe

EU moves closer to backing ‘return hubs’ for migrants: A right-wing turn on asylum policy – Talking Europe

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again TALKING EUROPE © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 23/01/2026 – 16:31Modified: 23/01/2026 – 16:33 12:39 min From the show Reading time 1 min EU member states have backed a hardening of migration policy, endorsing the controversial idea of “return hubs” beyond EU borders to process asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected. This as a key EU Migration and Asylum Pact is set to come into effect in June. We ask why this more hardline approach is taking shape, and what our guests think of the “hubs” concept. Programme prepared by Isabelle Romero, Perrine Desplats and Oihana Almandoz Europe Rendezvous © FRANCE 24 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Spanish MEP, Socialists and Democrats Kristoffer Storm Danish MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists Source link