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Compared: New Apple TV 4K versus 2021 Apple TV 4K
We recommend that prospective buyers of the Apple TV 4K should buy the Wi-Fi + Ethernet model.I’d also recommend the one with the Ethernet port for an additional reason. I had a 3rd gen Apple TV that lost its wifi capability and was out of its support period, but it still served us years because I just used an Ethernet cable to connect it to the network.
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macOS Sonoma beta review: Few major updates, but very welcome
I’ve never understood the desire for widgets. I’ve tried using some form of them since the old dashboard back in snow leopard to ones currently in iOS (I’d rather have more room for apps on my screen than have a widget take up that space). The utility they add just seems too cumbersome, and at which point why not just open the app? Just my personal experience/opinion; I’m sure there are many who swear by them.I guess somewhat related are the “complications” on Apple Watch. I do use some of those on my watch faces.
id be curious to hear about people’s use cases and workflows around widgets. -
These are the most popular emoji characters of 2021
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Two years after Apple Silicon, Intel still wants Apple to buy chips
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Tim Cook confirms that Apple has been working on generative AI for years
GerfnitAuthor said:My primary problem with Siri is it doesn't remember context. So if I ask about where someone lives or the address of a company and it gives me the answer, I can't request, "Take me there" because it doesn't know what "there" means. I'm afraid I've gotten spoiled by GPTchat engines with which I can make backward references.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=agzItTz35QQ
I remembered Siri being a lot better then than now, but still prefer it over others, or not having one at all. -
On-device Apple Intelligence training seems to be based on controversial technology
The CSAM detection system preserved user privacy, data encryption, and moreI suppose this isn’t technically wrong. The data will be encrypted, but when a threshold was met, it would allow the data to be decrypted and reviewed and potentially then sent to authorities. I had post several comments on this topic.
Apples CSAM detection is not end to end encrypted, which requires asymmetric keys to ensure that the Sender, and then the Receiver are the only ones privy to the contents. Introduce any other mechanism to enable review by a Man In The Middle, is essentially a backdoor into the algorithm.
but as some may say, the scanning was on device, what’s the issue with that? On device scanning is a very useful tool; it makes finding things easier on your device. What I do have issue with is the reporting part. It’s a form surveillance. Of what’s on your device. Something that should be private.
Yes, it only scanned when a photo was sent via iCloud and reported when a threshold was met, but that’s written in software, and software can change. So when that reporting gets triggered can change. Let’s say the government did like the results, and required Apple to be more strict to help find more positive matches?
The only correct way to think of iCloud with CSAM on device scanning was to view your photos as being in a semi public (eg public) space.
On device should be private, communication through Apple should be considered semi public (the data would still be encrypted in transit to Apple, but Apple would technically have full access), unless otherwise specified by Apple as being end to end encrypted and verified by a third party (true E2E, not wish it were E2E). -
Samsung leaks that Apple is still working on an all-screen foldable MacBook Pro
9secondkox2 said:exceptionhandler said:radarthekat said:geekmee said:And what problem does the foldable screen solve again?Besides. If Apple couldn’t even get the butterfly keyboard right…
kidding! Just kidding.Sheesh. Calm down people.
I had not considered repair costs of a keyboard with screens on each key. I bet that would be way more than the price to repair the butterfly keyboard. -
If you're using a Magic Keyboard, you've opened up an attack vector
chasm said:Yes, Bluetooth is flawed and should be fixed.BUT
It’s worth pointing out that this alleged “attack” can only work if the attacker is within 30 feet of you — so at home this is probably a complete non-issue, and even in public you’d probably only be a real risk if you were attended a black-hat hacker convention, or a Starbucks in Silicon Valley.
I concur with AppleZulu about the risk factor on this. Good to be aware of the vulnerability, very VERY low odds of it being a practical thread in the real world. -
Magnetic cables were a sleeper hit at CES 2024
This. It’s such a good idea (magnetic cables) and solves a common immediate problem. AI (eg ML) on the other hand, while improving, is more of a solution looking for a problem. Don’t get me wrong, ML is really cool and can be useful sometimes, but we are kind of in the same stage with GPT as IoT was/is (let’s slap a wifi and a cpu on everything to do “smart” things without thinking about does it solve a problem for people). An AI powered grill sounds gimmicky and kinda falls into this category.It's comical watching the reactions of the passersby at CES when they're entirely unimpressed with AI-powered grills, but they stop and stare at a USB-C cable with hidden magnets.
Im buying some magnetic cables next time I need a cable. -
After years of work, Microsoft is still trying to make its own Apple Silicon-like chip
TeslaDomination said:techconc said:I hope that was meant as sarcasm because you have that exactly backwards. The value of Apple’s chips comes from their custom design far more than the manufacturing process they are on. With enough money, anyone can contract and negotiate to manufacture on the best process.
Notice that M2’s performance gain from M1 is exactly the same percent as TSMC’s transistor density increase. It’s all fab process. Design has little to do with it.I view both sides as equally difficult and important. It’s hard to come up with a process that can further miniaturize a chip, but equally so is generating an algorithm that is solved by a circuit. A given algorithm could perform poorly no matter how good the node process is (in either efficiency or power). A solution that uses 50 transistors to solve a problem would be better than one that uses 100 to do the same thing.
Both sides actually have the same problem: design. It takes time, effort, intelligence, talent to do both.