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Meta wants to upload every photo you have to its cloud to give you AI suggestions
chasm said:but it must be said it's (thus far) the best way to keep in touch with people you want to keep in touch with. -
Meta wants to upload every photo you have to its cloud to give you AI suggestions
anthogag said:I don't use any services Meta offers and I get by just fine. People should dump all Meta services to protest Meta's relentless advance towards destroying data privacy. Meta is most likely feeding all the data they can get to further their AI research. Eventually they will try to use your data against you. -
Car makers reject CarPlay Ultra as an Apple overreach
igorsky said:Some of these comments are absolutely clueless. Car infotainment systems by and large SUCK. I own two Porsches and their infotainment systems are trash; I’d be using Ultra from day one. The digital dash on a Mercedes and Audi are an abortion…CarPlay Ultra would be a dramatic improvement. They know this and that’s why they’re blocking it.
I expect support for the limited, current version of CarPlay will continue here and there in new vehicles, but this is the beginning of the end for CarPlay Ultra. And Apple, with its core focus and marketing about maintaining consumer privacy, won't be part of designing a system that allows car makers to sell the data its system gathers. Google, which has never had an issue with profiting from the use and abuse of consumer data and privacy, feels no such contraints. -
iPad Pro bezels could shrink more with OLED film changes
robin huber said:They’re already to the point where I have to careful about holding it or picking it up to avoid invoking some touch screen command. I know, I’m “holding it wrong.” 😑 -
Electronics shop owner busted after selling hundreds of counterfeit Apple products
Stop by any Sunday at the giant flea market in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium (home to the football Giants and Jets) in NJ and you'll find stacks of Apple products on vendor tables, selling "new in box" for under $50. The boxes are near indistinguishable from legit Apple merchandise, but you can bet the $50 AirPods Max will not be the same. What's remarkable is that this counterfeit merchandise is ALWAYS there and no authorities attempt to stop it, even though one bust where everything is seized would halt it (at least at this site) immediately.