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cpsro said:

I’ve a good idea why Fox News has made the update their lead story: distract from Weisselberg flipping and getting a very light sentence for pleading guilty to 15 felonies. Maybe the story will push some people to Android, too, where they can be tracked and monetized better.

Update: the security update has been pushed into second place by a critical story about transgender students.

Fox in the US are masters at deflection... sorta like most politicians who will deflect rather than answer 'hard' questions.
The story about TG students is playing right to their audience whereas the Apple one is for a news day where all the relevant news is not for their base. 
If you want to see where Fox US is heading then watch Sky News Australia. Rupert M has IMHO a fast track ticked to the fiery furnace when he does eventually pop his clogs.

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xyzzy-xxx said:

Intel just announced support for WiFi 7, Apple is even late with WiFi 6E. I would really like Apple to deliver superior chips, but once Intel has access to advanced chip manufacturing (from TSMC or their own) I fear that Apple (with all the staff fluctuations) will be not able to compete in the long term.

Apple is doomed. 

DOOMED, I say! 

Announced is one thing. How many devices out there support WiFi 7? You know... routers, hubs, and the like? 
Is that sagebrush I see blowing in the wind?
They will come but not for a while and it will only be the techno nerds who upgrade for a while. Money is tight. I'm willing to bet $1 (that is my limit) that most people won't be upgrading their networks for a few years. Will Apple be shipping WiFi 7 by then? Probably but at the moment it does not matter for most users. 
Personally, it is not worth spending any money on my home network until FTTH arrives in 2024 at the earliest. Naturally YMMV

StrangeDays said:

You show me another mass produced mobile OS that is doing more.

That won't stop the usual suspects from raising political hell and as a result, Apple will face all sorts of investigations over this feature that cuts shady business practices off at the knee. Stand by for a raft of Anti-trust investigations.
This is just a fact of life these days.

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Kuyangkoh said:

Geeeee…..we should use one car standard, too many and bad for consumers and the environment 

For charging EV cars? Yes, there definitely should be one standard.

Europe has already mandated that. CCS-2. Even the almighty Tesla uses it now. Mandate CCS-1 for North America then all EV's can charge everywhere.
It is long past time that the USA stopped looking inward and became a full participating member of Team Earth.
Isn't there a standard for... Gas pump nozzles? I don't see a Ford only pump or a GM only one? One pump works for all makes of car. Why not for charging electrical devices?

chadbag said:

Now I know why BMW drivers are  attracted to BMWs.   "Takes one to know one".  Arrogant a-hole drivers attracted to arrogant company.

(Note the above is said in jest, but only partially.  Whether deserved or Not, BMW drivers do have a certain stereotyped reputation). 

In this part of the world... the 'BMW' driver deserted to 'Audi' about 10 years ago. Now? They are moving to Teslas. Black M3 Performance seems to be the preferred vehicle of the idiot driver. The sweet income tax deals for business leasing of EVs have not helped.
The very small rear indicator light of the M3 might as well not be there for all the use it gets. 
When cruising at around the 70mph limit on the Motorways, I regularly get overtaken by these black blobs doing well over 90mph.