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  • Apple earns more from gaming than Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Activision combined

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    Maybe I'm missing something, but I have no clue what the WSJ is talking about. If you look at the court document that shows the numbers, Apple's revenue from games was $5.2 billion in 2019. Sony's was $4.2 billion and Nintendo was $2.3 billion. I don't know how the WSJ figures Apple earns more than all those other companies combined when the numbers show otherwise. 
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  • 'Fortnite' not coming back to iOS or Mac any time soon

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    omasou said:
    shareef777 said:
    Why do these appeal options even exist for cases that don't have any new evidence/data? A ruling was made, abide by it and move on.
    Watch the Netflix series Making a Murder and you will flabbergasted at how how f***up the US legal system is.
    I wouldn't judge the legal system off that documentary. Sure there were some missteps but that documentary was pretty one sided. They left out a bunch of key evidence in the case. 
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  • Mark Zuckerberg may have lied to Congress about who can see WhatsApp messages

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    hexclock said:
    MplsP said:
    crowley said:
    So it only gets triggered when one of the conversation participants reports the contact?  That seems entirely in line with expectations, what else would a user expect to happen when they report content?  If the complaint is that the user who gets reported should have their privacy respected then that seems decidedly bogus to me.

    No fan of Facebook or WhatApp, but I don't see anything to be concerned by here, save perhaps the use of external contractors.
    Except lying to Congress under oath is a felony…
    ….that never gets punished. 
    Sometimes it does. The government filed charges against Roger Clemens for lying to Congress during the steroid scandal in baseball. I know Clemens ended up being found not guilty though. 
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  • iPhone 13 will get satellite communications in just a few markets

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    22july2013 said:
    If there is a satellite SMS service in the new iPhone, or any future iPhone, most likely the iPhone itself will refuse to use that service unless you already have a carrier contract from approved carriers, since it's the carrier that will foot the bill for the satellite service. So it's not only country-specific, it's also carrier-specific. But note that the satellites may be owned by a different company than your wireless provider and your carrier will probably pay that company for each text that you send via satellite.

    Another thing is that if you try to send an SMS message outside the region supported by your carrier, your iPhone will almost certainly attempt for a roaming (chargeable) SMS message before trying the satellites (99.9% of the US population is covered by at least one wireless carrier.) So it will be hard to even test the satellite feature. I suppose remote areas of Alaska, Hawaii and Montana will benefit the most from Satellite coverage.

    There may also be a limit to the number of times per month that can send/receive a satellite text message. So if you live in some remote part of Alaska and like to send 100 text messages per day, forget it.

    Also note that plain SMS messages are not encrypted, so it's entirely possible that this new "emergency SMS" service will be monitored and non-emergency messages will just be deleted. At least for people who abuse the system.
    The majority of the US population lives in cities, so that's why you get 99% of the population covered. There are remote areas in so many states where you could test the satellite feature. The majority of National Parks for example, don't have cell coverage outside of visitor center areas. Pretty much any state that has mountains, you will be in an area with no cell phone coverage. 
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  • Apple reveals first states to use Apple Wallet for ID, driver's licence

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    JinTech said:
    Curious how this will work when checking IDs for selling alcohol. Every picture of the ID that I have seen in Apple Wallet only has a generic background, with the persons first name and last initial.
    When I visit my cousins in Louisiana, they use their digital ID to purchase alcohol. Louisiana has an app to have a digital version of your drivers license. I would imagine your drivers license in Wallet will be your actual license and not some generic background. 
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