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According to iFixit.com, a website specialising in gadget teardowns and DIY repair manuals, Apple is surreptitiously switching to a type of rare, tamper-resistant screw on newly-manufactured iPhone 4 ...

Apple is replacing iPhone screws -- but it may be the consumers who are really getting screwed. In line with its infamous philosophy of maintaining absolute control over its products, sources said U.S ...

Decades ago, every electronic device was sealed with one of two types of screws: a minus-shaped Flat/Slot head, or a plus-shaped Phillips head. There was no concept — at least, for common consumer ...

To prevent users from opening their devices, Apple is switching to a new tamper-proof screw. It's planned obsolescence, says one critic. Apple’s increasing use of tamper-resistant screws is a form of ...

The new MacBook Air is Apple’s least self-repairable notebook yet, thoroughly bolted down by proprietary Torx screws, but if you thought that was just an anomaly, think again: Apple’s so averse to you ...