The role of magnets in the Apple Watch, the iPhone, and now the iPad, has grown. How do they work? There was a time when magnets were the most terrifying things in computing. Magnets erased floppy ...

As a young kid, I thought magnets were about the coolest things ever. Here in my 30s, I kind of feel the same way. Magnets made nerdy headlines recently, with the new iPad Pro, which is chock-full of ...

Apple has always gone for the minimalist look in anything it makes, and now new documentation suggests it wants to do away with unsightly zippers, clasps, and fasteners and use magnets instead. Maybe ...

Apple's interest in magnets is not confined to MagSafe. Instead, we're likely to see more magnetic clasps in the Apple Watch, or in cases for any Apple devices. MagSafe is surely now the most ...

Apple said it will buy $500 million of rare-earth magnets from MP Materials, expanding its U.S. supply chain for a critical element of its devices while under pressure from the Trump administration.

All iPhone 12 models should be kept at a safe distance from individuals with pacemakers or defibrillators, according to a new warning issued to Apple customers in a support document on the company's ...

New to Apple Watch Series 5 models is a built-in compass that allows users to see which way they are facing, complete with a new Compass app that displays heading, incline, latitude, longitude, and ...

Apple announced a new commitment Tuesday to buy $500 million worth of American-made rare earth magnets from Texas-based MP Materials. The raw material will go into iPhones, MacBooks and more. In ...