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Ohio-based iPhone XS Max owner cites catastrophic battery failure, explosion

There are times when a battery catastrophically fails within a product. This apparently occurred for Josh Hillard, an Ohio-based iPhone XS Max owner, whose handset reportedly caught fire and exploded on December 12th. Hillard, who reported that around 3 PM of that day, he noticed a smell and felt a “large amount of heat” and […]

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Apple launches 13-inch MacBook Pro (non Touch Bar) Solid-State Drive Service Program to address potential issues in 2017 model MacBook Pro SSDs

If you have an Apple 13-inch non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro from 2017, this is important. Apple has launched a 13-inch MacBook Pro (non Touch Bar) Solid-State Drive Service Program. The program allows customers to get free SSD replacements on “a limited number” of devices affected with a data loss issue with those devices. It’s specifically […]

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Emergency physician examines Apple Watch’s ECG/EKG functions

This is pretty interesting, especially where the Apple Watch’s health perspective is concerned: I’m an Emergency Physician and read/interpret ECGs on a daily basis. I wanted to talk about the Apple Watch’s new ECG feature as there are a lot of misconceptions about this new function. Apple Watch’s new ECG feature is pretty neat and […]

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Trump claims he’ll get Apple “to start building their damn computers and things in this country”

Because one man’s stupidity should never be underestimated. GOP frontrunner, questionable billionaire, person who will say anything and outright failure that walks like a man Donald Trump, speaking at Liberty University yesterday, claimed he would reclaim lost U.S. manufacturing jobs if elected President, criticizing Apple in the process. “We have such amazing people in this […]

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Australian users test Apple Watch, find unit is more waterproof than initially thought

The Apple Watch is apparently a bit more waterproof than had been imagined. After snagging their Apple Watch units, a few Aussie Apple Watch buyers over at FoneFox put the wearable through a variety of waterproof tests to see how much moisture the unit could take before failure. The first test is a basic splash […]