gatorguy

danox said:

Good news as long as they’re not tied to Samsung in any manner.

The US plant is not. But Samsung and TSMC do have an active partnership.

South Korea's Samsung is partnering with foundry rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to jointly develop a next-generation artificial intelligence chip, identified as HBM4, intended to benefit both companies.

humbug1873 said:

OriginalAppleGuy said:

YouTube - has gotten ridiculous since Google bought them. The commercials make watching videos horrible. Have them up front, not every 10 seconds. And now this? It's laughable they don't have an app on the VP and go after someone that allowed a better experience than watching in a browser. I continue to look for other platforms and only go to You Tube when I have to. 

Without a decent Ad Filter Youtube nowadays is unwatchable.

I don't use an ad filter on YouTube and have yet to see an ad. 

For the low cost of two Pumpkin Spice lattes's, you never have to see one either.  How easy can it be to avoid ads, and gosh it saves way more than the price of aggravation compared to the cost of a subscription.  I've always considered it weird that folks can afford a so-so or worse lunch a few times a month, but paying less than the cost of a single one for a media service is something beyond their budget.

AppleInsider said:
"There is no doubt that this latest push from Apple will be met with appeals and arguments for months to come."

Since Apple was already barred from further appealing, the only way this could happen is if Apple can somehow persuade the judge who made the ruling to vacate it.

beowulfschmidt said:

spheric said:

beowulfschmidt said:

gatorguy said:

beowulfschmidt said:

There was zero chance that the EU court was ever going to rule in Apple's favor and forgo that 14+ billion dollars.

One EU court already did side with Apple. 

But not the one that actually counts, apparently.

You are familiar with the concept of appeals? 

I am.  Which is why I said that the one EU court that sided with Apple is not the one that counts.  Its ruling won't stand on appeal.

It's ruling didn't stand on appeal.

This is done, over. No more appeals, no more avenues to avoid turning the $14Billion over to the taxing authorities. Apple was deemed guilty in the highest court of law, end of story.

macxpress said:

gatorguy said:

Does there seem to be an unusual amount of Apple firmware issues in the past few weeks, some serious enough to that require them pulled? Maybe it's relatively common and I've just not noticed. At the moment, it's hitting a big range of Apple products.

What other firmware issues have there been other than the iPad one? 

Aren't there iOS 18 (firmware) touchscreen issues being reported too? Outside of mobile I've been reading of problems introduced with MacOS Sequoia. All this seems to be within the past 30 days. Common or not common?