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  • HDMI 2.2 arrives with 16K video and 96Gbps bandwidth support

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    This is actually the first HDMI standard that can support 5k at 120Hz without extra compression (a display Apple has offered since 2014). It also eclipses the latest DisplayPort spec that was released last year and maxed out at 80 Gbps
    MrBunsidemuthuk_vanalingam

  • Car makers reject CarPlay Ultra as an Apple overreach

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    Too bad but not unexpected. The auto execs have been digging their heels in the sand for years. Look how long it took them to adopt CarPlay. I saw a demo of the Aston Martin implementation on YouTube and Apple doesn’t completely takes over the car’s systems, rather they provide an API that allows the systems to be displayed through CarPlay. Importantly, the API also allows the manufacturers to maintain some control and customize the displays so they’re not a ‘generic Apple’ display. Customers can also opt for ‘CarPlay Classic’ if they prefer. At least it sounds like the manufacturers are still allowing that.

    “[Volvo’s] chief executive Håkan Samuelsson did admit that car makers don't so software as well as tech companies. ‘There are others who can do that better, and then we should offer that in our cars,’ he insisted.” It’s rather ironic that he admits that while at the same time refusing to adopt CarPlay Ultra.

    “Audi believes it should provide drivers ‘a customized and seamless digital experience.’” Another hypocritical statement. CarPlay Ultra does just that - integrates so the experience is more seamless rather than the rather clunky parallel setup they have now.

    GM provides a classic example and warning. They decided they wanted to ditch CarPlay and try to make money on their own system and botched it so bad they had to issue a stop sale order to fix the problems. Then people found out GM was using the system to spy on them and was selling their driving data. No thanks, GM. You make second-rate cars to begin with and for this you can go to hell as far as I’m concerned.
    rhbellmorspliff monkeyigorskycflcardsfan80StrangeDaysshaminoToroidaljeffharrismarklarkmuthuk_vanalingam

  • A new scam is targeting iPhone users with fake traffic fines

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    this has been going on for some time - hardly new. Seems to be picking up lately, though.
    shaminowatto_cobra

  • ProtonVPN review: Private VPN connectivity, excellent value

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    22july2013 said:
    I would like to see an article comparing any VPN service, perhaps this one, to Apple's Private Relay service.
    The big difference as I understand it is Apple’s private relay service only applies to web browsing/safari whereas a VPN covers all network traffic. 
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Work starts on Apple M6 chip with modems for future Macs

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    danox said:

    MplsP said:
    one potential issue/question that I haven't seen answered is how much Apple is paying in patent royalties to QC for their C1 modem. Given QC's cellular patent portfolio it's unlikely Apple could produce a competitive modem without licensing at least some patents. Even if they're covered under FRAND there's still a 'reasonable' fee. If Apple were to put the modem in every MBP then they would likely have to pay a fee for each device, unless they could somehow get an agreement to only pay for the modems in use.

    The Patent Troll known as Qualcomm will be suing, no matter what….. preordained.

    Apple will be Qualcomm’s nightmare because Apple isn’t looking to just stand still and collect toll fees. The C1 modem is just a beach head the C2, C3, C4‘s will be even better and more importantly with new Apple devices coming up will have functionalities that Qualcomm, similar the ghosts of tech past like Kodak, Xerox, IBM, Motorola of Schaumburg, Illinois or Intel who also didn’t want to move forward. 

    In short Apple will step up and iterate into the future at a pace most don’t want to do, if it wasn’t for Qualcomm buying out Nuvia they would be lost in the wilderness when it comes to Arm SOC’s, their team up with Microsoft has been a fiasco so far not completely their fault because their partner Microsoft doesn’t feel any sense of urgency.
    Maybe, maybe not. Presumably Apple is already paying applicable patent fees for the C1 modem. 
    bala1234muthuk_vanalingam