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  • Apple plans second iMac G4-like smart home device

    There’s a lot of speculation around all this, but there’s a basic use case that makes sense for something in the smart home space. 

    There’s a need for convenient control of all the emerging smart home things. You can do it with your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but home is the one place where we’re most likely to set these devices aside and be a room or more away from any of them, negating the convenience of a smart home. 

    HomePods and HP minis distributed within earshot throughout the house help with this, but only for voice commands. That leaves the scenario where  screen-based interaction might be desirable when you’ve left your portable devices in another part of the house. 

    That creates the opportunity for a screen-based device, with one or two in key locations in a home. It can be functionally limited, as compared to iPhones or iPads, meant for short interactions and quick information. 

    I don’t know about the whole robot arm thing. That seems like a a rumor that has left out significant information. 
    beowulfschmidtwilliamlondonwatto_cobra
  • Dropped iPhone leads to Australian woman being stuck upside down between boulders for hour...

    Well, there's a scary story picked up because of a keyword search.
    dewmewatto_cobra
  • Apple launched the iPod 23 years ago, and changed the world

    lkrupp said:
    But, but, but... The iPod wasn’t first music player so how could it have changed the world? Apple, always late to the game, never changing anything, just copying what’s already there and applying clever marketing so stupid people will buy it. From computers, to music players, to mobile phones, to tablets, to watches, the mantra from the critics is consistent. 

    It won’t be long before one of AI’s own bridge trolls comes along to point this out. They almost always do. I’m just making it easier for them. /s

    p.s. I have a 2003 iPod (Dock Connector) that still holds a charge and still works.
    This is the pattern I’ve noted elsewhere in discussions about AI. The pattern has repeated so many times, it’s comical seeing the “late to the game” doomsayers who seem to have no clue how they’re just filling the role of saying predictable things that are wrong. 

    The mp3 market was a hot mess of poor implementation and industry cannibalizing theft of IP, and then Apple arrives with a great device and a way to easily, securely and legitimately purchase music online. 

    It turned out consumers weren’t committed to the piracy everyone else was enabling. They just wanted to be able to get their music online. 

    Then Apple was “late” with streaming music subscriptions, only now it’s Spotify that still can’t figure out a sustainable business model. 

    The same is about to happen with AI. Everyone else has brought AI to market without a clear use case, and built it on delivering unreliable results based on the massive theft of IP to “train” their programs. 

    Apple will use it to enhance a suite of hardware, base it on legitimately sourced content, and deliver it without selling out its customers’ personal data. 

    In a couple of years, the others will be busily trying shoehorn their AI into something that resembles Apple’s model, while not actually giving up the data monetizing shenanigans. 
    williamlondon
  • Craig Federighi says Siri won't become sentient, but it'll get better

    Federighi and Apple are the only ones being honest that none of this is anywhere near becoming ‘sentient’ AGI. 
    auxiohecalderdanoxAlex1Nwatto_cobra
  • AirTag tracking busts rich kid stealing presidential campaign yard signs

    On one hand, "sign wars" are a perennial thing in elections. Putting them out and knocking them down makes people think they're really doing something. Police and the DA probably aren't going to invest in a felony prosecution and are probably loathe to get pulled into national hyper-politics over this. With 60 signs stolen (rather than knocked down) and parental lack of remorse recorded on video, though, it's possible they'll use the threat of a felony to get a plea deal for a misdemeanor with a fine that hurts at least a little.
    lordjohnwhorfinwatto_cobra