mjtomlin

knowitall said:

The next generation of A chips (below 5nm) depend on ASML delivering the Ultra UV waver etch fab containers.
Trump has bullied the Dutch government (I know they have no spine) to not sell to ASIA, specifically China.
The Chinese government is now putting a lot of pressure on the Netherlands and ASML to sell this, despite the boycot.
A Double Dutch fubar sandwich, so to speak.
It's highly possible that ASML is not allowed to deliver to TSMC.
Intel on the other hand couldn't be more happy, and can edge a little closer to the current state of the art suppliers ...

Eric_WVGG said:

lkrupp said:

I guess one question to discuss is what makes Lightening better than USB-C. Does Lightening do something or provide something USB-C cannot?

Lightning is a very, very interesting connector.

The pins are not directly analogous to USB, as is commonly presumed. They're actually adaptive. You could have a cord that is lightning on one end and, say, VGA on the other; the device would inform the iOS device that "this is a connection where pin 1 does this, pin 2 does that, etc."

I think there was some talk about this making lightning ideal for obscure medical devices and analog video, but in practice it seems to pretty much be used just for USB. Even lightning -> HDMI without a dongle — which is totally possible — hasn't officially materialized because the HDMI foundation has a rod up its ass.

It's a shame that Apple didn't just open the standard before USB-C was invented; USB-C will never be as durable as Lightning.

rob53 said:

Andrew_OSU said:

rob53 said:

End-to-end encryption, storage on iCloud and not accessible outside the Home app. Who’s encryption is used on iCloud? If Apple has the encryption keys for iCloud are they able to decrypt the video after being served with a warrant? 

Apple is encrypting and they do not have access to it and are unable to decrypt.

If Apple is encrypting they have the encryption keys so they can technically decrypt the videos. The only way Apple doesn't have the keys is if Apple isn't handling the encryption on the iCloud servers, only using the user's encryption keys to store an encrypted file on iCloud. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'd just like to see a technical statement from Apple (security document) documenting the process. I hope you're correct since that makes this new feature worth using without worrying about anyone grabbing the videos and decrypting them. The user's keys are stored on the user's computer and include the camera systems key so the two together allow for the encrypting and decrypting. 

jabohn said:

I haven't found anything on Apple's site either than says when 13.1 is coming out and I've checked several other sites on this story, none offering a link to directly read this tidbit. But it's being reported as confirmed everywhere as well.