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This is a descriptive study masquerading as an impact study. The really interesting question is how much larger world GDP is with the App Store than without it. In the absence of the App Store, a lot of the commerce would have happened anyway, eithe…
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9secondkox2 said: blastdoor said: I’ll guess that for the iPhone the only advantage of the new packaging technology is memory and they’ll still integrate CPU and GPU on one die. But for the Mac I bet cpu and gpu move to different diies…
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9secondkox2 said: China gonna China. But it's not like everyone is clamoring for th current version of Apple's AI. Srsly. I use the enterprise version of ChatGPT almost every day for real work. All I’ve used apple intelligence for is Genmo…
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Asserting that Apple isn’t behind is equivalent to admitting you don’t use an LLM for productive purposes. It’s like people in 1996 arguing that cooperative multitasking is just as good as preemptive multitasking. Such people just hadn’t used a pre…
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foregoneconclusion said: The "power" comes from the database that is used to train the LLM. The LLM itself is worthless without it. The data is worthless without the model, too.
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I’ll guess that for the iPhone the only advantage of the new packaging technology is memory and they’ll still integrate CPU and GPU on one die. But for the Mac I bet cpu and gpu move to different diies.
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foregoneconclusion said: blastdoor said: Today, the AI features Apple desperately wants and needs to bring to their products exist in products from other companies but Apple's project management/leadership appears to be failing big time. …
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A fresh coat of paint can make all that is old seem a little less old. And it generates buzz as people debate whether they like the new look better than the old look. But I'm becoming convinced that folks who have used the Copland analogy for AI a…
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charlesn said: blastdoor said: I have now fully come around to agreeing that It’s time for Tim Cook to go. A lot of great things happened under his leadership, especially apple silicon in Macs, but the Apple car debacle and now the A…
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Stabitha_Christie said: Marvin said: blastdoor said: When I first read that Apple executives wouldn’t be talking to John Gruber this year (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/29/the-talk-show-live-tickets-2025) I interpret…
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When I first read that Apple executives wouldn’t be talking to John Gruber this year (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/29/the-talk-show-live-tickets-2025) I interpreted it as a snub. But now I wonder if the Apple executives are just going i…
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I have now fully come around to agreeing that It’s time for Tim Cook to go. A lot of great things happened under his leadership, especially apple silicon in Macs, but the Apple car debacle and now the AI debacle are convincing me that Apple needs a…
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I'm enjoying this series -- it's a bit like a cross between Breaking Bad and Mad Men.
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I'd love to see Apple make the kind of investment in original games for the Mac that they've made in series like Severance for Apple TV+. Apple has gradually built up a pretty solid technological foundation, both hardware and software, for games o…
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Nikon8 said: I don’t care about speeds. It makes little difference. I rather want less watts. Agreed. LTE made a big and noticeable improvement. I haven’t perceived any improvement with 5G. So if there’s no perceptible improvement, just …
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tipoo said: Moving out of the totalitarian CCP ruled China into a democratic ally is a major win. Just don't know why Trump is now shaking a stick at that too. "democratic ally" is a bit of an overstatement. India is more democratic and f…
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Rogue01 said: Since the Ultra chips require a gigantic 2 lb. heat sink to keep it cool, that would be impossible in a MacBook. That is why the M-Ultra Mac Studio is considerably heavier than the M-Max Mac Studio. The fused Max chips require…
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Marvin said: Supersillyus said: The device won't include a displayOk it's dead then. People like to look at stuff. If you want to speak to a device you can do that to your phone or watch already. And you can look at images on them.The …
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fred1 said: The reasons given that prevent iPhones from being made in the US - “there is not the required skilled labor, there is not a supply of the rare minerals needed, and there are no facilities.” - can be dealt with, but would take year…
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bloggerblog said: Remember OQO inc, ModBook, or General Magic? There's a pattern where Apple ex-employees failing on their own, not saying the pattern won't be broken. But that it exists I think there's a very distinct possibility that i…