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Hardware iMac Pro News Processors

iFixit releases 5K iMac Pro teardown

The cool cats at iFixit have completed and posted their full teardown of the long-awaited 5K iMac Pro and discovered the following nifty features and components: – The iMac Pro features a massive dual fan cooler to help keep the CPU and GPU cool. The computer is also notably quiet, even when performing intensive operations […]

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battery Hardware iPhone News

iFixit matches Apple’s $29 replacement iPhone battery price in wake of slowdown controversy

iFixit has now matched Apple’s $29 price for battery replacement kits for older iPhones. The change follows up on Apple’s consolation for its iPhone slowdown policies. Apple itself got in trouble when it fessed up to slowing down iPhones with older batteries and apologized for not being more transparent. “About a year ago in iOS […]

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battery Hardware iPhone Legal News

Apple now involved in eight U.S.-based lawsuits, one Israel lawsuit following iPhone battery slowdown scandal

When it rains it pours. Apple is presently facing no less than eight individual lawsuits over claims it artificially slowed down iPhones with aging batteries. The cases were filed in U.S. Federal Courts in California, Illinois, and New York. Each of these cases is pushing for class action status. The first cases were filed in […]

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Apple Watch Hardware Health News Wearables

Apple Watch glucose sensor could still be years away from introduction according to industry experts

Apple’s efforts to develop a non-invasive glucose monitoring system using the Apple Watch may still be a few years away. Per two sources close to the story, Apple is continuing research on a noninvasive continuous glucose reader, but the technology is still considered to be years away according to industry experts. The story comes a […]

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Hardware iPhone Legal Rumor

Rumor: Apple could look to MediaTek for iPhone modem components as legal dispute with Qualcomm drags on

Amidst the ongoing legal kerfuffle between Apple and Qualcomm, Apple may be eyeing a partnership with Taiwan’s MediaTek, which could supply baseband modem chipsets for iPhones beginning in 2018. The story was first broken by DigiTimes, which has a hit-or-miss track record on stories such as these, but has landed some good scoops where iPhone […]