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Contaminated materials ruin 6.5 million terabytes of flash storage supply, could lead to price hike

This probably isn’t the kind of thing you want happening among your suppliers. According to Bloomberg, Western Digital and Kioxia Corp. reduced production at two plants in Japan after contaminated materials were discovered, thereby ruining approximately 6.5 million terabytes of storage. The incident could lead to further price inflation and delays in consumer electronics. Western […]

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Apple patent hints at invisible input areas which could replace buttons on future devices

A recently published patent shows how Apple could be working to develop technology that could allow virtually invisible input areas that can display information to a user while replacing physical buttons or controls on its products. On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 11,237,655, covering a “concealable input region for an […]

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Apple announces Q1 2022 earnings report for Thursday, January 27th

Apple on Tuesday announced that the company will release its earnings report for Q1 2022 on Thursday, January 27. The report will be followed by a conference call with investors and analysts to offer more detail. This earnings release will cover the ever-important holiday shopping season for Apple. It will also cover the ongoing impacts […]

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Apple patent application shows effort to replace Digital Crown with optical sensors in next-gen Apple Watch units

Per a recently published Apple patent application, Apple is apparently working on ways to replace the Digital Crown component with optical sensors on its next-gen Apple Watch units. The patent focuses on how the Digital Crown could be replaced by optical sensors that are able to identify user gestures. The patent is named “Watch with […]

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Apple’s device activation servers facing heavy traffic following holiday gift exchange

If you snagged a new Apple device such as an iPhone or an iPad for Christmas and are having a difficult time activating it, there’s a good reason for it: Apple’s activation servers are being bombarded given the new activity. Although the Apple System Status page shows that everything is fine, it’s not difficult to find […]