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  • GM Cruise nabs former Apple car exec for autonomous car safety chief role

    sunman42sunman42
    Will he find a way to protect their taxis from angry crowds?
    watto_cobra

  • Jon Stewart became a problem for Apple TV+

    sunman42sunman42
    I don’t find the China and/or AI pitches rumor convincing. Cancellation over segments like that would not have been amicable, as such stories would be journalism. I believe Stewart is hinting at the real problem when he mentions the “election season” — this cancellation was about US political commentary. Stewart is not going to sit this one out. He made that mistake eight years ago, and he’s not going to repeat it. He’s not alone.

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    I've got no doubt that Stewart could cause Apple some heartburn with election coverage, but the two issues cited — I don't see how you could *not* find those convincing. Apple does a lot of business, including crucial supply chain and the lion's share of its manufacturing of iPhones in China, so keeping the Chinese government happy has long been a priority of theirs. And ins driving to keep up with the Joneses of the tech hierarchy, Tim has repeatedly been at pains to state, without any specifics yet, just how much AI we're going to see in as yet unannounced (but coming soon, really, folks!) products. So, to me at least, those could easily be pain points for Apple, and so yes, I find them convincing as possible issues.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in Apple Vision Pro aren't cooking your brain

    sunman42sunman42
    Xed said:
    JFC, why does this still need to be addressed on tech forums?
    Because, as H.L. Mencken pointed out, "No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."
    williamlondon

  • What's the value of Apple's Vision Pro spatial computing?

    sunman42sunman42
    Thanks for the useful perspectives and information.

    One point, though: you state that, “Apple seemed to be the first PC maker to realize that higher resolution isn't always better, and that delivering a beautiful, razor sharp Retina Display was easier to sell than just higher pixel count stats.”

    Apple’s been designing and selling 5120 x 2880 pixel, HDR iMac 27’s (2014- 2020) and Studio Displays (2022- ) for a decade now, and for me, at least, they make an enormous difference. It’s the combination of resolution (half the pixel density, as defined by the Nyquist theorem), HDR, and color gamut that make the experience unique, and for me, again, uniquely useful. Then again, I haven’t used a Pro Display XDR.
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • OLED iPad Pro with M3 rumored to not be preposterously priced

    sunman42sunman42
    Any rumors on whether Apple has resolved the burning issues with OLED displays?
    watto_cobra