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  • Android creator Andy Rubin plans AI-equipped smartphone with edge-to-edge display, ceramic...

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    Is this story being announced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of him deciding to copy the iPhone?

    Guess he's trying to get ahead of the curve this time around.

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  • FDA approves first iOS app to control insulin pump

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    This is amazing news! I'm the medical director of a clinic for kids with chronic health problems that aren't responding to regular treatment, and we get a ton of kids with diabetes that have a very difficult time with diabetes management. This will help immensely to ease the psychological burden that contributes to kids shutting down and ignoring their diabetes management. This will save a lot of kids from a lot of hospitalizations for DKA.
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  • A Virginia woman has been stalking Tim Cook for more than a year

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    This is a direct consequence of society’s cowardice in not making sure people get the medication that they need. It’s not compassionate to let someone refuse treatment (when their disorder prevents them from having the insight to accept treatment), then go on to ruin their lives, and possibly others. Same
    thing is happening to thousands of homeless people. Society is failing our severely mentally ill population. 
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  • Apple's record $81.4 billion Q3 obliterates Street expectations

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    lkrupp said:
    fallenjt said:
    And AAPL after hour trading drops over 1%. What kind of WS bullshit is that?
    As always, Wall Street doesn’t care about what you did today, it’s about what it thinks you will do in the future. And the Covid-19 delta variant has thrown a monkey wrench into the financial crystal ball, all because 50% of the population are dumb, ignorant morons. There’s also a study out that reveals 1-in-5 believe the vaccines contain microchips. That means 20% of the population are certified idiots.
    Why do you seem so angry? You know it doesn't make sense to blame the stock drop right after earnings on covid-19, right? It's almost like you used that as a convenient jumping off point to make some angry statements. Since you're really smart and good at judging people, I'm sure you know that the mRNA vaccine only confers partial immune response (spike proteins), thus giving the virus opportunities to evade this narrow barrier in order to create variants. Whereas people who get the virus naturally have a much much lower reinfection rate due to the broader immune response, and thus give the virus less opportunity to create variants. So, in reality, if you got vaccinated, you're part of the variant problem. The more you know.

    Anyway, I gave up on trying to make sense of AAPL fluctuations a long time ago; there's too much manipulation to be able to predict much.
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  • Schlage unveils first WiFi deadblock smart lock with Apple Home Key support

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    It’s a trap. A Schlage lock was one of my first HomeKit purchases, except that it never worked with HomeKit. 
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  • New iMac Pro coming later than expected with modified mini LED backlights, says new report...

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    Ffs Apple.. then just put an M1 chip in the current 27" chassis and release that in the spring, save the M2 for the pro in the fall if you must, I'm tired of waiting for a larger M series iMac with black borders.
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  • New York's updated Excelsior vaccine passport drops Apple Wallet support

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    urahara said:
    How are people just blindly accepting these vaccine passports? How is it that so few even question something that is so obviously absurd? The fact that they don't accommodate for natural immunity, which is *superior* to the vaccine 'immunity,' should be a clear indication that we're being manipulated. Not to mention the fact that they make no sense, since people 'vaccinated' with these gene modifying agents can still catch and spread covid. It's shocking how many people are accepting these 'passports' as somehow justifiable.
    It seems you are a person type who gets shocked easily by trivial things. Or are you just belonging to anti-vax camp. And maybe you haven’t realized it yet. That you are in denial of the human progress in medicine. 

    Firstly, As some one have already pointed out - the vaccination does not modify your genes, contrary to what you are thinking. It’s a fact. And you got your facts WRONG.

    Secondly, the society needs to function, what other measures than ‘passports’ do you suggest for mitigating the risk of spreading COVID-19, when the society tries to get to new normal? Or you just criticize the solution without offering any alternatives? Sounds like a grumpy asshole.

    Thirdly, the provided to you link https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/why-covid-19-vaccines-offer-better-protection-than-infection.html Is an interview with Virologist Sabra Klein, PhD ‘98, MS, MA, who says an immense amount of data collected in a short time have made clear the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and the limited immunity that comes from being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
    It is funny how easily you dismiss the information coming from a virologist. 

    Fourthly, you have provide in a later comment 3 links, basically claiming that it is the prove (for you) that natural immunity is better than vaccine. But your claim is wrong. Let’s look into the links you have provided.
    In the 1st link: there is no such information about what is better
    In the 2nd link: there is no control group / initial testing. It doesn’t consider that all vaccinated people are documented, but only a part of the infected people are making the test and are diagnosed being sick with COVID-19. Thus the number of people who were newly infected and were already sick with COVID-19 some time in the past isn’t known. This means that the statistics in the article and the conclusion that vacinated people 6 times are more likely to get sick than people with the natural immunity is NOT CORECT AND MISLEADING. 
    In the 3d link: there is finally a control group initial testing done. And the numbers tell us that 4,85% percent of people get reinfected (=62/1278), and only 3,85% vacinated people got infected (=5449/141480). So even in the link you have provided, you proved your own statement is WRONG. You got your facts wrong AGAIN.

    You are not simply getting the facts wrong. You are spreading LIES or your own ASSUMPTIONS. 

    PLEASE STOP IT!!!
    That was a lot of effort to be mostly wrong. And for you to embarrass yourself by calling me a "grumpy asshole" lol (points for humor!). A gene is a a segment of DNA or RNA that carries information. Do you know what the 'RNA' in mRNA is referring to? I'll give you one guess. Did I say it modifies your DNA? You don't even have to guess on this one, I'll tell you: no. What it does do is use genetic code to trigger protein production by ribosomes, rather than using inactivated virus particles, like the vast majority of vaccines out there.

    It's funny how you maintain the idea of vaccine passports, despite the fact that they don't account for natural immunity, and that vaccines don't prevent infection or transmission, which would be the whole point of limiting travel. But maybe that's a bit too complex for you to sort out, or you're just too triggered by all this to think clearly.

    You ask about solutions? Well, the average age of death is around 80 years old, so lets make sure all the elderly are vaccinated (already done! >%90 are in the US). Let's also make sure that anyone who is at risk, with commodities, has the opportunity to get a vaccine (done! they're practically darting people along the sidewalks). Lets also develop a traditional, inactivated vaccine, rather than the gene therapy vaccines that focus only on spike proteins, and thus don't confer a full immune response. The use of 'leaky' and incomplete gene therapy vaccines promotes the creation of variants by making it easier for the virus to evade defenses (if you're vaccinated, you're helping to create variants faster, it's basic science).

    In short, you should probably know what you're talking about before spouting off on the internet and accusing people of lying.
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  • Apple made secret 5-year $275B deal with Chinese government

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    sdw2001 said:
    On one hand, I don't blame Apple for threading the needle with the CCP in order to get access to a market with 5 times the population of U.S.   But on the other, that's a lot of money and resources that are building Communist China instead of the United States.  China is a major competitor, biggest trade partner, and #1 threat to the U.S. all at the same time.  Their government's goal is to be the world superpower by 2050.  This was a long-term plan started in the 1970's.  We dismissed them for decades, thought we "free" trade could liberalize the CCP, and their military was subpar compared to ours.  All that has changed in the last 20 years.  While we still have a superior military, they have the capability to win a battle (for example, Taiwan) before we can respond with full force.  They also have sophisticated enough equipment (planes, missiles, anti-satellite etc.) to give us real problems.  






    Agreed, Apple is in a tough spot, but it does seem like they could do more domestically at the same time, doesn't seem like this needs to be mutually exclusive.

    I think the other barrier is that domestically (US), there's not much political incentive do do anything the CCP doesn't like, particularly given the fact that the CCP has bought out or otherwise compromised so many US politicians. Even the current President has been caught making illegal deals with the Chinese companies (via emails found on his son's laptop, and publicly corroborated by one of their business partners), not to mention a member of the house intelligence committee (Swallwell) having sex with a CCP spy named Fang Fang, and a member of the senate intelligence committee (Feinstein) having a CCP spy as her chauffeur for over a decade.. If this was a movie it'd be too hard to believe, yet this is our reality, and it's not looking good. Unfortunately, people are so ideologically blind that they become immediately defensive, and so we don't get a chance to discuss these issues as a society.
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  • Apple says Spatial Audio is a hit, drawing more listeners to Apple Music

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    equality72521 said:
    Beats said:
    Just got my AirPods 2! Thanks AI for the sale link!

    I have an iPhone 7. Will I be able to use Spatial Audio?

    UPDATE:
    NO. You need AirPods 3 or Pro. I like the original form factor so I have no regrets. My OCD won’t let me try the new form factor without trying the originals.

    Maybe in a year when there’s a deal on a newer AirPods model I will purchase and try Spatial Audio.

    I’m just stoked to try AirPods for the first time!!
    Enjoy them, they are wonderful in all forms. Highly recommend the Pro version though; the noise cancellation is amazing especially for commutes. And yes the spatial is also fantastic. Cheers. 
    I can confirm the noise cancellation on the pros is very good, better than the beats fit pro I replaced them with. If anyone's deciding between these two, I'd go with the airpod pros.
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  • Motor Trend reimagines the 'Apple Car,' sees autonomous rideshare in Apple's future

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    Ooph.. those concepts are so bad I feel guilty for pointing it out. They put a plant in one of them?? Incredibly cringy. 

    I’m looking forward to Apple’s pleasantly rounded car that’s not completely made out of glass that would kill all the passengers if a drunk person plows into it. 
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