It was probably Apple’s most famous security breach in the company’s 47-year history, and it was at least partially fueled by alcohol. On Thursday, March 18, 2010, a drunk Apple software engineer named Gray Powell left an iPhone 4 prototype on a barstool inside Redwood City’s Gourmet Haus Staudt beer hall. This seemingly innocuous act […]
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The rumor mill is indicated that iOS 17 could prove to be a less significant update than Apple was originally hoping as the company, and its engineers, focus more heavily on the upcoming AR/VR headset. Apple has been working on an AR/VR headset, along with an accompany operating system, xrOS, for several years. The headset […]
This is pretty nifty. Engineer Ken Pillonel, the engineer who brought the world’s first iPhone with a USB-C connector, has managed to transition USB-C to the Apple AirPods charging case. The engineer has shared a YouTube video explaining how he successfully switched out the Lightning port on an AirPods charging case for a USB-C Port. […]
The cool cats at iFixit have just completed and posted a complete teardown of the new AirPods Max headphones. The good news is that it’s repairable. The bad news is that the company cited Apple’s “obsessive craftsmanship” that makes other offerings look “like toys, by comparison.” To this end, the headband portion of the unit […]
The future’s in the cloud. Or at least the jobs at Apple are. Apple has apparently gone on a significant hiring spree, trying to get some of the best cloud talent and open-source engineers into the company. Per the writeup at Protocol: It’s not entirely clear what Apple has in mind, but numerous job postings […]