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  • Apple developing new terahertz radiation sensor tech for non-invasive glucose monitoring

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    Despite it not being ionizing, I wonder how long it would be before some spurious lawsuit or legislation claims it causes cancer, despite it not having the energy to cause those type of replicative errors.

    That being said, as much as I love my series 3, I know it’s only a matter of time before advances in feature set convince me to upgrade.
    Oferapplguylolliverwatto_cobra

  • Apple apologizes for falsely accusing developer of fraud

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    Pretty bad optics for Apple to ban an app and developer trying to keep alive a language of indigenous peoples. So many of these cultures and languages are gone forever. It’s an issue I’m painfully aware of as my own family name is derived from a now extinct language, with only a few latinized words left in Italian as testimony that my ancestors and their Germanic language ever existed.
    ronnOferelijahg

  • Renault touted as great potential Apple Car partner by analyst

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    ro_ro_ur_boat said:
    No matter who Apple will partner with, the cars will be built at Apple’s standard. That alone will be a great lesson to learn by car manufacturer. 

    It’s not like Apple will not have “requirements” on quality of materials to be used. 

    My concern is when it will come out and how it is going to be differentiated from other BEVs currently on the market. All the rumors going around are just that, rumors. I want to see the final product and what it can do. 
    At this point, the biggest differentiation appears to be the inability to drive it, meaning that the 1st generation car is being alleged to be entirely driverless. For me, this allegation is a showstopper, regardless of how many partners Apple chooses for their supply chain and who they are. Frankly, all the work that Apple has put into AR was the reason I was intrigued by the prospect of an Apple BEV; but, if there is no way to drive it, then I'll wait to see if a future generation is more inclusive. 
    watto_cobra

  • Cryptocurrency should be Apple's future financial gambit, analyst says

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    GeorgeBMac said:
    The U.S. dollar remains the base, the defacto, currency for the world.
    It used to (until Richard Nixon) be backed by gold (although by that time its ties to gold were pretty shaky)
    Now, it is based on the "Full Faith and Credit of the United States"  -- which just piled up a $4 Trillion deficit.

    Meanwhile, most of U.S. influence and power in the world is based on
    1)   An overwhelming military that is being funded with borrowed money
    2)   A financial system (including the world's default currency) that the world trusts and relies on.

    So, what happens, when the world no longer cares what a dollar is worth because it has already moved on to a different currency?
    Is there any difference to the U.S. if the world makes the remnimbi the defacto currency or BitCoin?

    I keep waiting for the U.S. treasury and Fed to weigh in on this -- but they seem to be blissfully sitting back waiting to see what will happen
    No, the US dollar is backed by agreements by multiple oil producers to only accept dollars for crude, hence the term petrodollars.

    The “full faith and credit” of the US dollar is undermined by a private central bank that has presided over a 98+% loss of value of the dollar since its inception in 1913 (which violates the US Constitution which does not give Congress the power to delegate their monetary duties to an outside agency) and by a government that owes more than its entire M1 money supply.
    patchythepirate

  • Cryptocurrency should be Apple's future financial gambit, analyst says

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    seanj said:
    Absolutely stupid idea. The reason why people have faith in national currencies is because there is a bank standing behind it, obligated to honour it; - the Federal Reserve for the US Dollar, the Bank of England for Sterling, etc.
    If Apple were to launch a crypto currency, or be closely associated with one, then people would believe rightly or wrongly that Apple would be liable for any losses they might incur from holding it. It could end up being be a public relations disaster for Apple, or worse, it could deliver a severe financial blow to the company.
    Considering that the US Federal Reserve has presided over a greater than 98% loss in value of the dollar, is your confidence in central banks really that well placed? Additionally, it’s historically flawed. Not every national currency has a central bank. The US Federal Reserve, which is actually a private bank that the US Congress unlawfully delegated their treasury duties to in 1913, is the second central bank in US history. Most of US history there was no central bank. 
    patchythepiratewatto_cobra