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  • Billie Eilish documentary release on Apple TV+ set for February 2021

    civaciva
    These are the reasons why barely anyone has actually subscribed to Apple TV+
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  • Nvidia is reportedly in 'advanced talks' to acquire Arm Holdings

    civaciva
    tmay said:
    flydog said:
    viclauyyc said:
    Just the wait time of approval from various government will likely kill the deal. 

    Nvidia will have no issues getting this approved. 
    A stipulation of the sale will almost certainly be that new ARM IP will not be made available to Chinese companies, due to China's use of civilian technology for the PLA. 
    Also due to the fact nothing is made in china without the chinese government having complete control of it. 
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  • Epic seeks 'coalition' of Apple critics as fight over App Store policies intensifies

    civaciva
    I will say this again: 

    When there's a retail store, and you have a product you want in their store, YOU PAY THAT STORE TO STOCK YOUR ITEM 
    What Epic wants to do is put their product on the shelf, but not have to pay the store. 

    Simple solution: Build your own platform and build your own store. 

    Meanwhile, I will enjoy not having malware on my phone. 

    Thank you. 
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  • Mark Zuckerberg says Apple's App Store 'deserves scrutiny'

    civaciva
    Of course everyone will say I'm being paranoid, however, and yes, I know companies have come at apple before, but has no one noticed that since apple announced their own chips, EVERYONE HAS BEEN GANGING UP ON APPLE THESE LAST FEW WEEKS?!?!?!?!?!?
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  • China sees no reason to keep iPhones if WeChat is banned

    civaciva
    JFC_PA said:
    It’s been stated by the feds the ban wouldn’t extend to China in any case. Since China bans certain apps domestically the U. S. doing the same shouldn’t be an issue. (Though my understanding is there’s no basis in reality for the planned ban as there’s no evidence of a security breach). 
    What they’re basically saying is there’s no reason to keep iPhones if they don’t get to keep access to their spy app in the USA. 
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  • Billie Eilish documentary release on Apple TV+ set for February 2021

    civaciva
    Xed said:
    That's a lot of bitterness for so few posts. I don't usually watch documentaries about living people, especially musicians, but Billie and Finneas are such a rarity of talent and success that I may check this one out.
    Unless you're talking about Phineas and Ferb, I don't think anyone is interested. 
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  • China sees no reason to keep iPhones if WeChat is banned

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    gatorguy said:
    alanh said:
    If a global 30% reduction in iPhone sales was ever iminent, Apple could easily afford to buy WeChat. It would be a good investment and basically a 'no-brainer'!
    Apple would never get an opportunity to buy WeChat. It would not be for sale to them under any scenario IMO. 

     In addition, Apple absolutely could NOT easily afford them, probably out of even Apple's reach even if they stretched. WeChat belongs to Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings. They are one of the most valuable companies in the world, worth well over $500 billion as of mid-May 2020.
    gatorguy said:
    alanh said:
    If a global 30% reduction in iPhone sales was ever iminent, Apple could easily afford to buy WeChat. It would be a good investment and basically a 'no-brainer'!
    Apple would never get an opportunity to buy WeChat. It would not be for sale to them under any scenario IMO. 

     In addition, Apple absolutely could NOT easily afford them, probably out of even Apple's reach even if they stretched. WeChat belongs to Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings. They are one of the most valuable companies in the world, worth well over $500 billion as of mid-May 2020.
    And why would Apple want them? They have iMessage. 
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  • iPhones with Fortnite installed hit eBay with prices as high as $10,000

    civaciva
    Guess I should put my 8 plus on ebay, since it has fortnite. 
    I downloaded it, played once, was over it. 
    But, hey, $10K is $10K. 
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  • Judge temporarily halts Trump administration's TikTok ban

    civaciva
    gatorguy said:
    ericthehalfbee said:
    gatorguy said:
    SpamSandwich said: Then you haven’t been paying attention. It was widely discussed that the app had full access to the contents of a device’s clipboard before they were called to the carpet over that fact. In addition, their unwillingness to hand over their source code during this company sale process has been very informative.
    Same question again: how would access to the clipboard of a civilian TikTok user be a threat to national security? There isn't going to be anything classified on there. 
    The same question was asked and the rationale offered here:
    https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/11/21363092/why-is-tiktok-national-security-threat-wechat-trump-ban

    Not buying their excuses. This is 100% about Trump being made a fool of at his Tulsa rally.

    The reasoning they give (government employee might also have sensitive information on their phones) is pure bullshit. Anyone in government in any sort of position with access to such information would have a managed device with severe restrictions. They couldn’t even install Tik Tok on their phones in the first place.

    To imply that people who work for the FBI, CIA, military, federal government or any other agency got their phone from Verizon or AT&T and set it up themselves with their own personal number is beyond ridiculous.
    And I generally agree with you. I won't discount the possibility that intelligence agencies might have an undisclosed but valid reason for distrusting the apps involved, but the reasons offered to the public so far seem more like after-the-fact excuses.
    The public has no need to learn classified information, which would then be funneled by the media and the CIA back to China. 
    GG1

  • Judge temporarily halts Trump administration's TikTok ban

    civaciva
    foregoneconclusion said:
    gatorguy said: The same question was asked and the rationale offered here:
    I could see how civilians that are employed as government contractors could be a potential issue, but that's about it. The whole "censor political speech and spread misinformation that could hurt democracy in the US" part isn't believable coming from the Trump administration. Trump himself routinely criticizes the media in the United States as being an "enemy of the people" and constantly provides misinformation to the public through his Twitter feed. 
    with distributed networking, everyone is a risk