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iFixit completes second 2020 12.9-inch iPad Pro teardown, studies LiDAR system found on board

The cool cats at iFixit have completed a second teardown to the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro with LiDAR. The teardown is brief, and required the use of guitar picks and a hairdryer, as opposed to a warming pad to release adhesives. Similar to the 2018 iPad Pro, the rear cover has to be twisted for […]

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Patent application suggests that Apple could be bringing Face ID feature to Macs

It’s wouldn’t be a huge surprise by any stretch of the imagination, but a new patent suggests that Apple could be bringing Face ID to the Mac. The newly released patent application , details how Face ID could work in future iMacs or MacBooks. The images within the application detail how the components would be […]

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FBI successfully cracks iPhone 11 Pro in Ohio, puts Apple’s requirement for cooperation in unlocking iPhones in doubt

The U.S. government may not actually need Apple’s help to break iPhone encryption, as the FBI appears to have done this on its own. According to a recent Forbes article, FBI investigators in Ohio recently used the GrayKey hardware box to unlock an iPhone 11 Pro Max. The ‌iPhone‌ belonged to Baris Ali Koch, who was […]

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Apple Pay Express Transit bug hits number of riders, results in double charging for rail fees

Well, this is kind of a snafu. A small number of New York City subway riders reported a bug in the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) tap-and-go turnstiles that inadvertently activates the Apple Pay Express Transit feature on user iPhones, resulting in double billing. The MTA’s One Metro New York system is designed to scan a […]

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Rumor: Apple testing smaller Face ID notch, wider antenna for 5G wireless with 2020 iPhone model prototypes

Apple is reportedly testing different methods of creating a smaller Face ID notch for the 2020 model iPhones, while also looking at a wider antenna to support 5G. The series of reports comes from reliable source Benjamin Geskin, who says that Apple has created different prototypes of 2020 model iPhones to experiment with new Face […]