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  • US fears iPhone supplier BOE is a Chinese military company

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    anthogag said:
    It's easy to suspect Chinese companies because China isn't a democracy. China's government is always there planning for the long-term because they aren't going anywhere. A democracy is much more dynamic. The best route for China to get a long with the West is to become a democracy. 
    Not just thst, but they had a spy connected to Eric “the gas” Swallwell, had numerous spy balloons over the ISA, including military installations, had its scientists infiltrating American academic institutions, smuggling in biological agents that can destroy crops, etc. also, Chen and Lai were recently found to have been agents of the PRC conducting intelligence work under the guise of legal permanent residency (Chen) and tourism visa (Lai). And that’s just a drop in the bucket. 

    In the USA, companies do their own thing. In China, the government has its hand in everything, even Apple’s data centers. In some cases, the company acts as an extension of the government itself. 

    So it’s not just “being afraid of the unknown” or of something different. It’s having legitimate concerns that a proven adversarial nation will have ubiquitous reach inside American territory via the most poults smartphone in the planet. 

    That’s a really sneaky thing if true. Is it true? We don’t know yet. But such a concern is valid snd it’s good that the DOD is looking into it. 
    anthogagForumPostzeus423ronn

  • US fears iPhone supplier BOE is a Chinese military company

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    Th briefing is a long time away, but should be illuminating. 

    If any of this is true, people are right to be concerned. 

    Unfortunately, it’s often the case that smoke is a prelude to discovering fire. 

    BOE is such an unnoticeable entity that something alarming must have come up to pay that much attention to it. 

    Be interesting to see what comes of it. 
    omar moralesmuthuk_vanalingamzeus423ronn

  • All hands on deck: Tim Cook, Craig Federighi address Apple employees on AI, Siri

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    Not liking the public nature of this. Sounds like how everybody else would handle this situation. Not Apple. 

    As I posted recently, Apple would fo well to keep quiet, work in secret, and then drop the bomb when it’s ready and let the quss aslitt speak for itself.  No more, no less. 

    The reality is that Apple doesn’t really have to rven go big on AI. All they have to do is continue to make the best platforms. Users use ChatGPT, Google, copilot, etc. already on Apple devices. 

    But the inclusion of AI in a first party deliverable is a boon to perception. And sometimes perception is the biggest battle of all (though it must be backed up and Apple has thst covered). As limited as copilot is, snd even though it’s not really INCLUDED in the OS as you have to subscribe to it, it provides an image boost for MS. 

    AI is what it is. And everybody is doing it. There isn’t much mystery anymore and the quality varies greatly. 

    All Apple needs to do is ehst they’re doing: launch something. Check. Continue working and launch the new and improved version. Don’t talk about it publicly. Just do it. And don’t release until it’s truly impressive. 

    If all Apple did was be quiet and partner with ChatGPT, without talking up thtt err kt native efforts, it would be fine. When Apple was asking in thst interview about being behind, they really should have left the and we at Srouji’s sly smirk with the “I don’t think we are” quite snd lrft it cryptic. That way people know something is brewing, but apple hadn’t stick its neck out either. 

    Sometimes it’s crazy how a company with so much talent, money, and genius blunders do badly at PR. 
    VictorMortimer

  • Apple didn't need AI -- but it did need China -- to beat analysts' doom and gloom

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    That’s quite the referendum on AI. 

    So much for it being the end-all. 
    blastdoor

  • Google loses to Epic Games in Play Store appeal

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    Weird. 

    So… if you own a golf course or movie theater, and have a store that sells first and third party goods in the property, then you have to allow others to set up their own store on your golf course or cinema?

    the whole thing is bonkers. 

    Google should take it to the Supreme Court… no wait. Google will mess it up somehow. APPLE should take it to the Supreme Court. 

    Tje kind of thinking that has gone into some of these decisions is so remedial, you have to wonder how the judges got into their positions. But it’s not like the 9th circuit is known for the best and brightest to begin with. 
    h2pVictorMortimersdw2001lotones