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Apple is warning customers that its smartphones could interfere with medical devices, including pacemakers. (Naoki Nishimura/AFLO/Shutterstock/CNN) CTV NEWS – Published Monday, January 25, 2021 2:16PM EST (https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/apple-issues-new-warning-keep-your-iphone-six-inches-away-from-your-pacemaker-1.5281278) An important heads-up for iPhone owners: Apple is warning customers that its smartphones could interfere with medical devices, including pacemakers. In a notice published on Apple’s support page Saturday, the company expanded upon previously issued safety information, warning users that iPhones contain magnets and radios that emit electromagnetic fields, both of which “may interfere” with medical devices such as implanted pacemakers and defibril...