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Dear editor and readers: the word that Gene Roddenberry probably meant to use is "phonemes," not phenoms (superstars / phenomenons).  Since it's been quoted, he either misspoke at the time, or was misquoted by the person who wrote it at the original Deadline article.  Phonemes are the basic units of speech.

Can you please correct this with an [sp] mark?

https://heavy.com/entertainment/star-trek/majel-barrett-record-voice-siri/

This also works great for walking tours where you would normally wear a receiver around your neck and plug in wired earbuds to hear the tour guide.  This system is very very common, especially among European river cruise operators.  The AirFly allowed us to tuck the receiver into our bag and listen on our AirPods Pro instead.  With ANC enabled, it was much easier to hear the guide speaking amid the noise of the city!

If multiple high-ranking executives at Apple have to come out with damage control PR in the span of one week, this should be a clue that the initiative, however well-intentioned, is deeply unpopular and should be abandoned.

Apple is not law enforcement or a government agency.  They can't say no forever.  They've already said yes to exemptions for China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia just to keep selling the phones in those countries.  This CSAM process can and will be abused by foreign governments to coerce Apple to carve out exemptions under the threat of having Apple devices banned, embargoed, or cut off from the Internet.

fred1 said:

I’m confused. If “The iPhone and newer support 20W fast charging, why does Apple say that their 35 W chargers are compatible with the iPhone 8 and newer models?

The device limits the charger if the charger has excess capacity.  The charger's max rate is 35W, but the charger and the device negotiate for the expected charging rate, which is 20W.  FYI, the USB-C spec raises the default voltage from 5V to 20V, so 20W = 20V x 1A. 

fahlman said:

I support thousands of Windows computers and hundreds of macOS computers as my job. I would never use Windows personally. It's even a double-edged sword in the enterprise due to the manageability, but its a security nightmare.

I have worked in environments with many thousands of Windows and Mac computers.  The Windows admins have far more BS to deal with: driver packs, KBs and hotfixes, quality rollups, cumulative rollups, etc.  Patching is a major headache on Windows, especially with how I've seen it work in SCCM.  If you want an 'easy' solution, be prepared to pay a lot of money for a third party product, or else you're using something like Ninite for a small/medium office.  On the Mac, there are so many awesome developers who have created whole patching solutions FOR FREE and posted them on Github with excellent documentation.  Nudge is an example of one designed to encourage users to install their macOS updates in a timely manner.  Even a halfway competent admin with some scripting chops can make sense of most of the offerings and roll them out quickly, and the developers are motivated by Apple's mantra of making great user experiences.

chutzpah said:

That's the point.  He's on the hook for $250k of subscription refunds, but that pales in comparison to the $20 million he'd have to pay Reddit in API fees if he were to try and keep going and honour the subscription service.  He'd understandly rather give the refunds.

I guess all the Reddit channel black outs achieved diddly squat.

You do realize that the subreddit protests haven't happened yet, and they're starting this week, right?  All the announcements have said January 12-14, but some of the largest subreddits, including /r/Videos, have made the decision to go dark permanently unless Reddit changes its tactics. 

Otherwise, starting Monday, thousands of subreddits—including some of the top default subs like funny, pics, science, and more—are either locking or going completely private.  

The CEO of reddit did an AMA yesterday.  It didn't go well.  If someone was considering an investment in reddit, Huffman's mercurial responses and doubling-down on false accusations against Apollo's developer should give them pause.

michelb76 said:

What would be the moniker for these? iHoles? Pro-holes? V-holes?

Back in 2012, Google Glass was making waves as people started wearing them in public.  They got labeled "glassholes," and some establishments would ban people from wearing them because the glasses were constantly recording everything without the other party's consent.  If Apple's AR product takes off, you might have to call them "ARssholes."

"The UK government will be testing its emergency alert system on Sunday, with the vast majority of iPhone users expected to disable their emergency alerts shortly thereafter."

I read the WOOL series when it was first released.  Gripping, page-turning sci-fi at its finest.  Very excited about this one.