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  • Cook says Apple wasn't first with AI, but will be the best

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    avon b7 said:
    Tim has to talk it up. It's his job but sometimes he does go overboard.

    We think it's the best. Yeah! I can't imagine him going on record as saying anything else, so long as 'think' is in there somewhere.

    At least he is admitting that they are behind. 

    Yes, they have done ML for a long time but so has everybody else, and arguably better and more far reaching but I'm sure he'd still say he thinks it's the best. 

    I can't blame him for that but Apple made a strategic goof here and that's why it is behind and only the very latest hardware will be able to run it. If this were some kind of long term, well thought out strategic plan, at the very least, iPhones would have shipped with more RAM for the last few generations.

    The reality looks more like' Yikes! We need to get rolling on this fast!'

    That's why we got the initial response of not even uttering the letters 'AI' and doubling down on ML instead. In hindsight that was foolish but Apple literally had nothing to offer up back then so at least it is understandable. 

    One year on, AI was at least utterable and even became the star of WWDC but still there was nothing to show for it until 'later'. The new iPhones came and still AI was the star and STILL there was nothing to show for it and now the complete feature roll out isn't expected until 2025.

    From the moment that the generative models became news and quickly stormed to over 100 million users, Apple has been on the back foot. 
    You know why Apple was hesitant about AI, but you'd rather dance around it with investor hype. To do AI properly you need to collect data about everything people do on your platforms. And to get people to agree to that, you need to hide the fact that you're doing it in convoluted terms of service agreements. Or what I call, sleazy business tactics. Something which Apple doesn't have the stomach for. Having business ethics is something which should be applauded in my books.
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  • Cook says Apple wasn't first with AI, but will be the best

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    Pema said:
    we shall see. 
    1) Apple Car
    2) Apple Vision Pro
    3) iPhone 16

    Apple needs a few hits to help us forget the duds. 
    If Apple doesn't try anything new, the media says they're not innovating. If they do, and it's not an immediate success, then they're a dud. Those who can, do, those who can't, critique.

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  • Future of Apple Pay could be digital keys for rental cars, says Apple Pay executive

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    DAalseth said:
    Well that’s just wonderful. ߘবt;br>Last month I uninstalled my Wallet app because it was just taking up space. Only one of my cards even was compatible with it. When I tried to use it only one out of four stores recognized it, and that one was the local Apple dealer so I suppose they kinda had to. So if a car rental place tries to give me a virtual token for my wallet app, I’ll pass. Same with a room key. (For the record I almost never see anyone paying with their watch or phone. Here in Southern British Columbia near Vancouver, it’s practically all chip card.)
    Every single one of the credit cards I've had over the past 10 years (about six) have worked fine with it, as have tickets for most major entertainment venues, flights, etc. And I see people using it all the time here in Southern Ontario.

    I personally love being able to go out without a wallet -- one less thing to lose. Not to mention the benefit of not having my real credit card number sent in the clear to a machine. Which most people outside of the tech industry don't understand/realize the security benefits of (i.e. not having your credit card information stored by the places you shop at, which have security breaches all the time).

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  • iOS 18.1 to let users change or delete iCloud.com primary email addresses

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    macxpress said:
    I'm just glad that so far (fingers crossed) I can keep my @mac.com email address. I read a while back that anyone with a @mac.com email address would be switched to an @icloud.com email address as Apple was getting rid @mac.com email addresses. 
    I'm the same with my @me.com account. I love how simple and memorable it is. People ask all the time about it.
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  • Trump demanding that Apple must unlock shooter's iPhones because of foreign apps

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    The fact that it is specifically three "foreign-based apps" that the FBI can't access, suggests that the agency has otherwise unlocked the iPhone. Conceivably, the apps store data in their own servers instead of iCloud and this is why the FBI can't get further.
    Even if the data was stored in iCloud, if it was end-to-end encrypted and the app used to access it was locked with a strong password, they wouldn't be able to get it.
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