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State report says Foxconn's Wisconsin plant 'more of a showcase' than a factory
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Foxconn's bid for tax subsidies rejected by Wisconsin officials
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5G iPhone launch unlikely to be 'massive event,' AT&T executive says
I think that it doesn’t make sense to offer mm wave 5G in an iPhone. Mm waves require line of sight for communication, so you need to not only have your device out in the open, but also a clear shot to a mm wave antenna. At mm wavelengths, the radio waves act light light waves. So, if your device is in a ‘shadow’ caused by something blocking your device’s line of sight, it will either not work at all, or work poorly. Verizon is apparently banking on it to claim the highest 5G speeds, but what good is it if it’s only available in 2% of their coverage footprint?They also chose to deploy it in stadiums, where high density population gathers for events. So, what good is it to have 5G serving the football stadium that you visit...never?I thought that the purpose for mm wave 5G was to replace wired internet (DSL/Cable) with a fixed, line of sight system. Thus, gigabit Ethernet speeds without needing to wait for AT&T, Google, etc to rip up the neighborhood and streets to trench fiber. -
Hear Steve Jobs demo his NeXT computer in 1988
In 1989 I attended a NeXT presentation in the Reston, VA area, and Steve presented the product, and even ran the demos. At a time when people coded programs on monochromatic text screens, I recall his example of creating a program graphically by defining the various objects, laying them out into a process, and it was ready to run. It was OpenStep.https://youtu.be/dl0CbKYUFTY
Granted, it was not a sophisticated or complex program, but the demo was intended to show how quickly and easily programs could be written. -
Apple One bundle includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and more
AutigerMark said:I do not want even 1 of those services much less all of them combined lol.