Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]

New here?

Welcome! BoredReading is a fresh way to read high quality articles (updated every hour). Our goal is to curate (with your help) Michelin star quality articles (stuff that's really worth reading). We currently have articles in 0 categories from architecture, history, design, technology, and more. Grab a cup of freshly brewed coffee and start reading. This is the best way to increase your attention span, grow as a person, and get a better understanding of the world (or atleast that's why we built it).

6
Good news, BatteryPro is now available worldwide online at Apple! This makes it much easier and less expensive for customers outside the USA to pick one up. And we couldn't be more humbled and proud - it goes to show that when you design a product you really want for yourself, you're probably not alone. BatteryPro keeps your Apple Watch and iPhone powered for days, it's designed to fit in your backpocket, fully Apple MFi certified with an integrated Apple Watch charger, charges iPhone quickly at 2.4A, and the handy StowStrap keeps your Watch connected so you don't have to worry about it getting bumped off the magnetic charger.
over a year ago

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Elevation Lab - Blog

Introducing TagVault Camera for AirTag

After having $10k+ of camera gear stolen, we set our to make the best AirTag mount for cameras. We wanted it to be very discreet and something you never needed to take off.  After many design iterations, tool changes, testing exotic materials, drop testing with old camera bodies - we have TagVault Camera Mount for AirTag. Oh, and it is freaking gorgeous. We CNC machined an oversize tripod screw on our Swiss lathe. And the body is made from carbon fiber reinforced composite. T20 Security Torx driver included. Compatible with all Arca-Swiss geometry tripods. We use it everyday in our photo studio. It is compatible with most cameras including: Sony A7 series, A6 Series, Canon EOS & RF, Nikon DSLRs and more. It works on most smaller cameras, just check that the battery door is at least 32mm/1.25" from the center of tripod mounting point, so you can open the door when installed.  It's the cheapest one-time insurance you can buy. Also available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4gW8dzM

a month ago 18 votes
Introducing TagVault Surface Aero for AirTag

With the popularity of our TagVault Surface Mount for AirTag, we wanted another option that was just as durable, waterproof, and secure - but with a more minimal industrial design.  So we designed TagVault Surface Aero. It will look great on your motorcycle and even more discrete.  Mounts in seconds with strong 3M adhesive.   IP68 waterproof, with a new patent pending hidden gasket.   Sleek lines with an ultra low-profile   It's the best one time insurance you can buy.    Also available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3EMsQ4c

a month ago 16 votes
Introducing AirTag Security Cable

We wanted to make a better braided steel AirTag mount - more compact, stronger, really well made.    So we fired up our Swiss lathe and machined a custom oversized screw that keeps it secure and looks awesome. It is T10 Torx and comes with an included driver.   There is an inner patent-pending gasket that keeps AirTag water tight.    The braided steel loop is strong and has the perfect amount of flex.     And the body is also more compact than any other braided steel AirTag mount, manufactured with an extremely strong and tough glass filled polycarbonate composite.  Also available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41ikytG

a month ago 20 votes
Introducing The 10-Year Battery for AirTag

My camera bag with $10k of gear was stolen from my car. When I saw the broken glass and empty backseat, I immediately pulled up FindMy to track the thief - only to find that its last location was my office 3 months ago... because I hadn't changed the AirTag's battery. It was a terrible feeling on top of a worse one.  That is why we designed TimeCapsule - it gives you a whopping decade of power so you don't have to remember to replace the battery annually. It's especially nice for folks like us with a lot of AirTags to manage. Just discard the AirTag's back plate and CR2032 coin cell battery, set AirTag on the contacts in TimeCapsule, add 2 AA batteries (we recommend Energizer Ultimate Lithium), then screw her shut. Now you've got 14X more power capacity.   It's also fully waterproof so it stays powered in any environment. And no expense spared construction. A fiber reinforced composite body with premium CNC machined screws.  Great for long-term storage like an RV or a boat. And a must have for anything of high-value. It may be the most valuable product we've ever made. Also available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/49MY4Dt

3 months ago 12 votes
Introducing TagVault Universal for AirTag

We wanted an ultra-secure AirTag case that could be mounted to anything. Easy to change AirTags battery. Waterproof. Robust. And discreet. So we designed TagVault Universal Mount for AirTag. It has mounting holes for screws, rivets, and slots for zip ties. Or just epoxy it down. IP69 waterproof It opens the same way TagVault Security mount does and the key is included. It is extremely tamper-proof and low-profile.  It works great!

4 months ago 10 votes

More in technology

Skylight and the AT Protocol

Since my last piece about Bluesky, I’ve been using the service a lot more. Just about everyone I followed on other services is there now, and it’s way more fun than late-stage Twitter ever was. Halifax is particularly into Bluesky, which reminds me of our local scene during the late-2000s/early-2010s Twitter era. That said, I still have reservations about the service. Primarily around the whole decentralized/federated piece. The Bluesky team continues to work toward the goal of creating a decentralized and open protocol, but they’ve got quite a way to go. Part of my fascination with Bluesky is due to its radical openness. There is no similar service that allows users unauthenticated access to the firehose, or that publishes in-depth stats around user behaviour and retention. I like watching numbers go up, so I enjoy following those stats and collecting some of my own. A few days ago I noticed that the rate of user growth was accelerating. Growth had dropped off steadily since late January. As of this writing, there are currently around 5 users a second signing up for the service. It was happening around the same time as tariff news was dropping, but that didn’t seem like a major driver. Turned out that the bigger cause was a new Tiktok-like video sharing app called Skylight Social. I was a bit behind on tech news, so I missed when TechCrunch covered the app. It’s gathered more steam since then, and today is one of the highest days for new Bluesky signups since the US election. As per the TechCrunch story, Skylight has been given some initial funding by Mark Cuban. It’s also selling itself as “decentralized” and “unbannable”. I’m happy for their success, especially given how unclear the Tiktok situation is, but I continue to feel like everyone’s getting credit for work they haven’t done yet. Skylight Social goes out of its way to say that it’s powered by the AT Protocol. They’re not lying, but I think it’s truer at the moment to say that the app is powered by Bluesky. In fact, the first thing you see when launching the app is a prompt to sign up for a “BlueSky” account 1 if you don’t already have one. The Bluesky team are working on better ways to handle this, but it’s work that isn’t completed. At the moment, Skylight is not decentralized. I decided to sign up and test the service out, but this wasn’t a smooth experience. I started by creating an App Password, and tried logging using the “Continue with Bluesky” button. I used both my username and email address along with the app password, but both failed with a “wrong identifier or password” error. I saw a few other people having the same issue. It wasn’t until later that I tried using the “Sign in to your PDS” route, which ended up working fine. The only issue: I don’t run my own PDS! I just use custom domain name on top of Bluesky’s first-party PDS. In fact, it looks like third-party PDSs might not even be supported at the moment. Even if/when you can sign up with a third-party PDS, this is just a data storage and authentication platform. You’re still relying on Skylight and Bluesky’s services to shuttle the data around and show it to you. I’m not trying to beat up on Skylight specifically. I want more apps to be built with open standards, and I think TikTok could use a replacement — especially given that something is about to happen tomorrow. I honestly wish them luck! I just think the “decentralized” and “unbannable” copy on their website should currently be taken with a shaker or two of salt. I don’t know why, but seeing “BlueSky” camel-cased drives me nuts. Most of the Skylight Social marketing material doesn’t make this mistake, but I find it irritating to see during the first launch experience. ↩

17 hours ago 3 votes
How Nintendo's "game-key cards" actually work

I've seen a remarkable amount of misunderstanding out there on how Nintendo's game-key cards work. People are losing their ever loving minds over all things Switch 2, but this one really gets me because the people who are the most upset about it seem to not

23 hours ago 2 votes
Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe

A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legal experts say the inquiry could be grounds to reopen a number of adjudicated cases in which the expert's testimony may have been pivotal.

19 hours ago 2 votes
Is The Sofistication In The Room With Us? - X-Forwarded-For and Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2025-22457)

What's that Skippy? Another Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerability? At this point, regular readers will know all about Ivanti (and a handful of other vendors of the same class of devices), from our regular analysis. Do you know the fun things about these posts? We can copy text from

22 hours ago 2 votes
Let's move on from post-credits scenes

Director James Mangold: talking about whether he'd want to put a post-credit scenes in one of this movies back in 2018 The idea of making a movie that would fucking embarrass me, that's part of the anesthetizing of this country or the world. That's

22 hours ago 2 votes