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AirTag

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44 articles accelerating

AirTag has appeared in 44 articles since 2021-04. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Apple, AirTags, Google, AppleInsider.

Articles
44
mentions
Velocity
+300.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+3.500
velocity change
Sources
13
publications

Coverage Timeline

2022-05-15
Wired

Several women who attended Miami's Bitcoin 2022 conference were harassed and say the conference didn't enforce its anti-harassment policies

For some women, inappropriate conduct from other conference-goers continued to haunt them online.  —  Miami's annual gathering of Bitcoin zealots began with a bull. Tweets: @wired , @do82nic , @mslopa...

2022-02-11
MacRumors 45 related

Apple plans AirTag updates to reduce stalking: Precision Finding for unknown AirTags, displaying alerts with sound, earlier tracking alerts, and louder sounds

but dumbing down the tech is not the answer; staying on top of the exploits is. Michael Kukielka / @detroitborg : AirTag is getting more scrutiny than other item trackers, but I also believe that is m...

2021-05-11
9to5Mac 9 related

A German security researcher claims he was able to break into the microcontroller of Apple's AirTag, allowing him to modify its NFC URL

José Adorno / 9to5Mac :

2021-05-10
9to5Mac 20 related

A German security researcher claims he was able to break into the microcontroller of Apple's AirTag, allowing him to modify its NFC URL

The Apple AirTag has been released almost ten days ago.  Since then, we have seen a user rebuilding an AirTag as a thinner card that fits into wallets …

2021-05-03
iFixit News 15 related

Teardown of Apple's AirTag: it has a magnet to turn its body into a speaker driver, but still has a more compact design than the Tile Mate or Galaxy SmartTag

to which attaching an AirTag is not practical. @techaltar : I swear Apple does a couple of these ridiculously expensive things just so people can screenshot and get outraged about them: - free PR - fi...

2021-04-21
TechCrunch 21 related

Ahead of its congressional testimony, Tile shares concerns of unfair competition regarding AirTag, which is tightly integrated with Apple's Find My network

Spotlight on Apple's Tile killer and Opt-in tracking in advance … Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Tile bemoans Apple AirTags launch, raises antitrust concerns Tom Phillips / NFCW : Apple rolls out AirT...

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Quarterly Coverage

Top Sources

Narrative

TEXXR tracks 30 Techmeme articles mentioning AirTag, dating back to April 2021. The biggest stories include Sources: Apple is developing an AirTag-sized AI wearable pin with cameras, a speaker,... and Apple unveils a second-gen AirTag with an updated speaker and the same second-gen Ultra.... Frequently covered alongside Apple, AirTags, UWB, Google, and Xiaomi. Coverage has increasingly focused on regulation themes.

Key Moments

2024Q2regulation -100pts
2025Q1enterprise +100pts
2026Q1enterprise -100pts; regulation +33pts

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