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Apple Store Genius Bars, Apple Authorized Service Professionals now accepting iPhone with third-party battery replacements

If you received an iPhone battery repair from a repair shop, it’s now eligible for repairs at both Apple Store Genius Bars and Apple Authorized Service providers. Prior to this, both Genius Bars and Apple Authorized Service Providers were instructed to deny repairs for third-party iPhone batteries. As of now, if the repair isn’t related […]

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USB Implementers Forum releases spec draft for USB 4 protocol

Less than a week after announcing the USB 3.2 spec, the USB Implementers Forums (USB-IF) has announced the spec for the USB 4 protocol, or “USB4,” as it might be known upon release. The protocol seemed to be modeled after the Thunderbolt protocol. The group offered the following description of what to expect: “The USB […]

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Google helps locate XNU macOS kernel security flaw

Sometimes your competitor can help find a critical weakness. Google’s security arm, known as “Project Zero,” has located a macOS kernel flaw that it has rated as “high security.” The kernel, which functions as the core of an operating system and has complete control over tasks such as input/output from software, memory, computer accessories, and […]

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Samsung offers foldable display technology to companies such as Google and Apple

Following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy fold and given the new hype around smartphones with foldable phones, Samsung has apparently provided sample units to both Apple and Google. According to the industry on the 27th, Samsung Display made a set of foldable display and delivered it to Apple. This set, which is actually powered […]

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Apple shareholder meeting provides rare hint as to upcoming iPad Pro USB-C feature

Sometimes Apple offers the coolest upcoming product teases in a rare moment. Over at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, Apple’s Craig Federighi answered a shareholder question about iPad Pro models, USB-C, and the current inability to do video over USB-C. The question came during Appleā€™s Q&A part of its annual shareholder meeting in Cupertino on […]