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  • Apple's largest research lab outside the US opens in China

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    inkling said:
    Putting a research lab in China makes no sense. China has a well-deserved reputation for intellectual property theft. That's bad enough with the items are already in production. It's far worse to have ideas stolen when they're still under development. China could be releasing Apple-designed products before Apple itself does so.

    Crazy, crazy, crazy.
    I agree. All it takes is for the Chinese government to declare everything researched in that lab belongs to them. They just arrested 4 Taiwanese executives for being Taiwanese in China. How many more literal red flags do you need?
    command_fwilliamlondonRick601

  • US Department of Justice considering a break-up of Google after monopoly ruling

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    "However, it is adamant that splitting off Chrome or Android "would break them -- and many other things." Saying that Google has invested billions of dollars in both of these, Mulholland points out that it offers them for free. 

    "Few companies would have the ability or incentive to keep them open source, or to invest in them at the same level we do," she says. "

    At which point the entire Mozilla Firefox team did a spit-take with their morning coffee, gasping for oxygen as they doubled over in uncontrollable laughter... 
    avon b7appleinsideruserDAalseth

  • Apple's long-rumored homeOS may arrive in 2025 with Home Hub

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    "Hello, Apple Support? I just updated to homeOS 2 and now I can't get in my house..."
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  • J.D. Vance shouldn't open his mouth about Apple if he doesn't have a clue

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    spheric said:
    In other news, immigrants in Springfield steal and eat others' dogs and eat them. 

    Who the fuck cares what bullshit JD Vance spouts, unless it's subsequently picked up by Tr*mp to utterly embarrass himself to a worldwide audience? 
    ssfe11 said:
    Clueless idiot. Oh and btw Springfield do you know that your pets are getting eaten?  Fido is being roasted up right now. Smh you can’t even make this stuff up!
    As someone born and raised in Springfield, Ohio, one of the best things about my hometown was being able to grab someone's dog for lunch on the way to school.

    Good times...   :D
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  • AirPods Max just got the laziest and most disappointing update possible

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    mike1 said:
    It's no longer a technical barrier, and hasn't been for years. Bluetooth 6 can convey high bitrate lossless audio wirelessly.

    For some reason Apple didn't bother with it, and stayed on Bluetooth 5.0.

    Not going to argue the other points, bu wasn't the BT 6 standard just adopted? If so, to expect upgrades to BT would seem unrealistic.
    Bluetooth 5.2 can do it now, and that came out in 2022 and is on modern iPhones. Bluetooth 6 is pretty new, but arguably, Apple could have waited.
    I think they are waiting. I think when they feel BT 6 is ready for primetime there will be an AirPods Ultra, and the AirPods Max will finally get a price drop to create a tier between the AIrPods Ultra and what will probably by then be the AirPods Pro 3. And hopefully Apple TV will finally get lossless streaming audio then also.
    watto_cobra