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Apple AirTags have become a popular tool for keeping track of personal belongings, but their functionality and limitations can sometimes be misunderstood. Today, we’re addressing an insightful question from Duncan in Keller, Texas, about the tracking capabilities of AirTags, especially when used with pets and vehicles.”Hi Kurt, I put an AirTag on my cat. Your article about tracking stolen cars using AirTags suggests you can track a stolen car the same way you can a person you share locations with. I have not found this to be the case. The app will only find the tag if you are within Bluetooth range. I wish this weren’t the case. Am I missing something?” Duncan writes.This excellent question highlights some common misconceptions about AirTags. Let’s dive into how AirTags work and explore their tracking capabilities and limitations.The AirTag operates through Apple’s Find My network, which utilizes the hundreds of millions of other Apple devices around the globe to provide near-perfect tracking of your stuff. The way it works is that whenever an AirTag comes close to an Apple device like an iPhone that’s connected to the Find My network, that device transmits the location information back to the company’s servers, which in turn send that location information data back to the Airtag’s owner.However, if you lose your AirTag in a remote area with no other Apple devices nearby, you will not be able to track it. AirTags can be tracked using Apple’s Find My network, but the location may be less precise if the AirTag is outside Bluetooth range.Also, for the best experience, you’ll need a device with a U1 Ultra Wideband chip, which can more accurately determine the distance and direction of signals coming from the AirTag. These devices include the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, as well as the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.So, while the AirTag can be useful for tracking items within its limitations, it might not always work as expected in all situations.IS YOUR AIRTAG ABOUT TO DIE?The primary issue with using an AirTag as a pet tracker is that the precision finder can sometimes be a bit finicky. If you’ve used your AirTag to track a pet or even a lost pair of iPods, you’ve probably at some point seen the dreaded “Signal is weak, try moving to a different location” message. I’ve encountered this message even when I’m in line of sight with the AirTag in question, but the Find My app consistently refreshes, and I’ve never been led too far astray.If you let your pet go outdoors or take it for hikes, and it slips out of its harness or collar, an AirTag might not be the best option for reuniting with your furry friend. This is because AirTags rely on nearby devices, such as iPhones, to relay their location to the Find My network. In rural or remote areas, there may not be enough devices around to help locate your pet. AirTags themselves do not form a mesh network or relay the location of other tags. If you are in a busy area, you should be able to track your pet more easily. One of the best parts of using a tracker like an Apple AirTag is that you can turn on lost mode, and if someone else were to scan the AirTag, you can set up a message about contacting you. What a relief, right?HOW YOUR AIRTAG CAN BE SHARED WITH UP TO 5 OTHER PEOPLEIf you’re looking for a reliable tracker to keep tabs on your pets, consider exploring GPS trackers designed specifically for animals. These devices attach to your pet’s collar and offer real-time tracking with no distance limit, ensuring you can always locate your furry friend. Such trackers are tailored for pet tracking, providing better results than general-purpose trackers. Check out the best pet trackers here.HEARTLESS SCAMMERS ARE PREYING ON PEOPLE’S LOST PET ANGUISHWhile an Apple AirTag is a great way to find your lost iPhone or iPods, it’s not the best tracking solution for pets due to the range of the Find My network and Bluetooth LE. However, if you want to track a pet, it’s worth looking into the other tracking options available, especially those GPS trackers that are designed specifically for pets. When it comes to AirTags, it’s best to use them for what they are built for: finding lost Apple devices.How have you used AirTags or similar tracking devices and what challenges or successes have you experienced? Let us know by writing us at Cyberguy.com/Contact.For more of my tech tips and security alerts, subscribe to my free CyberGuy Report Newsletter by heading to Cyberguy.com/Newsletter.Ask Kurt a question or let us know what stories you’d like us to cover.Follow Kurt on his social channelsAnswers to the most asked CyberGuy questions:New from Kurt:Copyright 2024 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved.



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isrWhile visiting her boyfriend’s family for the religious holiday of Simchat Torah, a young Israeli woman, Sapir Cohen, was taken hostage on October 7, 2023. She spent 55 days in captivity in Gaza before she was released in a deal with the Hamas terrorists who took her and hundreds of other Israelis captive. Cohen’s boyfriend, Sasha Troufanov, has been held captive with one hundred others for exactly one year, today. Cohen visited my children’s overnight sleepaway program this summer, telling campers about the plight of those still left behind in Gaza while sharing her own experience. She shared, “Down there [in the tunnels] there is no light. Sometimes a terrorist would use a flashlight, but even then, I couldn’t see anything. There is also no air.” She went on to explain the lack of oxygen, the prevalence of humidity and mold, and the lack of food. She experienced this for less than two months; Sasha and 100 others have for twelve months. She goes anywhere she can to share her story in order to raise awareness about the hostages who have spent a year of their lives wasting away in the tunnels of Gaza, because she knows the world has lost interest. There are no yellow ribbons lining the trees of America’s small towns in honor of the four Americans still being held hostage; nor were there large memorials for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a young American boy who was taken hostage and executed in the tunnels in Gaza one month ago.ONE YEAR AFTER 10/7, IRAN IS LOSING THE WAR. NOW, ISRAEL MUST SECURE PEACE Even Troufanov’s own employer has forsaken him. Despite working as an engineer on a pivotal project for Amazon, the Seattle-based company has been silent about his plight. Amazon isn’t alone in their disinterest in their imprisoned Jewish employees. One year ago, PepsiCo’s subsidiary, SodaStream, had one of its employees, Guy Gilboa-Dalal taken captive as well, and Pepsi have maintained their silence. Pepsi has had no issues speaking up and ponying up on other social issues, yet, when it comes to their own staffer kidnapped from a music festival, they can’t be bothered to advocate for his immediate and unconditional release. On the anniversary of October 7th, hostage Emily Damari’s mother Mandy spoke out about her daughter, violently taken from a Kibbutz on the Gaza border, Kfar Aza. ONE YEAR AFTER 10/7 ATTACKS AND DEMOCRAT-RUN STATES HAVE LET THE PROBLEM FESTERIn her British accent, Mandy pleaded, “I would like to feel that the British public were behind her, and the British government were behind her, and they were saying there is a British hostage held captive in the terror tunnels by Hamas in Gaza. I want them to know she’s there, and to advocate for her release, unconditionally and immediately. She’s a young woman, and who knows what’s happening to her. If there’s a way to put her on social media, and see her out there. Remind people that she’s there, [and] make sure she’s not forgotten.” The worst fears of their families and loved ones have been realized; Sasha, Guy and Emily have been forgotten. Put simply and bluntly: Hostages and their families feel alone and forsaken because they have been. Their employers have abandoned them, and their governments have, too. The world community and organizations, tasked with advocating for the most vulnerable among us, have clearly indicated that Jews don’t count in their hierarchy of victims. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONNot only are the victims of October 7th forgotten, they have been transformed into oppressors by evil individuals and organizations who have decided that Jewish lives simply do not matter. Amnesty International UK, in the days leading up to the anniversary, justified the massacre and reminded their followers “Don’t let anyone tell you that this all started on the 7th of October 2023.” In response to Amnesty, pro-Israel influencer Hen Mazzig asked, “So when did it start? In 2002, during the Second Intifada, when I was almost killed in a terror attack? Or in 1951, when my family was expelled from Tunisia for being Jewish? Or in 1941, during the Farhud, when my family members were killed and expelled from Iraq? Or the Hebron massacre in 1929? When did it start? When did the world become so apathetic as to deny Jews the right to mourn our dead and post videos like this on the day we commemorate the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust? And October 7th hasn’t ended for us, because 101 hostages are still being held in Gaza for 365 days.” A year on, millions of Jews, both American and Israelis alike, are all still trapped in October 7th, but the year is still 2023, not 2024. Life has moved on as we have scrambled to try to beg for sympathy, relevancy and attention while the world marks holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah, Easter and Passover, all the while we struggle to remind the world that we are still trapped in October. And here we are, back in October. In her famous book, “Anne of Green Gables,” L. M. Montgomery wrote, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” For Jews, our world has been nothing but Octobers for the last twelve months. Finding ourselves back in October is a painful reminder that our hearts, all 101 of them, still lay captive in Gaza. It won’t stop being October 7th until they’re all home. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM BETHANY MANDEL



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They were seen jawing at each other throughout the game on Sunday night, but we might know why now after San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado called out Los Angeles Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty. Machado believes that Flaherty intentionally hit Fernando Tatis Jr., the Padres’ hottest hitter right now, during Game 2’s 10-2 victory for San Diego. There were many reasons this postseason battle was a mess on Sunday night, as Dodger Stadium fans were tossing objects, like baseballs and beer cans, at Padres players to the point where a full stoppage of play needed to happen with the Padres, umpires and stadium security congregating in the middle of the field. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe animosity from the crowd was taken over the top, but this NL West rivalry was on full display as Machado and Flaherty jawed at each other after the sixth inning, when Tatis was hit by a pitch from the right-handed Dodger.  After the game, Machado spoke his mind on the situation to MLB.com. “He tried to hit our best hitter,” he said, plainly. PADRES’ NLDS GAME 2 WIN OVER DODGERS TURNS UGLY AS FANS THROW OBJECTS AT SAN DIEGO PLAYERS”If you can’t get him out, don’t hit him, right? They got the best player in the game, right? Ohtani? We don’t go out there and try to hit Ohtani. We try to get him out.”Tatis, who homered off Flaherty earlier in the first inning to get the Padres on the scoreboard first, also felt he was struck by the pitch on purpose. “There’s too much of an important series just to be throwing at guys,” Tatis said, via MLB.com. “That’s what I understand. That’s what my IQ of baseball is telling me. When he hit me, he just gave me more energy. My boys gave me more energy.”Flaherty, though, denied throwing at Tatis, saying he was trying to pitch more inside because that first-inning home run was left over the plate. “Look, I missed in the first inning and I threw the ball over the middle,” he explained, via MLB.com. “I wasn’t going to miss over the plate again. I have no reason to hit a guy there to start off the sixth.”Machado would strike out Flaherty later in the sixth inning, and that’s when tempers started to flare, as the pitcher told him to “sit the f— down, motherf—–,” after getting the infielder to strike out. Then, with Flaherty in the dugout during the bottom of the sixth inning, he and Machado were still exchanging words. It got to the point where it appeared Machado said he would meet Flaherty outside after the game.  This NLDS matchup is even now at one game apiece as it heads to San Diego for Game 3 on Tuesday night, where there’s bound to be more drama as these National League powerhouses compete for a chance to win the pennant. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is slamming electric vehicle mandates in her bid for a swing state Senate seat, despite recently voting against a bill aiming to block them.The Democratic congresswoman, who is running for Michigan’s open Senate seat this cycle, released a new ad against mandating electric vehicle sales.”No one should tell us what to buy, and no one is gonna mandate anything,” Slotkin says in the ad, while “no electric car mandates” is seen written on the screen.Slotkin also revealed that there are no EV charging stations near where she lives in Michigan, and that she does not own an electric car herself.HOUSE PASSES BILL BLOCKING BIDEN ADMIN ATTEMPT TO REQUIRE TWO-THIRDS OF NEW CARS TO BE ELECTRIC WITHIN YEARS”I live on a dirt road, nowhere near a charging station, so I don’t own an electric car,” Slotkin says in the new ad. “What you drive is your call, no one else’s.”Despite speaking out against EV mandates, Slotkin recently voted against legislation to block Biden administration mandates on new car sales.THE BIDEN-HARRIS EV MANDATES WILL HURT WORKERS IN STATES LIKE MICHIGAN: TUDOR DIXONThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule in March under the Clean Air Act to set new emissions standards that would require up to two-thirds of new cars sold to be electric vehicles by 2032.A bipartisan group of House lawmakers passed the Congressional Review Act, introduced by GOP Michigan Rep. John James, in September to block the new rule from being enacted. Slotkin, however, voted against its passing – breaking with eight Democrats who voted in favor of the bill.Fox News Digital reached out to Slotkin for comment.



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A Russian court sentenced a 72-year-old American to nearly seven years in prison Monday after he was convicted on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. Investigators alleged during a closed-door trial that Stephen Hubbard of Michigan was paid $1,000 a month to enlist in a Ukrainian defense unit in Izyum, a city in the eastern part of the country, where he had been residing since 2014, according to Reuters. The news agency cited Russian investigators and state media as saying that Hubbard was trained and given weapons and ammunition after he allegedly signed up for the mercenary unit in February 2022. Two months later, he reportedly was detained by Russian soldiers and then pleaded guilty to charges of fighting as a mercenary. Hubbard was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison. He is the first American known to have been convicted on charges of fighting as a mercenary in the Ukrainian conflict, according to the Associated Press.  RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER VIKTOR BOUT, WHO WAS TRADED FOR BRITTANY GRINER, TO SELL WEAPONS TO IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS The charges carry a potential sentence of 15 years, but prosecutors asked that his age be taken into account along with his admission of guilt, Russian news reports said. Last month, Hubbard’s sister Patricia Hubbard Fox and another relative told Reuters that he held pro-Russian views and was unlikely to have fought in battle at his age. Russian state media is saying Hubbard plans to appeal the verdict. The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.UKRAINIAN STRONGHOLD VUHLEDAR FALLS TO RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE AFTER TWO YEARS OF BOMBARDMENT A court in the Russian city of Voronezh also sentenced American Robert Gilman on Monday to seven years and one month for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers while serving a sentence for another assault. Gilman, a U.S. Marine veteran, was arrested in 2022 for causing a disturbance while intoxicated on a passenger train, and then allegedly assaulted a police officer while in custody, Russian news reports say. He is already serving a 3 1/2-year sentence on that charge. State news agency RIA-Novosti said that last year, he assaulted a prison inspector during a cell check, then hit an official of the Investigative Committee, resulting in the new sentence.The Associated Press contributed to this report. 



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