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  • Apple backs US rare earth magnets supply chain with $500 million deal

    commentzillacommentzilla
    Apple can do this because what they need are specialized materials that require a lot of skill to make.
    Wesley_Hilliard

  • CalDigit's new Thunderbolt 5 docks unlock high-speed workflows & multi-display setups

    commentzillacommentzilla
    I'm still having connectivity problems with the TS4. I have both SSDs and HHDs drop offline but only during multi TB or extremely fast multi TB transfers. Wouldn't see this under normal use conditions. I've changed out dozens of cables, cases, reformatted drives, etc. It still happens. None of this happens when directly connected to the Mac or when using a TB3 dock. It's almost certainly is a power management issue since it will knock a pair of self-powered HDD offline; they no longer show in Apple disk Utility and then magically come back sometime later.
    dewme

  • CalDigit's new Element 5 hub brings more Thunderbolt 5 ports to the Mac

    commentzillacommentzilla
    The CalDigit and OWC docks both have uses with fast/large sustained data transfers 1TB / 2TB+, which cause the drives to be unmounted.  It was first noticed with SSDs but it also affects HDDs. Seems to have something to due with power management, even though SSD'd use very little power and self-powered HHDs are, well, self-powered.
    skippingrock

  • System admins irate at Apple's plan for shorter cert lifespans

    commentzillacommentzilla
    jimh2 said:
    quakerotis said:
    I can understand why. This shortening will just increase overhead and not contribute to better security.
    Contributing to better security is exactly why Apple (and others) want it done.
    What a pain.
    williamlondon

  • Apple Intelligence wasn't trained on stolen YouTube videos

    commentzillacommentzilla
    wdowell said:
    So that’s all ok then as they didn’t use it one thing but on another ? ߘ⦡mp;nbsp;

    ... but to somehow say it’s any more ok  because it wasn’t used for Apple Intelligence but instead another  is just comical) 
    Actually it does under copyright law. Copyright protections are not absolute, nor were they meant to be since they eventually expire.

    But before expiration, Fair Use Doctrine must be taken into account for socially beneficial activities such as teaching, learning, and scholarship [research].

    Copyright and Fair Use

    https://guides.lib.uci.edu/copyright/copyright_how_to_use

    Introduction

    The Fair Use Doctrine protects the use of copyrighted works for socially beneficial activities such as teaching, learning, and scholarship. Courts consider four factors in deciding whether a use is Fair Use or an infringement:

    1. Purpose of the Use (learning, commentary, criticism OR commercial);
    2. Nature of the Publication (factual OR creative);
    3. Amount and Substantiality of the Whole (small OR substantial);
    4. Effect on the Market (has no effect OR replaces a sale).

    Does copyright protect data?

    Copyright law is, for good or for ill, an increasing concern for academics in their work. One area receiving particular attention is the copyright status of data and data representations. The Copyright Act and relevant case law are clear on copyright protection for data in the United States: there is none. This excellent site on the Copyrightability of Charts, Tables, and Graphs from the University of Michigan explains why.

    Alex1Nwilliamlondonwatto_cobra