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Leaks show what Apple will and won’t fix

Sources at Business Insider have gotten their hands on Apple’s “Visual/Mechanical Inspection Guide,” a 22-page document detailing just what can and cannot be fixed under warranty. So far, nothing unearthed is illegal, but it’s not exactly pro-consumer either. 




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Nineteen Years Later: The Harry Potter Journey

For the past ten years, these words have resonated with Harry Potter fans around the world, for these words closed the story on the Boy Who Lived. Or so we thought. Since reading these words in the "Nineteen Years Later" epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Potterheads everywhere have only seen the Wizarding world grow. 



Lost in Translation: why the Death Note movie sucks

 Netflix’s new Death Note movie has been receiving poor reviews (from top critics and Byte staff ) and a lot of negative feedback on social media; however it is unlikely that many are surprised at the negative reception.  



Aegon and The Golden Company: that little reveal might be huge

A lot happened in the season finale of season seven of Game of Thrones. Long-held theories were finally confirmed; characters who had been scheming since the start were put to a bloody end; and age-old loyalties were betrayed. Not to mention the undead ice dragon taking down the Wall.