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  • Jon Stewart opens up about Apple interference in his show

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    RDWTX said:
    Michae1 said:
    I was such a big fan of his, but it’s sad to see what he’s become. I feel like he got starred for attention during his absence and now just saying/doing anything to get in a spotlight.
    So, what did he say that wasn't true?
    Nothing. Watch his bit on AI that just came out. It's spot on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20TAkcy3aBY

    And of course, now that we know Apple is prepping a big AI push, it's clear why they didn't want him (or anyone) saying anything remotely negative about AI. 

    Stewart is as good as ever. I'm an Apple fan and have been for decades. I even used to work at Apple. But I never want to get to the point where I immediately write off anyone who questions Apple (or in this case, a technology that Apple happens to be working on). That seems unhealthy.
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  • Steve Jobs, Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes, and when the 'reality distortion field' fails

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    AppleInsider said:
    Like Jobs, Holmes spoke with a deep voice and favored black turtlenecks. 
    Steve Jobs actually spoke with a fairly high voice. 
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  • iPhone 15 Pro review: Best balance of performance to price yet in an iPhone

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    nubus said:
    The "Apple did USB C on their own" is simply not true. Apple agreed in 2009 and 2014 to standardize the connector. EU told about the plans in 2019 to make it USB-C - that is 4 years ago. And no... Apple couldn't wait to next year. Apple is selling iPhone 13, 14, 15 - next year it will be 14, 15, 16... but at the end of 2024 only USB-C devices can be in the shops.

    Apple will have to terminate sales of non USB-C devices clear all inventory from 27 countries... if they did so with 16 then they would have 3 months to get rid of all previous versions. It had to be this year, and even so iPhone 14 will have to be removed ahead of time from EU probably early next year to avoid having the products in the shops.
    You’re wrong about a lot of this. The EU announced the ruling on USB-C in 2021, and announced the timing of it at the end of 2022. Also, only phones newly introduced to the market after the deadline (Dec 28, 2024) will have to have USB-C. Apple can continue to sell pre-existing models after that. 
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  • Craig Federighi ignited Apple's AI efforts after using Microsoft's Copilot

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    Rogue01 said:
    "That has seemed nonsensical since Apple has had Siri for almost 15 years"

    They can't be serious?  Siri has been dumb since day one, and 13 years later since the introduction, Siri is still dumb.  Can't even play a playlist on my phone.  Siri - Sorry, I can't do that.  So no, Apple has not had an Intelligent Assistant, ever.  The majority of responses are, 'I can't do that' or 'Let me look that up on the internet'.  I asked for Siri for directions while driving and her response was, 'You need to pull over for that', and this was the response through CarPlay.  I am not holding my breath for anything AI from Apple since they let Siri continue to be stupid for over a decade.
    Siri used to be smarter. For example, I used to be able to use it on my Mac to open specific folders. For some reason, features have been dropped or disabled. Really hoping we're at a turning point with it now.
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  • Apple's failed 'Project Titan' was a Full Self Driving gamble

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    avon b7 said:

    If they really thought they could leapfrog to the forefront of FSD in a few short years then, at best, it was wishful thinking and at worst crazy. 



    "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. Rebels. Troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. Whole some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do."
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  • Steve Jobs emails reveal why iOS users can't buy Kindle books

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    I don’t understand how making Amazon use Apple’s payment mechanism (or “bow out”) addresses the problem of the Kindle app being cross-platform and making it easy to switch from iOS to Android. Can someone explain that to me?
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  • Craig Federighi ignited Apple's AI efforts after using Microsoft's Copilot

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    gatorguy said:
    Shouldn't it be Christmas of 2023 and not 2022? I don't think Copilot had been released until middle of last year had it?

    If so Craig played with it 6 months ago, not a year and a half back, and thus Apple didn't get serious until earlier this year, perhaps the last 4-5 months. 

    EDIT: Verified that Copilot wasn't announced until March of last year. But apparently Mr. Federighi was playing around with pre-release Github code on the project. 
    Copilot is a rebranding of the GPT-enabled Bing chatbot that was made public at the end of 2022, so I presume that's what this article is referring to. 
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