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  • Apple now has 27 self-driving Lexus cars on the road in California

    The question I never see answered in stories like this is this:
    If this thing crashes into you, runs you over (pedestrian), damages your property or kills you, who is liable?
    Will it be the car owner, the AI drive system maker, the car manufacturer, all of the above or none of the above?

    I am quite sure “thoughts and prayers” doesn’t get it.
    maciekskontaktquadra 610GeorgeBMac
  • iPhone X seen as 'strategic success' for Apple as 3D sensing cameras 2 years ahead of comp...

    I still say the iPhone X is an IQ test. Are people stupid enough to pay $1k for something Apple makes for a little over $300. That is one hell of a markup.
    If I had a Jeff Bezos $100 Billion I would not pay that much for a cell phone and I have no interest in any face recognition system.

    Cannot for the life of me understand the BFD being made over an OLED screen. As to cameras, I have Leicas that smoke any cell phone snapshot camera.

    Price Consciousness should be translated to rational, sentient being. In the end, your $1k does not buy you faster internet, better sound, better battery life or more storage capacity. It does get you a lighter wallet
    holmstockdfeudalist
  • Amazon narrows the field of candidates for its $5B second headquarters to 20 cities across...

    LA, Denver and Austin would be the best bets.
    The rest all have serious issues.
    SpamSandwich
  • BMW to charge drivers $80 per year for CarPlay access in 2019

    I have a 2016 VW Golf 1.8 TSI S- the standard model in the US- and it included both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay and not on a subscription. This is just greed on a scale beyond tolerance- especially since many BMWs are built by non Union labor in the American South instead of in high wage Germany. They are getting ready to shift production of even more of the US line to a new plant in Mexico- so your "German" car was actually built by people who speak Spanish.

    But the price will not drop one red cent.

    The greed by car manufacturers is just beyond the pale. If VW can give you CarPlay AND Android Auto on a VW costing less than 20k, why does BMW need to charge $80 a year to people who have already overpaid for the "Ultimate Hype Machine"?
    tzterriwatto_cobradysamoriarussw
  • FBI forensic expert calls Apple 'evil genius' for strengthening iPhone encryption

    So the hired help d.b.a. The FBI thinks Apple are “jerks” for protecting the security of it’s customers?
    Too bad Civil Servant, in a Democracy you are the hired help- not a privileged class that get to flout the law.

    as to the Jerk comment, take this from an Apple customer, shareholder and ACLU member:
    ‘right back at ya. 
    airnerdwatto_cobra