Hoax Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Mind-controlled Siri likely a hoax

by Steven Sande (Nov 14th, 2011)

Remember last week's TUAW post about the Project Black Mirror guys who were doing the research into a mind-controlled iPhone 4S using an Arduino microcontroller, some ECG pads to pick up the brain waves, and voice synthesis software? Well, it appears that despite the impressive video, the ...

Keep iPhone clean with iPhone Fingers

by Mike Schramm (Oct 19th, 2007)

Wait, this is a joke, right? Our friends at Engadget reported on this crazy product with plenty of snark, but no actual "haha we're kidding this isn't really real" hints. So is it true? Can you really buy black latex "fingers" to keep from getting smudges on your iPhone? And if so, what's up with ...

Found Footage: Possible video taken by iPhone?

by Erica Sadun (May 25th, 2007)

Could this possibly be the first video taken by an iPhone? Over at iPhone Matters, Gregory Ng posts that he received a copy of this video from an Apple Store employee in California. In the video, you can see what appears to be an iPhone appearing on the iMac screen as recorded by its iSight. The ...

YAASEH, or: Yet Another Apple Special Event Hoax

by David Chartier (Feb 15th, 2006)

Apparently someone doesn't know how to enter our Create a Feb. 22 Apple Invite contest, as yet another Apple special event hoax launched this morning and was promptly debunked. This time around, the event involved Steve and Bono at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, March 1st, and the ...