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  • Jason Momoa's 'Chief of War' brings Hawaiian history to Apple TV+

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    The history of the wars there are very interesting. And also the migration of Polynesian cultures. 
    I think it is either highly compressing in the timeline, or overplaying the role of the arrival of Europeans. 

    I wonder if it includes the end of captain cook?
    darbus69ForumPost

  • Is that a billboard or are you just happy to see an iPhone?

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    It seems advertising is getting more bang for their buck these days.
    VictorMortimer

  • Apple A19, C2, M5 chip identifiers all leaked in early iOS 18 code

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    ApplePoor said:
    Apple has to keep making incremental updates for cash flow. 

    The thought that the M5 might have two parts is intriguing as that could mean the MacPro tower could possibly support external I/O  cards in the tower.

    With the White House meandering Tarrif policy (we the users pay the tariff, something not comprehended by the current occupant of that structure), we will probably see significant price increases this fall and going forward. The Golden Goose may be in Jeopardy.

    No doubt the price of some goods will rise, some will not. It all depends on the relative market power of the buyer and the seller on how much of any tariff will be passed on to the consumer, or absorbed through margins.  Some importers of course will use the tariff as an excuse for even higher price hikes. It all depends on the product and its market position. But you cannot blanket say the users will pay the tariff.

    The general 10% tariff is a revenue raiser, the higher tariffs are punitive and generally reciprocal to some form of restriction on US goods or in response to an export subsidy or other incentive. Interestingly, prior to WW1 there was no income tax and federal government raised revenue through tariffs on imported goods.

    I spent my entire career in favour of open markets, but I am no longer so sure. Free trade depends on everyone playing by the same rules.  And they do not. All too often it is free trade for me but not for thee. The most open markets are the USA, Australia and  New Zealand (Canada for example has so many tariffs  its government even has a handy tariff finder website for anyone thinking of exporting to it). But even then there are  trade barriers such as quarantine (can be abused)  or subsidies on production that can just be regarded as export subsidies even if that is not their purpose. Everyone else pays lip service to free trade but protects local production through import bans, quotas, tariffs and subsidies. So while I don’t agree with what Trump is doing, there is a part of me that likes seeing the international hypocrites finding out how it feels.
    Alex1Nwilliamlondonmeterestnztht

  • Apple's AI white whale will drag on earnings & can't be fixed internally, says Wedbush

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    cincytee said:
    Let's hope AI isn't Apple's "white whale," because the white whale represents a symbolic obsession that destroys all who pursue it.
    Yes, I was rather surprised at the appropriateness of the analogy.  
    Maybe they could also have called AppleIntellegence a metastasising tumour.
    cincyteejibwilliamlondon

  • John Giannandrea out as Siri chief, Apple Vision Pro lead in

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    To a supply chain guru, the Apple car is attractive because hardware, and looking for that iPhone legacy moment. Ego.

    it is no surprise a supply chain guru sucks at software strategy.

    But like what happened to Forstall, the buck doesn’t stop at the top.
    jas99SmittyWwilliamlondonjasonfont426roundaboutnownubusAlex1Nelijahg

  • Calls for Tim Cook's resignation over Apple Intelligence miss that he has made Apple what ...

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    mikethemartian said:
    How bad has the rollout been compared to Apple Maps? He fired Scott Forstall for that.
    Firing Scott Forstall was probably the first sign of a decline of software quality. The supply chain/margin chasers won that fight.
    williamlondonstompyronn

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook meets Nintendo executives, plays Super Mario Run in Japan visit

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    Maybe Cook is interested in improving Nintendo hardware.  After all he seems to have lost interest in Macs.
    h2ptallest skil

  • Apple fights back against shareholders who want to end DEI hiring

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    Didn’t Earn It. 
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  • Apple refuses to back GOP convention because of Trump politics

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    Leaving aside why an international corporation should be giving any political party Free Stuff, why would the GOP want the obsolete Mac laptops and Mac pros peddled by Apple at premium prices?

    This wouldn't have happened when Jobs was in charge, because he didn't regard it his role.  Cook is too busy being SJW instead of producing up to date products worth buying. 
    jackansi

  • Apple Maps still calls it the Gulf of Mexico, and politicians are upset

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    I find it all very entertaining.  
    One lot of yanks are currently overloaded with euphoria at the thought of a wrecking ball tearing the establishment down, the other lot are crying in their cups.

    and why not call it the Gulf of America? It isn’t as though the left aren’t busy changing place names all the time.
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