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Peter Thiel says 'age of Apple' at its end
"We know what a smartphone looks like and does"
Didn't Steve Balmer say that in 2007???
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San Bernardino shooter's iPhone may hold evidence of 'dormant cyber pathogen,' DA says
Sounds like they are grasping at straws. Do they have evidence of that in the iCloud backups they have? People need to remember that this was an employer issued iPhone, not his personal iPhone. His personal phone and computers were destroyed.
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UnitedHealthcare offers cash for your Apple Watch health data
rob53 said:UnitedHealth and its wholly-owned OptumRx pharmacy business.
Not sure how important this is to your calculus, but a major reason that UHG got into the Pharmacy Benefit Management business, with Optum Rx and it’s growth, specifically, was at the behest of the government acengies, I believe, in an effort to combat the CVS/Aetna merger to “combat” prescription prices.Not commenting on the merits of the idea, or (in)effectiveness, but just thought it was interesting.
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Bad Apple Maps data leads to droves looking for lost Apple products at same Texas address
Oh, glad you did some digging. This seams like something Apple can address. Earlier articles I read made me think his area just has spotty service, as it happened to us a couple of times.
Our neighbor across the street doesn’t talk to us anymore because I got sick of her being, um, let’s use the word rude, always accusing us of having her missing AirPods. First, how would we have gotten them? Second, after like the third time of me explaining what the blue circle means, and the dot in the middle doesn’t mean the precise location, and how to play a sound? I’d had it. Not for the comedic events of her thinking we had them, but her rudeness. I mean, she clearly found them, not at my house the previous times. Also, zero apologies.
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Florida has temporarily suspended support for its digital driver's license app
The current app was useless anyway. Went to the DMV a few months ago to pay for my renewal with a check (to avoid crazy surcharges for using a credit card).I had forgotten my wallet. I when they asked for my ID to accept the check, I told them and said, “but I have you digital id app” and was told they don’t accept that as a valid ID.If they do t accept it, how can we expect anyone to?
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US DOJ attacks nearly every aspect of Apple's business in massive antitrust suit
Ok, so other vendors can do everything the AirTags can, where is the problem? That a third party can’t spy on us?AppleInsider said:In 2022, Tile argued that Apple's AirTag and Find My ecosystem violate antitrust. Apple allows manufacturers like Tile to take part in the Find My ecosystem, but those companies don't get access to user location data.
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Meta's 'year of efficiency' continues, thousands more expected to be laid off
Is this still all Apple’s fault? Can only point the finger at others so many times before it shows one’s own failure to adapt.
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Everyone is a loser in the Apple Intelligence race
Good article.I work at a software company and am an “AI Champion”
I’ve tried all the big players, professionally and personally.If you asked me last summer, I would have ranked the big three like this:
Microsoft Copilot
Google Gemini
ChatGPT
but then Microsoft seemed to slam on the brakes and go in reverse
the only parts that seem to be improving are its integration with Visial Studio and Git for code review and creation
everything else is noticeably worse than last summer.Gemini seems to have hit pause
ChatGPT has gotten better. It’s now my preferred tool, though for work it remains Copilot as that is what we’ve approved for work.The irony that I haven’t yet mentioned Apple Intelligence or Alexa+ is not lost on me.All of these tools can be useful. But I fear 80% or more of the population will rely on them vs using them as a tool and questioning the results. Trust vs trust and verify.
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France says Apple owes 48.5 million euros for unfair iPhone contracts with carriers
with the (slow) death of contracts and subsidized phones, at some point I can see carriers getting out of the sales of phone all together. Just like they used to be how people bought telephones. Now they are just the service, buy what you want.
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Apple hit with lawsuit targeting AppleCare+ refurbished devices
Here is the thing, they are saying it impacts value. Yet, I have had many iPhones (and other iOS devices over the years), and sold several through gazelle or the like. Know what they NEVER ask you? Is this a warranty replacement/refurbishment device? They ask if the battery works. They ask if the screen is cracked. So on that ground alone they are wrong. And every site like gazelle is proof there is no financial difference.radarthekat said:The article suggests the lawsuit will center on the definition of refurbished. Really? The lawsuit should focus on evidence, if there is any, that proves the refurbished product she received was NOT functionally equivalent to new. I'd be very interested to learn what aspects of an electronic computer device, which runs all the exact same software at the same clock speeds, etc, could possibly be defined as not functionally equivalent to every other one in existence.
Maybe the speaker surface has deteriorated and will not last as long as a new one?
Maybe she can somehow ascertain there's only 4,322,568 more clicks of the Home button where a new Home button would yield more lifetime remaining clicks?
But these are inconsequential, as a person with AppleCare could simple get another replacement should some physical part wear out sooner than a new one would have. And These examples would not be supportive of her case, as functionally equivalent implies a part's current status, not its remaining lifespan. If pressing the Home button on a refurb feels and functions the same as on a new device, then it's functionally equivalent. Even if ten presses later it dies, though that would speak to the equivalent reliability aspect. So let's see if this is where the lawyers go.
