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Hands on with Apple Music Sing on iPhone, iPad, & Apple TV
Surely there will be some kind of microphone support, right?
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New 16-inch iPad rumored to arrive in late 2023
I’ve said for years that I want a 65” iPad. The only thing that’s changed is I’d now like it to be 85” please.
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New Apple TV 4K with A15, HDR10+, more storage debuts
Current model supports lossless but the hope is the new version supports Hi-Res Lossless. I have to dedicate a laptop to my music system for this reason. Which is still not the best solution because the Music app on iPads and Macs work differently. iPads will dynamically change to match the resolution of the music, whereas Macs are fixed. Even though you can set a Mac to 24/192, it upscales lower resolution audio instead of matching it. I use a Mac instead of an iPad because of the ability to do remote control via the Remote app or Remote Desktop.Madbum said:
Why wouldn’t it?caz-adam said:Let’s hope this one supports hires lossless audio…
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Most Apple apps on iOS 16 bypass VPN connections
It's the "agreement" with the government for a "Back Door".
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Elon Musk and T-Mobile try beating Apple with satellite vaporware
The difference between SpaceX and Tesla/Hyperloop, etc is there's probably a lot of money from the US government in this effort...probably regular contract money as well as dark money. There's no doubt that the CIA/NSA/etc are deeply plugged into this.silverpraxis said:
SpaceX has to have a lot of things go right for any sort of working beta by the end of 2023. This service will require their Starlink 2 satellites, of which they’ve launched zero because they are much larger than their current satellites and can’t fit on their reliable Falcon 9 rocket. So SpaceX needs to have its Starship and Super Heavy booster fully operational and flying at a cadence of what F9 does now very quickly. To make economic sense, Starship has to be reusable, therefore their completely unproven ground system of catching hovering rockets out of the sky with their launch tower has to work reliably as well. How will they launch the hundreds or thousands of satellites needed for a public beta in just 16 months? I think they barely have regulatory approval to launch 5 times per year from their Texas site so they are scrambling to build a new site in Florida. Getting a rocket from prototype to reliable orbital launch ready vehicle is tough and time consuming. And testing their ground system to catch a rocket will be hairier. One wrong move and an exploding rocket will take out their tower and that will take months to analyze, clean up, and replace.just cruisin said:Wow that is a lot of hate in one article.
SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites in the last two years and is already operating it's "internet from space" network all over the globe.
People mocked them two years ago......and now here we are, internet from frickin outer space!
I’m not hating. I’m just realistic. Musk’s timeline, as always, is overly optimistic. He’s also known for his vaporware products that are either several years delayed or nonexistent. Semi trucks that beat the cost of rail? Self-driving robo-taxis that make owners money? The lie of Hyperloop? Battery-swapping stations for Teslas? Cybertruck delays. $35K Model 3s? New battery tech when they’re just buying Panasonic batteries.
So far Musk has mostly kept the vaporware out of SpaceX, but he’s blowing smoke up people’s asses about Mars colonization and this satellite phone service beta available in 16 months. They’ll be lucky if they have enough birds in the sky to do internal testing of this service by end of 2023. After all, they still have NASA contracts to fulfill in that time too.
