Following the news that the latest iOS update can break phones with non-official replacement screens, repairers are encountering a different, more subtle problem: If you put a genuine Apple ...

According to a recent report by Engadget, if you replace the display on the iPhone X, iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus it will disable the ambient light sensor on the handset.

Some repaired phones are losing their ability to automatically adjust brightness, and the ambient light sensor is apparently being disabled by iOS during bootup.

How to Disable the Ambient Light Sensor on an HP. Some HP monitors and laptops, such as the EliteBook, feature an ambient light sensor. This sensor detects the light level of the environment and ...

Apple has not yet commented on the ambient light sensor issue affecting iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X models repaired by non-Apple service providers, and there is also a separate but ...

The ambient light sensor on your Dell business laptop adjusts the brightness of your screen according to light intensity picked up from the room.

Apple is researching an ambient light sensor that could be embedded underneath an iPhone display, a development that could aid in removing or reducing the screen notch.

Finally, MacGeneration revealed that the iMacs have a new ambient light sensor, which can be configured to automatically adjust backlight brightness based on ambient lighting conditions.

There's a dark side to ambient light sensors that you may not realize, and some researchers have found a novel way to exploit this component.