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  • Kuo: 'Apple Car' to use Hyundai's E-GMP platform, GM and PSA partnerships possible

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    My hope has long been that Apple would use more corrosion resistant materials in any car they ever produce, and the hot rolled steel mentioned in the battery structure portion of the article doesn’t inspire confidence in New England dwelling me.

    One of the key selling points, to me, regarding obvious competitor, Tesla, is their use of aluminum in their S3XY line and their use of 30X stainless in their upcoming pickup. I’ve lost too many fun and mechanically viable vehicles to salt rot/metal cancer for this to be a small issue.
    DAalsethn2itivguywatto_cobra

  • Facebook preparing to take Apple to court over iOS 14 privacy features

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    It's behavior like this that encourages me that I made the correct decision to close both my Instagram and Facebook accounts, permanently. 
    Andy.Hardwakebuttesilverentropyskillroywatto_cobra

  • Mark Zuckerberg says 'competitive interests' drive Apple's push for privacy

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    The sheer magnitude of his projection gives a sadly clear picture of his megalomaniacal disregard for the nonpaying fodder he uses to generate marketing dollars.
    p-doglolliverwilliamlondonrob55watto_cobra

  • Lawsuit claims Apple Maps infringes on navigation patents

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    Since their patent dates to only 2018, I’d be keen to know of Apple was using the alleged method beforehand, which seems rather likely.
    razorpitStrangeDayswatto_cobra

  • MacBook Pro with SD card slot, no Touch Bar coming in 2021

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    longpath said:
    For the life of me, I can’t understand why anyone is assuming that a return of MagSafe means a return of either of the old MagSafe connectors when we know for a fact that neither of them are used in MagSafe on iPhones. Indeed, given the sequence in time, I submit that it’s vastly more likely that this leak is more likely to mean some iteration of the current MagSafe tech, which is consistent with a recent Apple patent that showed MagSafe charging pads in the palm rests for charging an iPhone.
    Because the reports have stated, "The MagSafe connector in the new MacBook Pro models will have a similar shape to that of MagSafe connectors in Macs of old."  MagSafe in the iPhone is NOT a MagSafe connector.  It is inductive charging.  The report also says the MagSafe port in the new MacBook Pro would be able to charge faster, something the MagSafe in the iPhone CANNOT do.  Just because Apple files a patent, does not mean they actually introduce it.  Charging a phone on your palm rest is ridiculous because how are you supposed to use the MacBook when your phone is sitting on the palm rest?
    So you genuinely think Apple is going backwards to a connector they discarded? When, in Apple’s entire history, have they ever done so? What makes you give this report any credence whatsoever? Your answer to my initial question amounts to because the report said so; but gives zero explanation for your investment of belief in the report. 
    watto_cobra