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  • DOJ goes after US citizen for developing anti-ICE app

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    anthogag said:
    Sure, fully armed ICE agents backed by the army should be scared as they attempt to apprehend people at work. How many ICE agents are members of the far right? They seem to be attacking people at work with over-the-top violence. 

    Well, when cruelty is one of the key components of the policy, what should one expect?

    This app isn't any more illegal than one that warns about speed traps.
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  • Apple apologizes for iPad Pro 'Crush' ad after massive backlash

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    Xed said:
    Personally, I thought the ad was great and even after reading about several explanations as to why it's upsetting to some people, I don't get it.
    Here's my take: Working musicians like me are so careful to protect and respect our instruments. They're connected to us and fairly fragile (my century-old violin is at its root a wooden box that could be easily destroyed). Seeing those instruments crushed in this ad was upsetting – not traumatizing – and, more important, did not make me want to buy one of these iPads. There are other ways to get the same point across, like having these objects CGI-sucked into a circuit board. Good for Apple simply to admit this ad misfired and move on.

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  • China lambastes Apple, others for 'incorrect' references to Hong Kong & Taiwan

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    From a historical perspective, the mainland's attitude and official position are completely understandable, but I've always thought that talks about peaceful reunification would actually be far easier if they started from the acknowledgement that there are, in effect, two independent countries in play here. Is anyone remotely surprised that telling Taiwan that it's just a rebellious province that needs to come in from the cold hasn't been very helpful?
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  • AirTag again exposes lies told by airlines about lost luggage

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    AppleZulu said:
    “Lying” suggests the airlines knew where the luggage was and intentionally said it was in a different location. It’s much more likely here that the airlines’ tracking system, which depends on a bar code being correctly scanned, was reporting incorrect information to staff, and they were reflecting that information to the customer. Yes, the customer was telling them he had different information, but all they have to go on is their own system, which to be fair, moves a huge amount of luggage around correctly every day. 

    So this isn’t about anyone lying, it’s about a customer convincing airline staff that he has different, more accurate info, and that, based on his info, they need to pull a person off of whatever task they’re normally doing, send them to the general area where the customer sees his luggage pinging, find it, and return it correctly to their system for final delivery. It’s not that they shouldn’t be expected to do that, but it’s at least realistic to understand what that means in the context of a system that’s still moving millions of other bags to their destination. 

    Airlines do correctly deliver an enormous volume of luggage every day, and people forget what a logistical triumph that is. The problem is that, when presented proof that the system has failed in a specific instance, the typical airline response is that the customer is wrong. The airline here did lie that it knew where the bag was and when and how it would be returned. You're right that it wasn't lying in the usual criminal sense, but it was a known falsehood: A quick check by airline staff in the airports involved would have confirmed that.
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  • iPhone SE is powerful & accessible with tired design, early reviews say

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    Complaints about "tired" design make me laugh. Form follows function. No one complains about the "tired" design of a toaster: Toasters have to do what they do, and there are only so many ways to do that. Phones aren't much different at this point.
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  • Netflix is finally killing off support for 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TVs

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    cincytee said:
    Still happily watching a 25-year-old CRT TV with a digital converter. During commercials I get a beverage from my 55-year-old refrigerator, which soldiers on without complaint. The forced obsolescence of basically new hardware for something as mundane as watching TV is ridiculous.
    If you're still on a CRT you clearly do not care about the quality of your image.
    It's not that I don't care; it's a case of diminishing returns. The CRT with digital signal is perfectly acceptable. It's like the audiophile world: The best sound doesn't equate with the best musical performance.
    Technology changes since then are hardly forced obsolescence.
    No, they're not, and, if I want to get the very best in cutting-edge tech, I have no objection to that requiring that I buy cutting-edge devices. I do object to extorting me to buy new equipment to continue to get the service that already works fine.
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  • Tim Cook may have met with Trump during WWDC to discuss second term priorities

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    ... in what has been described as a meandering discussion.
    What other kind would it be with Trump?
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  • Apple stock hits new record high after Apple Intelligence reveals

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    Watched the price go down during yesterday's keynote (Apple is doomed!) and then wondered how big the bounce would be today. As it turns out, pretty darn big. My stock account thanks you.
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  • Google keeps trying to hammer on Apple for not adopting RCS

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    Apple's products rely on iMessage when commuting with other Apple products, 
    Communicating, I assume?
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  • Microsoft blew $8.5 billion on Skype only to spend 14 years killing it

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    This attitude goes back even farther than "Windows isn't done till Lotus won't run."
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