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EU antitrust chief & Apple foe Margrethe Vestager out after 10 years
She did her job well and fearlessly. Will be tough to follow up.
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New Magic Mouse said to fix everything that's been wrong with it for 15 years
That's ok then. I'm perfectly happy to accept suboptimal design if it contributes to Apple's bottom line.foregoneconclusion said:The reason the charging port is on the bottom is due to the original removable battery option. The charging port is in the same location as the latch for the removable battery cover. That allowed Apple to save $$ by keeping the industrial design almost identical between the two different versions.
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iOS 26 is here with Liquid Glass redesign, new Camera, and Apple Intelligence promises
The UI screenshots going round look terrible. A lot of work needed to tone this mess down.
Why would I want to be able to see through my controls?! The entire idea is stupid. There had better be a system wide "turn off transparency" option.
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Apple COO Jeff Williams retiring later in 2025, replaced by SVP Sabih Khan
2 years younger than Tim Cook.
Jeff Williams always seemed like a great guy. Not flashy, just quietly getting the job done.
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UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users
I doubt this has legs, but I hope Apple up the storage level of the free tier to head it off anyway, the lack of increase over so many years is as much of an insult to their customers as is their RAM and storage upgrade pricing.
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Senator Warren asks if Apple CEO Tim Cook's Trump playbook is blatant corruption
No she isn't, she's a career academic who only got into politics in her 60s.zeus423 said:Warren is a career politician. I’m sure she’s very familiar with corruption.
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US will not tolerate EU fine against Apple, says White House
If the only thing you're considering is the available fines then you've got a weird-ass definition of a kangaroo court.shrave10 said:
US does not have any organization that can fine companies 10% of global turnover before any court appeals are done. If the EU is not a definition of a kangaroo court, I don't know what istiredskills said:
Do you really believe that the US news bubble that you live in would report on the EU Commission fining EU companies? Newsflash, they have done so many times, you are just ignorant of it.shrave10 said:Appeal to what? A kangaroo court that always fines US companies guilty and EU companies innocent?
Incidentally, this fine is well short of 10% of global turnover. It's barely 1% of revenue in the EU.
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One of these three Apple executives will probably be Tim Cook's replacement
No it wasn't.602warren said:
Remember the iPhone was an $800 unsubsidized phone with little capability when it first launched.
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OpenAI's $6.5B bet on Jony Ive could redefine how people interact with technology
Agree with your general point, but couldn't disagree more with the specifics. AI is an uncooked and destructive waste of time, and Apple aren't behind in hardware at all, their hardware is better relative to their competition than it has ever been. Software and developer relations is where they are falling over. They have great products, that are being held back by their maker's greed and lack of care and attention.MassiveAttack said:After reading John Gruber´s articles "something is rotten at Apple" and John Siracusa´s article "Apple Turnover", I have to say that something is really rotten at Apple.
Apple is behind in AI (LLM, Siri, their GPU capacity, human resources for AI etc.).
Apple is behind in their HW. Apple is launching foldables.... when??
Apple has been rotten with their timid updates for iPhones. Camera gets better and better, but not much.
iPhone 17´s design is rotten.
I mean.... What isn´t rotten?
I do not expect too much from io or OpenAI, but I hope they prove me wrong.
At the end, it is due that we really need "cool" devices nobody is thinkg about yet.
Rotten Apple.
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AppleCare One launches as a single plan to cover multiple Apple devices
Apple One is cheaper than the iCloud, TV+ and Music subscriptions on its own. Subscribe, pay less, ignore the games.jamnap said:Great, but now Apple really needs to offer an Apple One plan without Arcade. Why does Apple think everyone wants Arcade?. I would like a reasonably priced Apple One that bundles ATV+, Music and iCloud+. Why is this so difficult for Apple marketing to offer? Not everyone wants to play games.
