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cgWerks said:

Would have been nice if they wouldn't have forced my wife's MacBook Air from Mojave to Big Sur. It used to run for hours, now runs for about 5-10 minutes before shutting down.

And, just the other night.... I look at my phone and it's telling me it's is GOING to update later that day. Apple's getting almost as bad as Microsoft with updates these days.

WRT your phone, turn automatic updates off.  You'll then have the choice of when, and if, to upgrade.

theotherphil said:

I’m not sure why this is even a story. Every company has to follow the local laws of the country it is operating in. This doesn’t stop Apple providing the very best privacy and security that those local laws allow.

It's a story because of the disconnect between Apple's public stance of
      "we value your privacy and will work to protect it"
and
      "unless you live in China".

Of course companies are required to follow the law in the countries in which they operate, but one could wish they were a tad more transparent about exactly what that means with regard to their stated principles.

How in the world does something with a different name, in a different color, and in different packaging qualify as "fake" AirPods?

Given the vague criteria, there are lots of "fake" products running around.

22july2013 said:

My doctor told me last year that there is a medical study that says too much measuring of blood pressure can increase your blood pressure (but I couldn't confirm this with a web search.) So if a future Apple Watch takes too many measurements (and if you look at the measurements) it could actually make your health worse.

I experience what my doctor calls "white coat syndrome", where the first time someone takes my BP, it's elevated.  He, or his assistant, tend to take it three or four times during a visit now when the first sample is elevated.

doggone said:

What is MR?  

VR - Virtual Reality, the user is fully "immersed", to the extent provided by the device, almost always audio and visual, sometimes haptic with additional equipment, in a manufactured world.  Usually used for gaming.

AR - Augmented Reality, the user is viewing the real world, with additional elements to "augment" the experience, such as navigation or instructional aids.  Usually used in the context of helping the user accomplish some task in the real world, such as navigation, equipment repair, even surgery.

MR - Mixed Reality, the user is viewing the real world, with virtual elements added, mostly for entertainment purposes, e.g. Pokemon Go and some newer Quest 2 games that overlay game elements onto your real world home floor plan.  There is some overlap with AR, but the most common focus so far seems to be gaming, rather than assistance.

XR (xR) - an umbrella term encompassing VR, AR, and MR.