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  • Everyone is a loser in the Apple Intelligence race

    iSRSiSRS
    Good article. 

    I work at a software company and am an “AI Champion”

    I’ve tried all the big players, professionally and personally. 

    If you asked me last summer, I would have ranked the big three like this:

    Microsoft Copilot 
    Google Gemini 
    ChatGPT

    but then Microsoft seemed to slam on the brakes and go in reverse 

    the only parts that seem to be improving are its integration with Visial Studio and Git for code review and creation 

    everything else is noticeably worse than last summer. 

    Gemini seems to have hit pause 

    ChatGPT has gotten better. It’s now my preferred tool, though for work it remains Copilot as that is what we’ve approved for work. 

    The irony that I haven’t yet mentioned Apple Intelligence or Alexa+ is not lost on me. 

    All of these tools can be useful. But I fear 80% or more of the population will rely on them vs using them as a tool and questioning the results. Trust vs trust and verify. 
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  • Florida has temporarily suspended support for its digital driver's license app

    iSRSiSRS
    The current app was useless anyway. Went to the DMV a few months ago to pay for my renewal with a check (to avoid crazy surcharges for using a credit card). 

    I had forgotten my wallet. I when they asked for my ID to accept the check, I told them and said, “but I have you digital id app” and was told they don’t accept that as a valid ID. 

    If they do t accept it, how can we expect anyone to?
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  • US DOJ attacks nearly every aspect of Apple's business in massive antitrust suit

    iSRSiSRS
    AppleInsider said:

    In 2022, Tile argued that Apple's AirTag and Find My ecosystem violate antitrust. Apple allows manufacturers like Tile to take part in the Find My ecosystem, but those companies don't get access to user location data.

    Ok, so other vendors can do everything the AirTags can, where is the problem? That a third party can’t spy on us?
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  • Bad Apple Maps data leads to droves looking for lost Apple products at same Texas address

    iSRSiSRS
    Oh, glad you did some digging. This seams like something Apple can address. Earlier articles I read made me think his area just has spotty service, as it happened to us a couple of times.

    Our neighbor across the street doesn’t talk to us anymore because I got sick of her being, um, let’s use the word rude, always accusing us of having her missing AirPods. First, how would we have gotten them? Second, after like the third time of me explaining what the blue circle means, and the dot in the middle doesn’t mean the precise location, and how to play a sound? I’d had it. Not for the comedic events of her thinking we had them, but her rudeness. I mean, she clearly found them, not at my house the previous times. Also, zero apologies. 
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  • NewQ dock adds up to three displays on any M1 & M2 Mac

    iSRSiSRS
    So at the moment, it is $169.99 on their website, a “Windows” version on Amazon for $129.99 and a Mac version for $179.99. No mention of what is different. Reminds me of the days external hard drives were more for Mac “compatible” ones. 

    Seems a bit unclear. This article isn’t clear, either. Can I use it to display different things on all three screens with any Apple Silicon? Just M1 Pro and Max?

    A few more details would be good here. 
    watto_cobra