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  • Redesigned colored MacBook Air shown off in new renders

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    Beats said:
    At least 3 thunderbolt ports please! And FaceID.
    Probably not - low cast machine.
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  • AirTag hacked and reprogrammed by security researcher

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    Xed said:
    rob53 said:
    So what. Someone who knows what they're doing can do the same thing to every computer ever made. The trick is to make these changes without being obvious. All those jumper wires are obvious. I'd like to see him put it back into the enclosure and try and pass it off as an unmodified AirTag. I'm still waiting for mine and this guy wastes "multiple" AirTags. 
    As the article mentioned, he can flash (i.e.: rewrite) the microcontroller and the wires are only used for power.

    This is an impressive accomplishment for a product that has been out for a week, and to neither see nor acknowledge this blows my mind.

    We have no idea what else could be done in the future. Nefarious users could figure out was to have it bypass sending or receiving data from Apple altogether, which could make this a very useful tool for certain people.

    While I doubt we'll see many doing this, that's not the point for even one person using these in an unintended way for evil is worth protecting against, so I hope Apple can push a way to protect the HW soon.
    The AirTag sends nothing to Apple.  The Apple iPhone/iPad/AppleWatch(?) picks up a unique BT ID, and THAT device talks to Apple.  All the AirTag does is broadcast its ID via BlueTooth for other Apple devices to pick up.

    The AirTag receives nothing from Apple - it only receives data from Apple devices (probably only the device it is paired with.)
    gregoriusmviclauyyc

  • Kensington Studio Dock not compatible with 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro

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    applguy said:
    Link to the Kensington website goes to a 404 page not found.

    There is this page on the Kensington site. Does show buy option for 12.9” iPad Pro 2018+. No mention it’s compatible in the product information. So maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t. 
    https://store.kensington.com/products/studiodock™-ipad-docking-station
    It's the "tm" in the URL that's causing issues - yours goes to 404, also.

    Proper URL is https://store.kensington.com/collections/docking-stations-1/products/studiodock™-ipad-docking-station.  
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  • New study finds that Night Shift does not improve sleep quality or quantity

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    darkvader said:
    No surprise there.  All it does is infuriate me that colors aren't rendering properly.

    I hate this "feature" almost as much as I hate "True Tone".  At least unlike "True Tone" it defaults to off.


    True Tone does not default to on.

    During the setup of a new device or wiped/reset device, the option to turn True Tone on/off is presented to the user.  The user decides if it is on or off.  
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  • 2021 Apple TV 4K versus 2017 Apple TV 4K - Who should buy the new model, and who should no...

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    jayword said:
    "also supports unquestionably excellent audio" -- Not the case. AppleTV forces decode of Atmos inside the AppleTV into PCM (raw audio bytes without metadata). This means Atmos 3D position metadata is completely lost. AppleTV does not support true passthrough, so there is no way to preserve Atmos metadata.

    It is always possible the new AppleTV could fix this or take advantage of eARC to partially fix it in specific scenarios, but there is as yet no evidence of any fix for this forthcoming. Because of this, Apple is really at the bottom of the barrel in terms of sound quality as it can't handle proper Atmos unlike every other major media player.
    I believe you are mistaken.  

    What you state might be true if you connect the AppleTV directly to a TV, and try to take the audio from a TV to some surround sound AMP/processor, but if you connect the AppleTV 4K (current, even) directly to a Dolby Atmos compatible receiver, it will pass Dolby Atmos (my receiver shows it is receiving/processing Dolby Atmos).

    Even my Sony Dolby Atmos compatible sound bar shows Dolby Atmos coming from the current Apple TV 4K.
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