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Apple Watch open to Activation Lock bypass, can be paired with other iPhones

This may be something that’ll need to be fixed in a near-term firmware update. A new video has shown that the Apple Watch’s wrist-detection, which is designed to ask for your passcode if the wearable is removed from your wrist. The iDownloadBlog video demonstrates how the Apple Watch can be reset without having to enter […]

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Apple begins to ship space gray, space black Apple Watch units with link bracelet, modern buckles

If you ordered a space gray or space black Apple Watch with a link bracelet or modern buckle, it might be on its way. As of Tuesday afternoon, a number of customers who ordered this model have recently received shipment notifications that the units had been shipped. The units feature an additional anodizing step, while […]

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Hacker offers proof of concept of web browser running on Apple Watch

It’s hard to say whether you’ll want a web browser on your wrist, but the hack’s been sorter out. iOS developer Nicholas Allegra, better known by his handle “comex” within the jailbreaking community, presented a short video that shows a web browser running on the Apple Watch. The fifteen-second clip shows Allegra tapping, panning and […]

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Tech blogger posts videos of Apple Watch surviving 1,200 meter swim test, other challenges

Now that the Apple Watch is out, it’s time to put it through a battery of physical tests, including water-based ones. The good news is that the device seems to hold up pretty well. Over the weekend, endurance sports and tech blogger Ray Maker posted a few Apple Watch-related waterproof videos, including the first lap […]

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Additional teardown, analysis finds Apple Watch CPU/GPU manufactured via Samsung’s 28-Nanometer process

The Apple Watch has gone through a number of teardowns since its release on April 24. The newest release from Chipworks has revealed the wearable to feature 512MB of RAM, a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip, an accelerometer/gyrometer from STMicroelectronics, 30 individual components inside the 26mm x 28mm S1 package, a feat Chipworks calls “quite an accomplishment.” […]