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  • Apple removes fake review identifier from App Store following Amazon complaint [u]

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    Oh cool. Now is Apple going to remove Amazon's app for selling copyright-infringing crap from china?
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  • Linksys AX4200 Wi-Fi 6 mesh routers gain support for Apple HomeKit

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    Good to know, home kit is a must have for me now, but will these also work with the new, universal smart home standard, M_____? (think it starts with an “M”)
    watto_cobra

  • Biden Big Tech anti-competition order imminent, will call for return of net neutrality

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    DAalseth said:
    Apple is a big company, they will adapt.
    If right to repair rules are put in Apple will adapt.
    If alternative stores are mandated, Apple will adapt.
    Apple has been doing this for a long time. They will adapt. They will keep making cool devices. They will do what they do best. 
    Yes, Apple will adapt by being forced to make inferior and less secure products. Brilliant strategy there.
    GeorgeBMacrobabawatto_cobra

  • Apple's VP of health says the company works 'like an orchestra'

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    Apple is doing a lot of fantastic stuff here, and some particularly amazing stuff using the Apple watch sensors. It looks like Apple understands where they can make the biggest (ie most broad) difference here, which is in the Health UI, so to speak, as exemplified by cardiology app they developed, where all they are saving lives merely by making information and treatment more understandable and easier to follow for the patient (who can't understand the doctor) and the doctor (who can't understand the patient.. or can't get reliable information from the pt for various reasons; eg I can ask a pt the same question 10 times and literally get 10 different answers on something as simple as "how is your sleep?")*. Most of medicine seems to be focused on coming out with the next study, which invariably occurs in silos, and not reflective of the pragmatic issues that are faced in the real world application of these studies. Improving the Health UI for patients and doctors is perfectly within apple's wheelhouse, and could make a much larger difference in people's health than most of the studies coming out today.

    *
    Patient: I don't sleep at all!
    Me: Like, you're not getting any sleep?
    Pt: No, it's terrible!
    Me: That does sound terrible. So what time do you get to bed, and what time do you wake up?
    Pt: I go to bed around midnight, and wake up sometime in the afternoon usually.
    Me: I thought you didn't sleep at all?
    Pt: I dont, well, I guess I do, but I wake up a lot.
    Me: How much do you wake up?
    Pt: Yesterday I woke up at 1am and stayed up all night.
    Me: So you only slept one hour last night?
    Pt: Yeah, I guess so.
    Me: Ok, well how much sleep do you get on average?
    Pt: I dont know, like one hour I guess.
    Me: But I thought you usually sleep from noon to afternoon, that's over 12 hours.
    Pt: Oh yeah, like 12 hours I guess.
    ...
    ^this is why doctors drink
    watto_cobra

  • REvil demands $70M to end Kaseya ransomware attack

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    pascal007 said:
    roake said:
    A few properly place Hellfire missiles from an affected country would bring this type of activity to a stop pretty fast.
    No, it wouldn’t. And it would be the equivalent of a declaration of war against another country while the perpetrators of the crime are not acting in the country’s name but for themselves.

    The perpetrators can easily move from one area to another. The missile attack would simply end up killing civilians that have nothing to do with the crime. 

    OK -- Russians have been attacking us since 2016.  Enough that I'm losing count: Is it 5 or 6 attacks now?  
    What does it take to get us to respond?

    20 years ago Afghanistan harbored people who attacked us.  We went to full scale war with them (yeh, we kind of lost that war -- but we made our point).  But, with Russians attacking us on an ongoing basis, it's time to respond (and we have a full range of options on how to respond - it doesn't have to be missles -- we could take out a few of their systems -- just like Biden threatened to do.)

    BTW:  Putin is telling the truth when he says the Russia has not attacked us.   The Russian government didn't.   But Putin's shills did -- and Putin supports and protects them.

    Hmm, that is very interesting. Now, can you tell us, are the Russians in the room with us right now?

    In all seriousness, can we all employ some critical thinking here? We spent 3-4 years with establishment politicians and intelligence agencies telling us they have "proof" Trump was a 'russian agent,' then, the conclusion of the largest and most expensive investigation of its kind found no evidence of collusion.

    Anyway, I think it's important for us to consider all options regarding these strangely-timed cyper-attacks, and not just accept the establishment narrative on its face.

    By the way, I wouldn't count on Quid Pro Joe Biden to do anything about putin. After biden cancelled the keystone pipline in the US, he approved Russia's pipeline through germany.

    watto_cobra