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iFixit posts 2021 Apple TV 4K teardown video, highlights potentially difficult path to replacing the Siri Remote’s battery

If you’re curious to know about the internal components of Apple’s 2021 Apple TV 4K, the extremely cool cats have completed yet another teardown, this time posting the following video: The report indicates that the main unit is exceptionally easy to get into, and features an A12 Bionic processor as well as an easily removed […]

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Apple announces updated Apple TV 4K, complete with redesigned Siri remote, A12 Bionic processor, and other new features

Over at the Apple “Spring Loaded” media event on Tuesday, the company unveiled a new Apple TV 4K, complete with a redesigned Siri Remote. The unit, which retails for $179, will go on sale on Friday, April 30,and be available in the second half of May in more than 30 counties and regions, including the […]

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Apple provides background Secure Enclave updates to several older processors

This should come in handy. Apple has silently made changes to its A12, A13, and S5 system-on-chips to alter the Secure Enclave in Fall 2020, to include a second-generation model of the Secure Enclave. The changes were apparently part of an update and were noted as updates to the Apple Platform Security pages spotted by […]

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Rumor: TSMC expected to begin 5 nanometer chip production with A14 processor in second quarter

Apple chipmaker TSMC has apparently secured orders for its upcoming “A14” processor, which are slated for this year’s iPhones. The company is expected to manufacturing the chips in the second quarter according to industry insiders: The sources said Apple’s 5G mmWave handsets to be released in 2020 are reportedly to each carry at least three […]

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axi0mX research team releases details of “checkm8” exploit, which could allow permanent jailbreak of hundreds of millions of iOS devices

This is somewhat worrying. A newly announced iOS exploit could lead to a permanent, unblock able jailbreak on hundreds of millions of iPhones. Per a security research team known as “axi0mX,” the exploit, dubbed “checkm8,” functions as a bootroom vulnerability that could give hackers deep access to iOS devices on a level that Apple would […]