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  • Apple shuts down Epic Games developer account

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    entropys said:
    So when is Apple coming out with the game engine to rule them all?
    We can wish. But I can't think of a better way to announce ASi Macs than with a high-quality game based on a new Apple game engine.

    TSSBeatswatto_cobra

  • Amazon Halo is a wearable health tracker that listens to your voice

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    kurai_kage said:
    Amazon also mentions rich third-party integration with health and wellness companies, including WW (formerly weight watchers.) 
    That right there tells me everything I need to know.  They wanted a product that will convince users to give up their private health data, so that they could make money "sharing the data with partners."  If a user opts out, well, Amazon itself will be able to user that data to target the user with product suggestions.
    This is creepy. We already know Amazon have sent recorded Alexa conversations to outside companies.

    Fire Phone v2
    watto_cobra

  • Facebook warns of a 50% hit to advertisers' revenue from iOS 14

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    The time is ripe for Apple to have its own version of Facebook with no ads/tracking and no cost. Keep it simple for only social connections and minimal maintenance cost to Apple; no need to escalate features, such as a news feed, etc. Keep it simple and secure (KISS).
    Beatsdewmerob53killroymike54watto_cobra

  • Teardown images allegedly depict scrapped AirPower charging mat

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    CloudTalkin said:
    That looks fake.  AirPower needed standard Qi and Apple's proprietary Apple Watch charging coils to do what Apple was trying to accomplish.  The images above only show standard Qi coils.  No AW coils.  If all Apple wanted was place anywhere phone charging, I'm fairly certain they had that figured out early on in the process.  Heck, Zen has their Liberty place anywhere Qi charger.  Those AW coils, were the downfall imo.  Regardless, that doesn't look real.  It looks like a disassembled generic Chinese multi-coil wireless charger.
    I see no attempt at heatsinking the coils, so I call this fake, also. Apple wouldn't give up on this project due to overheating without any attempt at heatsinking.
    n2itivguywatto_cobra

  • Microsoft aims to replace your iPad and iPhone with new Surface Duo

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    megacookie said:
    Could be a very good idea that every Apple device could be prepared to have a port for a SIM card.
    That you could indistinctlvy could tun your iPad or Macbook or MacPro into a phone. 
    ...
    I've speculated that once Apple have their own silicon for a cell phone modem (not the Qualcomm one their purchasing now), every Apple device could be phone-capable. Apple would prefer an eSIM to an actual SIM card.

    watto_cobra