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  • Apple working on new pro-level display with embedded A13 chip, claims report

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    crowley said:
    Are you saying that the Pro Display XDR doesn't have an Apple developed chip at its core?

    Because I find that hard to believe.
    This from Apple’s white paper on the XDR technology. The XDR has an Apple-designed timing controller (TCON) chip engineered to precisely control high-speed modulation of both 20.4 million LCD pixels and 
 576 LEDs in backlight for seamless synchronization. 
    tenthousandthingswatto_cobra

  • Apple asking judge stop iOS, App Store from being labeled 'essential facility'

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    dantheman827 said:
    lkrupp said:
    This whole dispute that’s going on about Apple worldwide relies on a convoluted definition of monopoly. How can it be construed that people have no choice in smartphones? The whole world knows by now that buying an iPhone means you knowingly agree to live in the walled garden. You have the choice not to buy an iPhone if you don't like that. To buy an iPhone and THEN start to bitch about the ‘monopoly’ of the walled garden seems irrational and petty. Then there’s fact that iOS is a minority mobile operating system worldwide. Even in the U.S. it’s market share is below 50%.

    I personally reject the idea that Apple is a monopoly unto itself and I hope judges and governments come around to that opinion.
    iOS has around 60% in the US last I checked.
    You're both correct.
    iOS smartphone US market share is around 50%
    iOS tablet and smartphone US market share is around 60%
    FileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Apple Card Family expands availability to spouses, children over 13

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    The added facility also means existing Apple Card users can merge their accounts together for a higher shared credit limit
    I doubt that this new feature allows "for a higher shared credit limit." That's an interesting spin on the truth, which is that the old system divided the credit limit into two different smaller credit limits. So it's not higher now than the combined accounts were before this change. There is no new higher credit, it's just how you count it.
    From the press release. “Existing Apple Card customers can also merge their Apple Card accounts, giving the flexibility of a higher shared credit limit while keeping the lower APR of the two accounts.”
    Rayz2016

  • Facebook staff can continue remote working, but may face pay cut [u]

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    sflocal said:
    Rayz2016 said:
    If they’re cutting homeworkers’ pay then can we assume Facebook will also be pickup up the heating, electricity and connection costs during work hours?
    Why?  The employee can just claim their home-office as a tax-deduction. 
    Not so. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by Trump in 2017 removed the employee home office deduction until 2025. Self-employed and gig workers can still claim the deduction. Note that the standard deduction and child tax credit was significantly raised leading to the temporary tax cut (expires after 2025) many are enjoying. 
    ronnGeorgeBMacStrangeDays

  • Intel takes aim at Apple, instead shoots itself in the dongle

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    Besides that, still no. Computer users have been adapting since day one, and will continue to do so forever. 
    Reminds me of the 5 pin din plug for the TRS-80 cassette drive and how far computers have come.
    killroyradarthekatFileMakerFellermainyehclolliverwatto_cobra