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Apple paying up to $500 million to settle iPhone battery slowdown lawsuits
Apple have a history of supporting their devices for far longer than Android manufacturers, which is why I don't believe this issue was a move to sell more devices.I believe it was an engineering decision that was not communicated properly.
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iPhone 11 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S20 - $999 premium smartphones head-to-head
S20 with 12 GB RAM? S20 Ultra with 16 GB RAM? That is 3x to 4x more than iPhone 11 Pro! Is this increase due to Android's "App Pinning"?
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Wacom defends itself against data harvesting accusations
Can you use Little Snitch to find out the port that Wacom is using, and then block it?robjn said:The fact is Wacom don’t ‘collect anonymized data’.
The Wacom software collects and sends raw data to Google. Google processes it and lets Wacom see some of that data in an anonymized form.
I’m more concerned about Google snooping on me than Wacom.
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Review: VocoLinc L3 SmartGlow Color Bulb packs a ton of features in at a fair price
zroger73 said:"Vocolinc suggests that the bulb should only cost you $6.30 per year to operate, assuming that you're running it for an average of three hours a day."
9.5 watts (at full brightness) x 3 hours/day x 365 days/year = 10.4025 kWh/year
At a national average of 10.53 cents/kWh, that's $1.10 per year.
In order for this bulb to cost $6.30 per year to operate, it must consuming 5.6 watts even when it's "off". It looks like most of the cost is to keep the bulb connected rather than produce light. A traditional, 60-watt incandescent light bulb that costs less than a dollar will cost $6.91 per year to operate 3 hours per day, but it only produces one color and isn't HomeKit compatible.
Interesting calculation, so roughly $5/year/WiFi chip. I'm sure BTLE or Z-Wave will consume far less than WiFi (but with higher latency).If you have a house full of WiFi-connected devices (not only bulbs), this could add up. Talk about "phantom" power drain.
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Apple lays groundwork to use iPhone as a car key via NFC
digitol said:TESLA.Tesla are not a member, according to https://carconnectivity.org/members/.Not surprising, since Tesla don't support Car Play or Android Auto.
