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  • New Ikea smart home device will work with any Thread hub

    mike1 said:
    JiriL said:
    Ikea has stopped using disposable batteries, including the CR2032, in its devices.

    Yet, the image here shows AAA batteries.
    ...which may be rechargeable. Ikea only sell rechargeable batteries.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • How to fix iPhone Notes disappearing after iCloud terms & conditions update

    A quarter of the way through the 21st century, and we still need to be told "Turn it off, then on"?  
    It obviously runs Windows in the back end.
    watto_cobra
  • macOS Sequoia causing issues with third-party security tools and web browsers

    Rogue01 said:
    This is mostly an issue with Macs in the Enterprise-environment with MDM management, not consumer Macs.  

    Yes, I'd say so. We got info from our IT dept warning us not to upgrade and wait for further instructions.
    freeassociate2
  • EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region

    tmay said:
    longfang said:
    The EU is an extortion racket. Change my mind. 
    The US is a violent force destabilising peace across the world to suit its own ends. Change my mind.
    Nope. You have already made it up. Perhaps you would enjoy living in Ukraine under the benevolence of Vladimir Putin.
    Tell that to the countries the US has brought “freedom” to. 
    Now you're just asking to be told to fuck off.

    Of course, I'll let someone else tell you that.

    the answer is;

    All of Europe,

    Most of the Pacific that was occupied by Japan.

    Japan, and later, South Korea, and after many decades, Taiwan. 

    There's likely more, but, you are too fucking wrapped up in your ideology to actually comprehend what "freedom" is.

    It isn't hard to guess that you live in one of those BRIC countries, but you certainly are too timid to let us know which....

    BTW, if you are posting here, you are taking advantage of our freedom as defined by our internet. I certainly wouldn't be able to post "Xi is a totalitarian" if I actually lived in the PRC.

    Xi is in fact a totalitarian, and is directly responsible for the economic downturn that we are seeing in the PRC.

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/10/china-xi-jinping-totalitarian-authoritarian-debate/

    Yes, You Can Use the T-Word to Describe China

    China is governed by a totalitarian regime. Why is that so hard to say?


    Some weirdos forget that the popularity of hating on the USA for fake reasons has been over for at least a decade. 

    The USA is the greatest country on the planet for many reasons (one of them being a structure that supports the rise of amazing pioneers like Apple) Perfect? No. Great? You bet. 

    And somehow, You The People of this greatest country decided that Trump and Biden are the two persons most suitable to rule the land?

    Makes sense.
    muthuk_vanalingamsphericwilliamlondon
  • Apple Intelligence impresses now, and it's still very early

    melgross said:

    Will ChatGP ultimately end up being 'Sherlocked'...?
    It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to find that Apple is working on their own solution with the intention of no longer needing to use ChatGPT or some other third-party. 
    Apple doesn't have talent to "Sherlock" ChatGPT, if they could they'd already have their own service instead of outsourcing to get it.
    What I do see Apple doing is trying to pass all this off as their own doing to the unaware masses who don't know. 
    That’s ridiculous. I mean, totally ridiculous.  You really need to know something before posting nonsense. Apple has been doing this well before anyone else. They call it by its proper term; machine learning. Artificial intelligence is just a term dreamed up a time ago to sound more exciting for the masses.
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    Actually, Machine Learning is defined as a very distinct subset of Artificial Intelligence, and AI is absolutely not a newly dreamed up term. Generative models and LLMs also has their specific meanings.
    Software helping us humans to process information comes in many forms. And has for a long time.

    Apples AI is a combination of several such processing paradigms, as is most other recently marketed services.

    On-device processing and privacy är where Apple shines.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra