People have warned for years that magnets can wipe out hard drives, but the real answer is a lot less dramatic than that old tech myth suggests.

Warnings about magnets and gadgets have been passed down like tech folklore, often without much explanation. The reality is more nuanced: some electronics are genuinely vulnerable to magnetic fields, ...

Q. I read in one of your recent newspaper columns about a paint that magnets will stick to. Is there such a thing and where can I get it? Q. What effect does the magnetic coating have on computers, ...

So I've always thought that having magnets near hard-drives was bad for the hard-drives, yet these days all I see are magnet-tipped screw drivers. Even those "iFixit" branded ones, which are obviously ...