Ok, this is nifty. Repair outfit iFixit has begun selling a USB-powered accessory that can be used to remove the battery found inside the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus handsets. These models use a type of adhesive that can be loosened with an electrical current. Apple’s official repair guide recommends using a 9V battery […]
Because the supply chain doesn’t love global chip shortages. Apple is apparently set to reduce its 2021 iPhone 13 product output but as many as 10 million units given the global chip shortage. Where the company had previously expected to produce 90 million units of the handsets, the number may be curtailed to 80 million. […]
Apple iPhone chip provider has insisted that the coronavirus outbreak won’t affect manufacturing at its earnings call last week. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both said that production at their fabs in China stays on track and has not been affected by the coronavirus outbreak… It’s thought that the lockdown […]
When in doubt, use a hacksaw. The cool cats at iFixit have taken it upon themselves to crack into the newly-released HomePod to find out what’s inside. The outfit, which used an actual hacksaw to crack the smart speaker open, discovered an A8 processor, seven tweeters, six far-field microphones, and a high excursion woofer. The […]
This is what they created firmware updates for… Per CNET, Apple’s mid-2013 MacBook Air appears to be suffering from a bug that results in intermittent loss of video output. When using an affected system, the screen may randomly blink to black for a brief second, or go to sleep and require a button be pressed […]