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  • The macOS Sonoma 14.4 update is breaking printers for some users

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ... I had to delete & reload my HP & Brother printers with Ventura 13.6.5 ...
    VictorMortimerwatto_cobra

  • Apple licenses millions of Shutterstock images to train its AI models

    boboliciousbobolicious
    Further to that, as I read Apple's iOS10 disclosures, Apple did say they may use other data from us for AI training, but anonymized with differential privacy so it could no longer be connected to us as personal data.
    What does this mean for human content creators...?  Is there also a legal argument for moral rights requiring credit where credit is due ?


    "The preserving of the integrity of the work allows the author to object to alteration, distortion, or mutilation of the work that is "prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation". Anything else that may detract from the artist's relationship with the work even after it leaves the artist's possession or ownership may bring these moral rights into play."

    "Even if an artist has assigned his or her copyright rights to a work to a third party, he or she still maintains the moral rights to the work"

    Does this create as well an embedded risk for anyone using or relying on AI as a basis for derivative work ?

    Lawyers start your engines...

    ... when Photos was introduced shortly after Steve Jobs died it 'featured' always on image tagging and iCloud sync vs the 2' usb cable on the desk ...
    ... would this also apply to all the contact data customers sync which might include headshots without the contact's knowledge or permission ...?
    rezwits

  • Apple reportedly agrees to TSMC chip price hike

    boboliciousbobolicious
    entropys said:
    If only Apple hadn’t sacked their most effective negotiator….
    ... perhaps TSMC made him an offer ... : )
    entropysbaconstangwatto_cobrajony0

  • M2 Ultra benchmarks show performance bump over M1 Ultra

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ...also perhaps importantly for some:

    281948  Apple M2 Ultra

     
    244820  AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

    150463  Apple M1 Ultra
    		                

    browser.geekbench.com/metal-benchmarks...
    rezwitsentropyswatto_cobra

  • Apple makes it really hard for users to completely stop it from collecting data

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ...spyOS...?
    Alex1NAlex_V

  • Internal Apple AI 'Ask' tool being tested by employees

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ... has this been Apple's long 'game' since 2011 - to 'quietly' harvest customer data and IP under the interminable EULA, misnomer of 'machine learning' and guise of 'what is on your iphone stays on your iphone' privacy for future monetisation...?

    What ever happened to the cascading class actions reported by Gizmodo per: gizmodo.com.au/2023/02/after-a-dozen-lawsuits-apple-breaks-its-silence-on-privacy-problems/ ???

    9secondkox2

  • Samsung Galaxy S23 vs iPhone 14 Pro - compared

    boboliciousbobolicious
    For those interested in image quality beyond specs: /lux.camera/iphone-14-pro-camera-review-a-small-step-a-huge-leap/

    The main lens: "I have simply never gotten image quality like this out of a phone."

    The UWA:  "Corners are still highly distorted and soft at times, despite excellent automatic processing from the system to prevent it from looking too fish-eye like"

    Would a similar comparison for the S23 be helpful...?

  • Kuo: Demand for new MacBook Pro models tepid due to high prices, disappointing specs

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ...I wish we could run our MacOS of choice, for compatibility, and get AppleCare support for such,
    rather than new hardware forcing users onto the barely out of beta Sierra...

    Other than tabs I can't see a feature I find compelling enough to implement by choice for working,
    and tabs existed in the pre X days in more primitive windowed form, so to me kind of a throwback, if useful...

    Siri, Photos (scans), iCloud (and thus Handoff/Copy), Storage all seem legitimate potential privacy risks.
    Anything iCloud is actually technically illegal by statute (privacy) where I work (jurisdictional storage only),
    so a local, internal private server iCloud might be the only way to solve this limitation...?
    Auto Login requires the watch. ApplePay requires iPhone 6+/watch. Emoji is a feature? Really?
    Could these features really sales drivers, and some actually work distractions,
    or even ways Apple can keep tabs on us, or building out an AI database...?

    Improved memory management, power efficiency & better retina graphics aside,
    if I could run even Snow @ 4x the speed (ie. on new hardware) I think I'd be happier, a buyer and focussed on the work,
    vs risking unknown issues, lost legacy app/file/data access & potential peripheral obsolescence...

    duervo

  • Dual-lens camera to remain iPhone Plus exclusive in 2017

    boboliciousbobolicious
    I wish they had gone (much) wider... One can always zoom in, but if one can't get the shot...
    Apparently the wide is 28mm equivalent (35mm) while I'd most appreciate a 24mm or better, 21mm equivalent...
    Building wide angle in such tiny glass may in fact be an impossible challenge,
    and yet a tack sharp 21mm ultra wide f2 or better prime would be just so remarkable...
    baconstangswaldmail

  • Tim Cook's fundraiser for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton set for tonight

    boboliciousbobolicious
    ...how much of an economy will there be if global warming & 6x destroys the planet, the plains turn to desert & the great lakes are drained beyond repair for drinking water...? I've been impressed with what Stein says, and such would seem to align with the current governance of the longest peaceful shared border to the north...? Let the flames begin... ;)