Apple’s self-service program is now available in the United States. If you have a third-generation iPhone 12, iPhone 13 or iPhone SE, you can buy spare batteries, cameras and displays from a specialty store and use the company’s official repair manuals to repair it yourself. You can even spend $ 49 to rent tools for a week if you prefer not to buy tools.
The program will expand to other regions later this year, starting in Europe. If you want to fix your Mac, you’ll have to wait a little longer. Like the iPhone, currently only the latest models – powered by Apple Silicon – will be easy to repair.
Convenient for Apple, it marks the launch with a new white paper saying the company has “nearly doubled” the size of its repair network and eight out of 10 of its US customers live within 20 minutes from an authorized repair provider. . The company has also outlined the rationale behind its design and renovation decisions, including the emphasis on using official parts to protect your privacy and security.
This is not a flawless repair scheme. To purchase a part, you need to enter the serial number of your iPhone when paying and activate this part using a pairing software tool.
As iFixit points out, other parts will come with a “cannot be checked” warning, which can limit (or repel) people who are thinking of repairing their device.
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The updated PlayStation Plus service will include hundreds of games from older generations.
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Speaking of preservation, Sony is trying to ensure that the games of decades ago will live. When Sony’s expanded PlayStation Plus service launches next month, it will be included in PlayStation Now, which offers access to hundreds of games from older generations of consoles. Sony has hired at least one engineer to work on a new gaming storage team.
Sony is struggling to keep games in front of console iterations. Many PS1 games ran on PS2, and the original PS3 models could run many PS1 and PS2 games, but you couldn’t play older generations of PS4 discs.
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He is still facing numerous lawsuits and an investigation by the chamber’s oversight committee.
CNBC reports that Amazon will not face fines and other penalties after the collapse of a warehouse in Illinois, which killed six workers during a tornado. However, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has asked Amazon to review its procedures after finding problems with the emergency plan. Despite tornado warnings from the National Weather Service 36 hours before the event, Amazon continued to operate the warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois. It was in the middle of the shift when the tornado landed at a wind speed of up to 150 MPH, destroying the south side of the building.
While Amazon is evading OSHA penalties, it faces separate investigations in Congress and numerous lawsuits.
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Because many people jumped on YouTube.
Bloomberg sources say Twitch is considering a number of proposals to rethink payment structures, including one that will reduce the share of top-stream subscribers from 70 percent to the usual 50 percent. Another would establish multiple pay levels with different requirements.
The announced proposals came after Twitch made many efforts to increase long-term profits and satisfy its parent company, Amazon. The service recently introduced a program that motivates frequent streamers to run more ads.
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You can go fishing with Goofy and help Anna and Elsa recover their memories.
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Disney’s latest video game, Dreamlight Valley, seems to be a mix of a life simulator and an adventure game full of Disney and Pixar characters. In meta-universe style you will be able to customize your character with T-shirts, dresses, hats and other equipment that you design yourself. You can also dress them up in Mickey Mouse streetwear or a ball gown inspired by a Disney princess. (Why not both?)
Disney Dreamlight Valley will be available on PC, Mac, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. It will officially launch in 2023 as a free game.
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