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There are other forces pushing/pulling Apple's approaches to AI rather than just an internal/external "make vs. buy" decision, one side favoring Apple's "walled garden" using in-house IP, the other side ceding some control in the arena. That is, A…
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It does appear to be of greater import than the "How many R's are there in 'strawberry'" problem. (Currently Siri/Apple Intelligence answers with "two" since it seems to be based upon the ChatGPT 4o family. ChatGPT o1 answers differently, but who k…
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I'm very skeptical of this chip-binning-due-to-flaws notion. As yields improve, a chip customer might not be able to get enough off-spec chips to match the market. They'd have to eventually ship full-spec chips and somehow "nerf" the functionality b…
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Massiveattack87 said: [....] Apple Car has never made sense. Since the Tesla Model 3 debuted as a minimalist software-driven iPad on wheels, indeed, an Apple effort never made sense. (Although I don't drink Elon Musk Koolaid, I'm quite happ…
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VirnetX redux.
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danox said: coolfactor said: I never did get an iSight or Hi-Fi. Wishing I had, though. The Apple hi-fi has a 3.5 audio jack, which means you can still use it today if you have one. Wired connections work that way too bad the origin…
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, my stereo(!) class-A amplifier Apple iPod Hi-Fi is still going strong, not using the decrepit iPod connectors (or the useless boom-box battery mode), but as a wired sound bar for my kitchen TV. If I want to get re…
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jose8964 said: The curvature of existing Apple Watch is elegant, so it doesn’t need any change, in my opinion. The straight edge of iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 makes the phone harder to grip, especially if your hands are small. I prefer previous …
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BubbaHotep said: What all of these advocates for, "right to repair," leave out is just how damn difficult it is to repair a modern Apple device especially an iPhone. I worked for Apple in an Apple retail store and I HATED repairing iPhones, e…
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I thought that late-model 2021 Tesla vehicles sans radar constituted an existence proof that radar is not needed for a driver-assist system, just 8-camera vision?
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Kind of like how the iPhone 9 never really sold well in Germany, which they called the iPhone "Nein".
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When I worked at Adobe, Geschke always appeared as a wise and humble man. The story he relayed to staff after the kidnapping was quite horrific, about his attempted escape and tense FBI negotiations. The Adobe/Apple rift was quite overblown -- s…
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avon b7 said: rotateleftbyte said: avon b7 said: micklb74 said: https://www.foxconn.com/en-us/mih-ev-open-platform Yes. And Bosch has 30,000 software engineers working on varying aspects of Autonomous Driving and in …
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Apple doesn't advertise this widely, but has always maintained that much data (messages, photos, notes, etc. mentioned in the Green paper) backed up to iCloud is not end-to-end encrypted. Instead it uses a master Apple key that can be used to decr…
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Another difference left unmentioned is that Apple lists "stereo speakers" for MacBook Air audio but "stereo speakers with high dynamic range" for the MacBook Pro. A teardown might show whether there is a physical difference, but maybe not and ther…
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Is that a correct speed test, or just an illustrative picture taken from elsewhere? If so, both the 13" and 16" MacBook Pro handily outpace it, which is strange for an otherwise more powerful desktop. Even Thunderbolt interface external drives a…
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What's this fuss all about? There doesn't need to be an "app" for everything. The competition is called a "webpage". An amazing concept, and you can store hundreds or thousands of them on any device, easily searched for or auto-filled. Noted as an…
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cat52 said: Hoffman is stating the obvious, but all the same major props for bringing some attention to the issue. Anger is indeed addictive, and the social media companies will ride that all the way to the bank, every time. And I don't hav…
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To Apple non-coder outsiders, layering an OS atop other hardware always seems like sleight-of-hand, possibly because of Apple's infamous secrecy. But it's SOP in the industry. (I'm long-retired from participating in such at the defunct Sun Microsy…
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tardis said: I have a collection of Apple Watches, one from 1999, one from 2010 and one from 2016. Strictly speaking, the first two belong to my wife and the third is mine. The first was a birthday present. It is of course an analogue watch,…