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My home lacks neutral wires in its switch boxes, which has been the main thing holding me back from getting into smart integration. The Lutron system does get mostly positive reviews, and the others I either haven't heard of, or may not put much fai…
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eightzero said: Sorta not following here, since Apple Pay works fine with both Amex and Discover. What I do see is a resurgence of merchants adding credit card fees, and they are excessive. 3% credit card fees are now common, and there is n…
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hexclock said: rob53 said: People simply don’t understand how much (spying) access governments have. Every country spies on every other country. Every country spies on its own citizens. We can try to stop it but never will. Exactly…
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Anyone else notice what looks like excess glue squeezed out into the rightmost microphone portal in the second photo?
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To borrow a term, SoftBank and Masayoshi Son are "beleaguered." For real. The past few years have not been good for the company, and just looking at Arm alone, there was the failed sale to Nvidia, and conflict with its Chinese venture, where the C…
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chasm said: Oh noes, someone might be able to listen in on my music stream! (Yes I know there are other potential intercepts such as keystrokes, but again, the attacker has to be within Bluetooth range, so the risk on this gathering any usefu…
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Cartographers put "trap" elements (fake streets, towns, features) in their maps to help identify and catch plagiarists. Looks like dbrand borrowed that trick and caught Casetify red-handed. Hard to weasel out of this one.
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A lot of people like to hate on Cook, but his ability to diplomatically, and deftly handle the sticky situations that Apple often finds itself in is highly valuable to the company. Jobs himself wouldn't nearly be as good at it; that's just not his p…
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My recollection was that Mac(PC)Connection actually handled sales and back end logistics for the online store when it launched, before Apple set up its own operations. I also remember ordering a PowerTower Pro 225 from PCC, and since it took so long…
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I wonder if those whose negative critique of the lack of external design changes are willfully ignorant that the previous iMac design soldiered from 2012-2020, or just ignorant to expect that Apple would make any changes to the first model revision …
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Rogue01 said: The Toyota Supra is actually a re-branded BMW Z4. The engine and all electronics are made by BMW. More than that, it's basically a Z4 coupe styled and tuned by Toyota, and both are manufactured by Steyr in Austria. Before …
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dewme said: This sounds like … sound advice, even though you are kind of advocating for the “don’t worry about it” option, which I subscribe to. It sounds like Apple’s Optimized Charging feature is actually providing a false sense of comfort …
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AppleInsider said: Charging a battery is relatively efficient and uniform from 0% to 80%, but that last 20% generally takes more energy and produces more heat. This leads some users to consciously try to float their battery between 40% and 8…
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chia said: baconstang said: I wonder if they'll be offering a USB-C to 3.5mm dongle for the new phones? https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MU7E2ZM/A/usb-c-to-35mm-headphone-jack-adapter It already exists, just a question of whet…
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atomic101 said: I find the Battery Health function to be dubious. I appreciate that it's there, but my personal experience with my iPhone 13 has been to watch the health indicator steadily decrease over two years until literally freezing at …
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clexman said: Name one computing device that comes with the fastest USB-C cable. No phone, tablet, laptop or desktop does. It’s always separate or with a peripheral. This is a charging cable for the >99.9% of iPhone users that make all da…
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While unlikely, it would not be impossible for Apple to merge with Disney in some fashion, nor should the potential benefits be denied. But what's really rich is for a site that plies its trade on rumors, speculation, and hype to throw shade on ana…
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y2an said: The connector in that image isn’t aligned to the central plane of the chassis. Fake? It's a picture of the Lightning connector on the XR, which was slightly offset. Type-C connectors have a tongue, as pictured in the linked ima…
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avon b7 said: citpeks said: hmurchison said: "Apple needs a search engine" ongoing The billions of dollars Google pays Apple annually to be the default search option is probably the easiest money Apple makes. It's tru…
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hmurchison said: "Apple needs a search engine" ongoing The billions of dollars Google pays Apple annually to be the default search option is probably the easiest money Apple makes.