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Months Later, Apple Launches Repair Program For iPhone 'Touch Disease'

Remember the "touch disease" phenomenon among iPhone 6 Pluses that came to light, ever so coincidentally, right around the time of the iPhone 7 launch? That was back in late August, and at

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Apple Reportedly Looking To Kill It Where Google Couldn't With iPhone-Connected Glasses

Can Apple succeed where Google couldn't in bringing a wearable face computer to market? Bloomberg reported Monday that while this is "still in an exploration phase," sources within or close to Apple say

Apple CEO Tim Cook Tries To Reassure Upset Employees Following Trump Win

As Silicon Valley continues to freak out at the national tragedy that is Donald Trump's election, Apple CEO Tim Cook took a moment yesterday to reassure his employees that despite the bigotry and

SFMTA Issues Final Report On Proposed Tech-Shuttle Hubs

Ahead of a November 15 SFMTA Board of Directors meeting to discuss the predicted effects of reducing the number of tech-shuttles stops across the city and changing the existing model to that of

Apple Introduces New MacBook Pro Line With 3 Big Changes, Kills MacBook Air

The MacBook Pro now comes in 3 variants. They can be ordered from today. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/ibShKgGs5o— Apple Event (@AppIeEvent) October 27, 2016 Apple, the Cupertino, California company fetishized the world

Get Ready For Some Good Crime Blotter Items When SF Apple Stores Let Floor Models Roam Free

Every urban dweller knows better then to leave their cell phone lying around in public, as to do so would invite not just theft but the inevitable post-theft shaming from friends, family, and

Smell Different: There's A 'New Mac' Scented Candle

Have yet to get your hands on a shiny new iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus? New-phone envy driving you mad? Then Apple accessory developer Twelve South has just the thing for you.

Yahoo Secretly Created Spyware To Scan All Incoming Email For Feds

At the request of the US government, Yahoo engineers last year secretly built custom software to scan all of its users' incoming email in real time — and then made that data available to

Don't Try This: Drilling Your Own Headphone Jack Into The iPhone 7

So we were all pretty bummed out when we learned, as promised, that the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus would be without a headphone jack. Well, in a surprise to no

Vox Media Tech Journalist Was Also Secretly Working For Apple

A note published today written by Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of the prominent technology website The Verge, disclosed that Deputy Editor Chris Zeigler, a founding member of The Verge, had secretly been working for

Apple Reportedly In Talks To Buy Schmancy Car Maker McLaren

With a $610 billion market capitalization, Apple is rather wealthy, so wouldn't you say it's high time the company bought an expensive car for itself? The Financial Times reports that Apple may seek

Some New iPhone 7 Pluses Said To Make 'Hissing' Sound

The new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have been out for just three days now, and already some early adopters have begun to report that all is not right with their shiny

Three News Organizations File Suit Against Feds To Find Out How They Hacked San Bernardino Attacker's iPhone

Three news organizations the Associated Press, Gannett, and Vice Media together filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday against the FBI seeking to have access to the agency's records pertaining to its contract

Sorry, Line-Waiters: iPhone 7 Plus Already Sold Out

Quickly following last week's announcement of new enhancements to the iPhone 7 Plus in particular the camera pre-sales were so strong that all of the plus-sized phones have sold out ahead of their

Day Around The Bay: Leaked Apple Emails Detail Allegations Of Company-Wide Sexism

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. The sixth suspect in the Golden Gate Park slaying

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The iPhone 7 And 7 Plus Reviews Are In, And They're Mostly Good

With the embargo lifted this morning, all the tech writers who got first crack at playing around with the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models announced last week have let loose

Apple PR Bungles Response To Diversity Criticism

Apple, like much of the tech industry, has been criticized for a perceived lack of diversity in its leadership ranks. The recent unveiling of the company's new iPhone provided a very prominent opportunity

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iPhone 7 Parody Video Mocks Apple For Making The Phone Worse

College Humor brings us this delightful parody of the latest Apple launch video in which Chief Design Officer Jony Ive is recast as a kind of psychotic HAL (from 2001), and Tim Cook

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Apple's 'This Is 7' Ad Campaign Translates As 'This Is Penis' In Cantonese, Causing Much Laughter In China

After this week's unveiling of the new water-resistant, headphone jack-free iPhone 7, Apple kicked off an ad campaign with the phrase "This is 7," apparently not knowing that directly translating that to Cantonese

Apple Employee Sues Westfield Valley Fair Mall After Security Guard Pulls Gun

An Apple employee is suing a mall and two of its security guards after a frightening incident caught on film. CBS 5 reports that the man was exiting the Westfield Valley Fair Mall

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Brace: Pokemon Go Is Coming To The Apple Watch

The Apple launch event today didn't end with Sia and the news about the iPhone 7. John Hanke, CEO of Pokémon Go game developer Niantic, took the stage to tell everyone how the

Waterproof iPhone 7 Unveiled As Apple Has A Complete Twitter Meltdown

As we speak the long-scheduled unveiling of the next in a growing line of skinnier and sleeker iPhones is happening at an event in San Francisco. The tightly choreographed presentation was meant to

It's Official: European Union Says Apple Owes Them $14.5B In Back Taxes

European Union regulators announced today that following a two-year investigation into Ireland's treatment of two corporate entities operated by Apple in Cork, they've concluded that Ireland illegally offered tax breaks to Apple dating

Apple Announces September 7 Event For iPhone 7 Release Just As Class Action Is Filed Over iPhone 6 'Touch Disease'

The presumed release event for the iPhone 7 is now officially on the books for September 7, right after Labor Day, as is customary for Apple's annual release schedule. As Recode reports, in

Many iPhone 6 Owners Complaining Of 'Touch Disease' Rendering Touchscreens Unusable

A flaw in the interior workings of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is creating an epidemic of "Touch Disease" in which the phones stop responding to any touch pressure at all, rendering