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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaque

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    jroy said:
    muthuk_vanalingam said:
    It’s absolutely pathetic. Cook is acquiescing to power, with gifts and million dollar bribes. 
    Nice to see you on the other side of the fence, for a change. But people who are usually critical of Apple would be fairly lenient on Apple's CEO on this occasion. Apple's CEO is in a very difficult situation (stuck between a rock and a hard place). Whatever he does, he is/will be in a lose-lose situation for another 3.5 years. Nobody would want to be in his shoes right now.
    For the right pay, I’d be willing to be in his shoes. The fact that I have zero qualifications for the job of running Apple … wait. On second thought, I’m not sure there’s any timeline where I could survive the projectile nausea that would hit me after handing a trophy to that degenerate fool. Tim has nerves of steel to smile and do this service for his company and stockholders. 
    :smiley: That is the point, right? It would be extremely difficult for anyone to do that, in the interest of Apple and its shareholders.
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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaque

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    It’s absolutely pathetic. Cook is acquiescing to power, with gifts and million dollar bribes. 
    Nice to see you on the other side of the fence, for a change. But people who are usually critical of Apple would be fairly lenient on Apple's CEO on this occasion. Apple's CEO is in a very difficult situation (stuck between a rock and a hard place). Whatever he does, he is/will be in a lose-lose situation for another 3.5 years. Nobody would want to be in his shoes right now.
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  • iPhone 17 import tariffs may cost Apple more than expected, as Trump threatens India

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    avon b7 said:
    Did something get mangled in the first paragraph?

    India selling oil to Russia? 

    With the beginning of sanctions against Russia, India quickly became a key customer of Russian oil. That hasn't changed.

    But India selling oil to Russia?

    Is there something I'm missing? 

    Trump might not like the situation but in terms of sanctions support, countries representing over 80% of the world's population have decided to ignore them. 
    Trump said that India was selling oil to Russia. That's all I've got. That's the basis behind the threat.
    I think the AppleInsider author mixed up the sentences on this occasion. I don't think Trump mentioned India was selling oil to Russia. He mentioned that India is selling Russian oil in open market (basically to other countries for a profit after buying it from Russia). And that is what the linked article says as well.

    I have read the same in multiple news websites here in India. There is no mention of Trump saying "India selling oil to Russia" as reason for sanctions. And the media here picks up such misquotes/mistakes pretty quickly and it would be all over the place if it had happened.
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  • Oppo Find N5 foldable phone review: Apple's now on notice

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    Nice to AppeInsider covering one of the best foldable phones in the Android world, from Chinese OEMs. There are other equally good foldable phones from other Android OEMs (Huawei, Honor, Vivo) as well, all of them from China. Samsung is WAY behind in terms of technology (definitely not in display, but other key areas such as Design, Thickness, Weight, Battery Capacity, Crease visibility etc). And people in USA get to see only that, which is a shame.
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  • Meta, Amazon, and more want 10-year ban on states regulating AI

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    Pekoe said:
    AI will be the most disruptive technology since the Industrial Revolution.  As such it desperately needs heavy regulation lest it destabilize society.  I have a few suggestions:

    (1) All AI tasks are assigned a human equivalent and must pay all taxes that a human worker would've earned.  The money earned will be used to help those put out of work by AI.

    (2) We should create the equivalent of footnotes for AI.  These footnotes can be included in text documents, and even embedded in images/video.  These AI footnotes would reveal what/how AI was used.  This provides transparency to the AI world.

    (3) the ability of AI training to scrape all info on the internet and elsewhere without permission or compensation must end.  

    These heavy regulations would undoubtedly slow down AI, but they would also give societies time to keep AI from literally destroying the world.  
    I agree with your 2nd and 3rd points. I don't agree with your first point though. How would you identify the "list of people put out of work by AI"? On the surface level, it may seem easy to do, but it is a lot more complicated than that. It will remain a Subjective one and difficult to get consensus on.
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