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  • US TSMC probe puts iPhone chips at risk

    eightzeroeightzero
    Tim Apple needs to make some more calls to well placed dictators, and dictators-in-waiting.
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  • Apple Vision Pro customers face a 25-minute in-store sales pitch

    eightzeroeightzero
    Rogue01 said:
    A 25 minute sales pitch.  So it is like getting suckered into a timeshare purchase.

    Yeah, Apple has a lot of convincing to do.  No one has interest in the AR space, and $3500 isn't going to convince anyone for running iPad apps in 'space'.

    The iPhone solved a problem.  This solves nothing.
    I didn't know I had a problem with my phone when iPhone came out. I saw the price and said, literally out loud, "yeah right...for a phone?"

    And then....
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  • Goldman Sachs continues to bleed cash from Apple Card operations

    eightzeroeightzero
    OK, I really don't get this. How does GS lose money on a credit card? Are they paying Apple a disproportionate amount of their rake from the cardholders? The article says "credit losses" so somehow more Apple Card holders are welching? 

    Or...it is possible GS thinks they just aren't making the billion they planned? Not sure that's a "loss."

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  • iPhone 16 Pro gets bigger and better with improved cameras and Apple Intelligence

    eightzeroeightzero
    idea: next year, I'm hoping siri with AI can watch this live event and send me a 3 paragraph summary. will save me nearly 2 hours of being marketed. that's apple intelligence
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  • AppleCare One launches as a single plan to cover multiple Apple devices

    eightzeroeightzero
    randominternetperson said:
    FYI, here are the deductibles for theft or loss:

    Apple Watch:$119 for theft or loss

    iPhone: $149 for theft or loss

    iPad: $129 for theft or loss

    https://www.apple.com/legal/applecare/fees-deductibles/


    FWIW, many credit card companies will cover theft or loss with no deductible on iPhone if you pay your cell bill on their card. Not sure, but I think a cell enabled watch would similarly be covered. It is limited to like once every two years, but still...free is a good price. And they do seem to get good reviews from consumers - they actually do pay. 
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  • Apple's long-rumored homeOS may arrive in 2025 with Home Hub

    eightzeroeightzero
    williamlondon said:
    kkqd1337 said:
    Maybe it's just not for me, but I really don't see a market for something with a robotic arm that stalks you. Also Amazon already tried this and it was a bit a flop. Very niche.

    I know I am not the only one who wishes Apple would use their expertise again to make home WiFi routers/networks. Its' such critical infrastructure I can't understand why the abandoned this.
    First, just because *you* don't see any value doesn't mean no one sees any value, that's a bit of a narcissist's view to be quite blunt and is quite illogical. Amazon has had many flops, so even that argument doesn't hold water.

    It'll be interesting to see what they come up, mostly to see how the arm stays out of the way of the directional speakers (that rendering above is strange).

    As for the WiFi routers/networks, I'm with you there, but why is it either/or? Why do they have to drop one product you don't like just to re-start one you do? No reason they can't work on both, but for their reasons they don't want to be in that market anymore. Wish they'd change their minds, my eeros are okay, but I had better experience with every Apple WiFI router I owned.
    NB: the quoted comment starts "Maybe it's just not for me" and then you accuse them of being self-centered? Yeesh. And pointing out Amazon tried this very thing, has nothing to do with other flops. And there's nothing in the post about the either/or you read into it. Yes, most corporations have choices about priorities, but so do individuals. But I'll ask you this: what do you think are their reasons for not being in the wifi networking hardware market anymore? 
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  • UK's iPhone spying backdoor demand sparks bipartisan US lawmaker anger

    eightzeroeightzero
    And given the US just put a Russian mole in charge of their intelligence apparatus, other countries are simply not going to give information to the US. The US simply cannot be trusted. At all.
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  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

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    zone said:
    kiwimachead said:
    Far out. I’ll always struggle to understand how north Americans voted this psychopath into the White House, twice.
    Because most Americans are uneducated and not very smart. We have some of the best and some of the worst people in the world. We are the stupid melting pot of the world. However, even the craziest MAGA will revolt when they can't afford cigarettes and beer. They will revolt when those lottery tickets won't get them out of this debt and mess they are in...
    Concur. But even then, these neurodivergent helpless non-functional individuals will be told, and they will repeat, that the reason they can't afford cigs and beer is because obama and biden and wokeness and <insert racist dog whistle trope here>. Since they are non-functional, they will do what makes them feel the best, and that is to vote with the morons around them that concur that it is *someone else's fault* . And...it is easy to see who that someone is, because they don't look like them. Oh, and that someone speaks in complete sentences = elitist = bad = their fault. 70+ million people in the US voted to board the Titanic a second time.
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  • OpenAI's $6.5B bet on Jony Ive could redefine how people interact with technology

    eightzeroeightzero
    I'm all AI'ed and voice assistantsed out. When Apple said the iPhone 16 was "built for AI" I took that as a warning, not a feature. I just want an off switch, m'kay?

    My opinion only. YMMV. If you enjoy this stuff, great. I'm happy for you. 
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  • macOS 26 may not support 2018 MacBook Pros, 2019 iMacs, or the iMac Pro

    eightzeroeightzero
    Please tell me that this isn't because Apple wants to ram (!) AI down our collective throats. Could we please just have non-AI OS support for these machines?
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