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  • Apple's safety report for 'Project Titan' testing comes in at just 7 pages

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    Probably more like four pages if they used up more than 50% of the surface space on each page.  Looks cute, I guess
    beowulfschmidt

  • The Nest Secure has a hidden microphone, and Google didn't tell owners for 18 months

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    hmurchison said:
    Looking forward to replacing my Google Home based stuff with something more secure.    I've got an Amazon Echo Show and Dot sitting disconnected.   You don't need cloud accounts for Home Automation the cloud is simply needed for voice assistants and frankly I try to build my home around everything being easy to control without voice so that voice is just a bonus. 

    Thought long and hard about picking up a HomePod over the holidays when they went on sale.    I imagine that eventually my system will pretty much just contain a few HomePods  and Sonos and with the resurgence of HomeKit I'll start moving back in that direction. 


    I’m taking the same approach.  I have virtually disconnected myself from the Google platform, going as far to shed myself of my Gmail account and using DuckDuckGo exclusively.  
    elijahgredgeminipaGeorgeBMacdysamoriacat52lolliverwatto_cobra

  • Apple highlights iPad Pro's productivity prowess in new ad series

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    entropys said:
    All true, and I use my iPad Pro in many/most of these ways, if not as fast :) it’s a great tool.

    At present though Apple is overselling it.

    Until it has a file management system that integrates into the typical workplace (aka a Microsoft world) and peripheral support like accessing data and transferring files from any old external storage, it isn’t there. Ditto with AirPlay. Useless for presentations as most conference rooms don’t have Apple tvs.  You end up tethered like any laptop, except you have a dongle as well of course. Intergration with win10 wireless presentations systems would be handy.

    all these problems would be fixed with OS changes. Then it becomes the laptop killer.


    Apple is dedicated to security and privacy.  Any sort of crack in the management of the file system opens the system up to malware.  It’s a really tough compromise.  Apple is making tiny innovations every year to increase convenience, but there is a reason they don’t just let us access any directories or plug in and access any storage device.  
    racerhomie3Paymonwatto_cobra

  • Review: The First Alert OneLink smart smoke & carbon monoxide detector is a more affordabl...

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    Forgive me, but this one’s sort of a half baked review.  More of a description of what it is and what it’s supposed to do.  Any testing of the detection and alerting?

    The device has pretty poor recent reviews on Amazon, but this AI review doesn’t address the pairing process or any post-installation functionality.
    StrangeDayswatto_cobra

  • No, Apple, a slightly bent iPad Pro straight out of the box isn't acceptable

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    mac_dog said:
    rwx9901 said:
    Do the people that own this realize what they've got in their possession?  Talk about first world problems. 
    Exactly what I was thinking. And it’s only going to get worse. The fall of the west. It ain’t gonna be pretty. 
    M k.  So, I’m sure you won’t mind that sweater with a pull in it, or the new shirt you get with one sleeve longer than the other.    
    apres587