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  • Apple reportedly held preliminary acquisition talks with MGM

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    This is what I’ve been saying. Apple needs to acquire or sign an exclusive license with a studio with a vast content library to be competitive with all of the other services. MGM would be pretty good for their collection of classics, but Sony Pictures would be great for more modern titles (including their control over the Spider-Man license from Marvel).
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  • The FBI has the tools it needs to break into the iPhone, and shouldn't ask for backdoors

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    cornchip said:
    orthorim said:
    dws-2 said:
    Mike Wuerthele said:
    BxBorn said:
    I'm in the minority but I don't see an issue with tech companies working with law enforcement. Guardrails need to be in place and enforced like everything else but if there are situations where unlocking the phones means putting a serial pedophile in jail or preventing more people from being killed then tech companies should be willing partner with law enforcement. By forcing law enforcement to 3rd parties you're only increasing the likelihood of abusing the ability to access locked devices.
    Good news. Tech companies do work with law enforcement. The FBI had the contents of the shooter's iCloud account less than 24 hours after the incident.
    It's good to remember that law enforcement varies. There's law enforcement in China, there's law enforcement in Russia, there's law enforcement in Syria, and so on. I think we can assume that once the precedent is set, other nations will expect the same treatment. They have "terrorists", too.
    I wonder why they don't use this as a defense Hello, Mr Trump? Do you want China to get into all iPhones? The only way to prevent this is to shut all backdoors as soon as they're found. Or is Apple now an extension of the NSA?? Nothing wrong with having a private device, Apple needs to keep vigilant. I don't like that iCloud is not encrypted either. That seems to be a massive flaw in the security system.
    the way I understand the situation (and could very well be wrong) is that it's actually illegal for a company to offer encrypted email. similar to why the US government is the only outfit allowed to send snail mail. Obviously one can get around this (sort-of) by creating their own encrypted email server, but said individual can't offer it for public use. AFAIK no public email service is encrypted and probably why iCloud as a whole is not an encrypted service. if the US government could be the only way to send/recieve email they would, but the private sector got out from under them on that one.
    People should always have a ProtonMail account just in case.
    cornchip

  • Sundar Pichai minted CEO of Alphabet as Google co-founders step aside

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    Congratulations to Sundar Pichai!

    He certainly has presided over a tremendous amount of wealth creation!
    Considering he’s only worked at Google since 2004, he has really risen in the ranks fast.

    Also notable that he makes $1.8 million salary, versus say Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO (who makes  $17.6 million salary).
    cornchip9secondkox2

  • New German law mandates opening up Apple Pay NFC tech to rivals

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    MacPro said:
    Pull out of Germany Tim.
    Yep. This is just Germany using protectionism for their own weak competitors.
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  • Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro is built to blaze through pro workflows

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    No listing of all the ports and connectors? THAT is what separates a pro computer from the incapable POS’ we’ve been getting called MacBook Pro.

    UPDATE: Four Thunderbolt 3 ports. That’s all. Good lord... from their web site:

    ” MacBook Pro is equipped with four ports, so you can do all of that from either side. Existing devices are easily connected with a cable or adapter. And Thunderbolt 3 is reversible, so no matter how you plug in, it’s always right side up.”

    It’ll still be a massive shitpile of adapters on a regular desk. Hate this mentality of theirs. Is it really asking for too much to expect some actual USB, Ethernet or other kinds of ports to REDUCE the number of adapters?
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