I saw the secret lab where smartphone glass is made (and tortured)

Take a look at your smartphone. The chances are incredibly high that the sheets of glass covering the front and back come from a company called Corning. You almost certainly know it by its more famous brand name: Gorilla Glass.

Since the launch of the original iPhone back in 2007, Corning’s glass has dominated the smartphone industry. Its glass is so ubiquitous that it’s become the default material for nearly every major phone on the market, including the most recent iPhone 17 series, Samsung Galaxy…