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This is a violation of Apple's store guidelines and should get the app pulled. Here's why. Under settings > location services > MoviePass, they explain they will use tracking data only to "Find Theaters and movies near you, and be able to use the app to get tickets and the theaters". There is nothing about tracking you outside of that purpose. Nothing about your drive to the theater, nothing about where you go after. They are sufficiently vague in their privacy TOS ("supply us with personal information so that we can provide, enhance and personalize our services and marketing efforts"). But they are definitely lying in their "app explanation" regarding location services.

Thanks for the review and mentioning the 12W charger. That is one of the best general tips for the new iPhones: grab a $20 iPad charger and dramatically speed up charging.

I’m guessing the reason Apple didn’t include it is size.

This article should have mentioned iTunes Match. That has more or less obsoleted this method. Combined with iCloud Music Library it totally frees you from the burden of managing an external drive -- plus it's stored in the cloud so you get an offsite backup of your precious music collection as well. It is Apple's primary solution for this exact problem. I get that there were some rare problems reported with it years ago but it's worth at least discussing here, in an article about "how to free up your Mac's internal storage by moving your iTunes Library..."

Her statement giving credit to "federal research" was demonstrably wrong, though.

How is it demonstrably wrong? No evidence is cited to support this claim. The linked article does not actually dispute it. DARPA and related federal agencies have in fact created much of the core technology that Silicon Valley commercializes.

Did you know Siri is named after SRI International, a DARPA-funded research agency? Did you know autonomous vehicles were nurtured for years by the "DARPA Grand Challenge"? The list goes on and on.

 This is not to take anything away from the difficult work that goes into commercializing a technology. That's what Pelosi's clarification was about. But there are a lot of people in SV that get offended by the mere mention that much of what they do would not be possible without billions of taxpayer funding over the 10-20 years that it takes to develop a technology from its origin to where it's viable commercially.

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AppleInsider said:

An iPhone X can hit 50 percent charge in as little as 30 minutes, but only when using Apple's Lightning to USB-C cable and an adapter with USB-C Power Delivery. That typically means buying a new cable and a MacBook adapter, the cheapest Apple option for the latter being a $49 30-watt unit.

I'm so sick of hearing this $49 figure. Every discussion of iPhone charging should mention the 12W charger. That's really the right default recommendation. Let's change the narrative on this.

The $19 12W charger hits 40 percent in 30 minutes, only slightly behind the USB-C options -- and double the speed of the bundled 5W charger.

That really should be the default recommendation when purchasing an iPhone. Spend more if you want but $19 for 2X the charging speed is an extremely good value.

Why is it so difficult for Apple to provide a 12W charger by default with the $650+ iPhones? Especially the X-series? $1,100 and I get a garbage charger? Anything to save a buck. 

Apple provides a 12W charger by default with a $329 iPad, so excluding it from a $1,100 iPhone is clearly not to "save a buck".

Clearly Apple is defaulting to the 5W charger because of size. The average iPhone customer values small size and pocket/purse portability over maximum charge speed. If Apple can one day make a fast *and* small charger, no doubt they'll include that.

It's like, do people even think for two seconds about this? Apple's accessories revenue is a pittance of what they make from selling devices. They are aligned with including whatever sells the most iPhones and makes people happiest, not pissing people off. I'm just saying the 12W charger is a great, affordable add-on if you value maximum charge speed. Let's talk about that more, not the $49 option.

What is a “6K3K” display?

What's crazy about this rumor is the camera power requirements. Unlike predecessors like Google Glass, AR glasses will require a camera that's on during use and transmitting a live feed to the phone the whole time. Immediately there's a challenge with latency and connection quality. But moreover running a camera and high-bandwidth transmitter requires a relatively high amount of power. How big of a battery can they fit into glasses which keeping it thin and lightweight?