Welcome to Further Details, a recurring column where we investigate what purpose an oft-overlooked product element actually serves. This week: why people hide their watches’ serial numbers. Wait, ...

Apple will soon be changing the way serial numbers of Macs and MacBooks are created, with a switch to randomized numbers in early 2021 making it harder to suss out details about a device. Currently, ...

For many years, the serial numbers on Apple products have followed a predictable pattern, meaning you could use them to determine the precise model (including colour and storage capacity), and where ...

There are lots of reasons why you might need to identify your Mac’s serial number: most commonly this would be needed to get help with a technical issue from Apple support, or to check the status of ...

Serial numbers in zone files help your DNS service determine whether it should re-ingest your zone files or ignore them. But there’s more to these pseudo timestamps than meets the eye. In fact, the ...

Serial numbers are a frequently used method of tagging and identifying objects that would be otherwise indistinguishable, and are used for everything from firearms to keys, and from passports to ...

Pull any bill out of your wallet. See the dark green numbers on the top-left and top-right corners? Those are serial numbers, and some are more rare than others. If you happen to have paper money with ...

MacRumors previously reported about Apple's plan to switch to randomized serial numbers for future products starting in early 2021, and this transition has now started with the new purple iPhone 12 ...

There are various reasons you might want to find your laptop or computer’s serial number. Some schools ask that you register your laptop for academic use. Workplaces often do the same thing. You may ...

According to MacRumors, Apple will completely change how the serial numbers for Macs are generated. The numbers will soon be fully randomized, meaning that users, IT managers, repair-shop technicians, ...

Brits have been urged to check any new banknotes they get - as they could be worth thousands. According to an expert, notes ...