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  Galaxy S4 teardown reveals a design that values utility over aesthetics

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 26, 2013 03:18 pm + 67 comments

  It's a rite of passage for new smartphones — inevitably, iFixit will take it apart as much as Continue reading…

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  Apple paying $53 million to settle warranty class-action suit, according to leaked agreement

  By Bryan Bishop on April 11, 2013 09:55 pm + 22 comments

  Wired reports that Apple has agreed to pay out $53 million to settle a class-action suit over its Continue reading…

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  Chinese regulator pledges to get tough on Apple warranty practices

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 28, 2013 11:19 pm + 15 comments

  Chinese regulators are calling for tougher protections for consumers, and Apple’s iPhone repair Continue reading…

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  'Self-healing' chip can recover after transistor failure

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 11, 2013 10:52 am + 13 comments

  Researchers at Caltech have developed a "self-healing" chip that can recover from issues like Continue reading…

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  Creating a crash-free computer out of chaos

  By Amar Toor on February 15, 2013 07:26 am + 16 comments

  Researchers at University College London have developed a computer that instantly recovers from Continue reading…

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  New touch-sensitive, self-healing polymer could lead to the most advanced prosthetics yet

  By Ben Kersey on November 12, 2012 07:02 am + 22 comments

  Scientists across the globe have been working on self-healing materials for some time, but the Continue reading…

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  iPhone 5 taken apart in detailed iFixit teardown

  By Sam Byford on September 21, 2012 02:22 am + 36 comments

  Just as we figuratively broke the iPhone 5 open in our exhaustive review, the folk at iFixit have Continue reading…

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  Apple Stores defy 'death of retail' with almost 300m visitors in FY2012

  By Louis Goddard on August 22, 2012 04:58 am + 68 comments

  Apple's retail stores have pulled in "almost 300 million worldwide visitors" since the start of the Continue reading…

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  Samsung's easy-to-repair Galaxy Note 10.1 gets torn apart by iFixit

  By Justin Rubio on August 20, 2012 03:50 pm + 40 comments

  Less than a week after its release, iFixit has already pried open and gutted Samsung's Galaxy Note Continue reading…

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  Canon T4i camera grip could turn white, cause mild allergic reaction

  By Sean Hollister on July 9, 2012 10:31 pm + 6 comments

  Canon's had a bit of a manufacturing screw-up, it seems: a small batch of the company's brand-new E Continue reading…