What Is the iPhone?
Everything That’s Inside Your iPhone
Silicon, arsenic, gold, and the social and environmental effects of backbreaking mining.
How I Discovered the First Big Mobile Privacy Scandal
That smartphones can track our every movement seems obvious today, but in 2011 we weren't quite used to the idea.
Apple’s Long History of Rejecting 'Objectionable Content’ From the App Store
This is the story of technology’s most important walled garden.
7 iPhone Apps that Help Me with my ADHD
You might think the iPhone is a big distraction, but with the right apps it helps me stay on target.
Apple’s Third Co-Founder Has Never Used an iPhone and Has No Regrets
83-year-old Ronald G. Wayne designed Apple’s first logo and cashed out his 10 percent share for just $800. But he would do it again in a heartbeat.
The iPhone Is an Ideal Machine for Exerting Intellectual Property Control
Apple’s control over the iPhone means that consumers will continue to have more of an ongoing relationship with Apple than nearly any other company.
Society Has Turned the Shattered iPhone Screen Into a Mark of Shame
Why should we adapt to fragile technology, instead of demanding unbreakable screens?
iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple
For now, security researchers who have been invited by Apple to submit high-value bugs through the program prefer to keep the bugs for themselves.
Apple Has Been Struggling with the Stylus for 20 Years
Nearly 20 years before Apple popularized the tablet computer, it created a series of prototype devices that in some ways operate closer to the modern-day iPad Pro than the machine it actually released in 2010.
Radio Motherboard Live: What Is the iPhone?
Listen to the Motherboard crew discuss the inner workings of the iPhone on this week's podcast.
The Environmental Case for the iPhone
They're barely recyclable, we unnecessarily upgrade them, and they take tons of natural resources to make ... they also mark unexpected environmental progress.