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  • New macOS malware disguises itself as Chrome & Zoom installers

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    This particular threat is easy to avoid.

    1. No self-respecting Apple user should be using Google's spyware Chrome to do anything.

    2. If you need a Zoom client, get it from zoom.us (that's the official website). Nowhere else.
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  • Apple Watch bands are still safe to wear says Apple, despite class action claims

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    This is a nuisance suit, and I hope Apple does not settle. Indeed, they should look into suing for slander.
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  • If you want to buy the 2022 iPhone SE, do it now

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    charlesn said:
    EXACTLY. That difference would matter A LOT to many, many people in the SE target demo for all the reasons you mention and more. Which is why I don't think we're going to see a 17% price increase to $499 and NFW a whopping 40% increase to $599. Think of all the improvements Apple has made to iPhone and iPhone Pro since the X and 8 were released, improvements for which the costs to design, develop, test and retool have to be amortized over time, and yet it has done this without raising prices (in the U.S., at least) on even its priciest and therefore least price-sensitive model. In fact, when inflation is considered, the price of iPhones has dropped significantly over time. So why would there be a need to slap a 17% increase on the new SE, which will essentially be the fully amortized iPhone 14 tech with a better chip and (if rumors are true) an Apple modem, which should theoretically cut costs over licensing from Qualcomm. It just makes no sense. But we shall see. Maybe Apple will slap its biggest iPhone price increase ever on its most budget-minded buyers. 
    Agreed. But then why would anyone buy the iPhone 15 for $699, when the iPhone SE will (probably) Apple Intelligence, and the base iPhone 15 does not?
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  • TikTok service restored in the US after promises that ban won't be enforced

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    As I predicted, he's now offering a (bad) deal to TikTok. Sigh.

    I have no feelings one way or the other about TikTok; I have never interacted with it, but I gather that the US version mostly consists of short videos of people and/or their kids/pets/unsuspecting friends being silly and/or stupid.

    But until the US government can prove in a court of law that its evidence of spying or privacy invasion or whatever else TikTok is accused of is real beyond a shadow of a doubt, the law Congress passed should be nullifed by the (equally corrupt) Supreme Court as blatantly unconstitutional. Temu is every bit as embedded in US society and is just as controlled by the Chinese government and collecting data on their users as TikTok (and Meta, and Google) are, but nobody's talking about singling out Temu for special censorship ...

    America has become a weird place, and it's getting weirder by the hour.
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  • UK trial over Apple's App Store fees seeks $1.83B fine

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    ssfe11 said:
    This ridiculous EU and UK bullying nonsense will absolutely stop under the Trump Administration. Biden did nothing to protect our companies. Beat Apple with innovation not with govt bullying. Stop whining and get to work. 
    Keep on listening to that right-wing propaganda show!

    I look forward to revisiting your post in four years and updating you on what actually happened.
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