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  • Apple's Emergency SOS feature foils attempted sexual assault

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    jd_in_sb said:
    Not sure how she was able to press the power button and volume down button simultaneously while being assaulted. 

    I have actually accidentally triggered this twice so far.

    Basically i used to use Airplay from my iPhone to a wireless Dac which allowed me to play music remotely to my tube stereo.
    I turned off 'sound check' (which normally compresses the music to make the volume changes between songs more 'even') because i wanted to maximize sound quality/dynamics.
    So I often play music on shuffle and sometimes between songs like classical guitar to modern/synth rock could become quite a volume jump since sound check was not on. I would often have the phone on the floor next to my chair and if there was a big jump in volume i would try to lower it with the volume buttons (because of apartment neighbors).
    However since the power button is on the opposite side i somehow accidentally activated the sos when trying to do rapid presses of the volume. When i heard the sos chime, i tried to cancel the emergency that came up on the screen but regardless each time i got a call back from emergency services and i had to give them information about my name and address and tell them it was an accident etc for them to not send a car over.

    So just trying to mash the volume buttons triggered this for me.
    dysamoriawatto_cobra

  • Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro is built to blaze through pro workflows

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    This kind of seems like a 10 page rant because someone forgot to bring their hdmi adapter once.
    Heal from the trauma and move on.
    Usually if someone forgets something they just remember to bring it next time, not demand that the computer be redesigned.

    I forgot my iphone today, not going to ask for a redesign.

    Having the usb-c thunderbolt 3 ports offers flexibility because they can handle almost anything, even if it may need an adapter for some particular things (cf card, sd card, usb-a, displayport, hdmi, cdrom drive, etc) to do it.
    Solipscooter63fastasleep

  • Apple expected to launch AR Glasses in early 2020

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    There is also a potential dark side to AR depending on how it is implemented.
    Hopefully Apple will help steer it toward the right direction as useful and beneficial.
    I see sensor info, notifications, messaging, navigation, and media consumption as being good possibilities.

    However, if Apple is able to make it successful - there may be other companies that follow that may be all about monetizing user's privacy.



    GeorgeBMacwatto_cobra

  • Apple's redesigned iPad Air sports 10.9-inch display, A14 Bionic chip

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    I like the new iPad Air 4 overall. Colors are cool = green.

    i like my iPad Pro 11 but it tipped over, slightly cracked screen - so tradein value =0.

    Will miss pro-motion 120hz - and yes you can notice if u care and don’t believe quality/improvement = ‘dumb’.

    The faster 5nm a14 and colors and slightly better price are enough to mean I will probably get it even though I love Face ID on iPad Pro and iPhone X, will miss it.
    watto_cobra