iPhone Users Sue Apple Over Touch Disease

Owners of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices are slapping Apple with a lawsuit over a so-called "Touch Disease" that makes the devices unusable.

The case, which was filed in the Northern District of California Saturday, alleges that Apple is aware of the technical glitch but refuses to fix affected devices. Named plaintiffs Todd Clearly, Jun Bai and Thomas Davidson are reportedly accusing Apple of fraud.

"The iPhones are not fit for the purpose of use as smartphones because of the touch-screen defect," the complaint said, according to Reuters.

Touch Disease is reportedly caused by faulty controller chips, which interpret your taps and swipes into usable data for your iPhone. Those chips aren't properly secured to the logic board in the affected iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, according to repair website iFixit, which means the signals that would normally be sent by prodding your iPhone's touchscreen are interrupted or lost entirely.

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The glitch has a telltale sign: A distinct gray bar appears at the top of affected devices.

iFixit claims Apple does not offer repairs for affected iPhones, forcing users to replace their devices or rely on third-party services. Kyle Wiens, the founder of iFixit, said this puts consumers in a tight spot.

"Repairing modern electronics like the iPhone circuit board requires specialized tools and access to schematics," Wiens told Mashable in an email. "Independent repair shops have the expertise and tools, but without Apple’s support are forced to rely on bootlegged schematics."

Apple is not legally obligated to provide these schematics to third-party companies. Some argue that forcing the company to do so would be like insisting they divulge trade secrets.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Mashable on Monday.

Source: Yahoo

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Solve Your Computer’s Overheating Problem by Stacking Copper Coins on It

Most of us have laptops that we use on a daily basis, maybe even for binge watching your favorite TV show. However, in the effort to make laptops small, their cooling systems can often be way underdesigned for heavy use. This causes them to overheat, and maybe even become so hot that it hurts to touch them.

One Japanese twitter user has found a pretty ingenious way to stop your laptop from overheating, stack copper coins on it! The coins essentially act as a radiator for the heat as their thermal conductivity is much greater than the aluminum or plastic which laptops are usually made of.

The idea looks a little crazy, and you will need to gather up a lot of copper coins to make it work. Break open that piggy bank and get to stacking, all your computer problems will soon be solved!

Roughly translated, Suzuki Akinori, the user behind the idea, states,

“If anyone is having problems with their MacBook Pro getting too hot and not cooling down, try using some 10-yen coins you have lying around the house. The copper in the yen is a better conductor of heat than the aluminum of the computer and is good for getting the heat out.”

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This coin stacking solution is pretty ingenious, and it works on other computers as well. Since copper is such a good thermal insulator, copper coins can come in handy and make tiny little heat sinks. One twitter user even put the 10-yen coins into the motherboard of his desktop to help radiate the heat!

With a little clever engineering, you can cool any electronic device off with just a few copper coins. What do you think of this? Is it more trouble than it’s worth or is it an ingenious solution to a common problem?

Source: Interesting Engineering

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