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rob53 said:

Good article but you left out how virtualization works and after doing a quick search of Apple's new Developer app, nothing showed up. Nothing for Rosetta either. Doesn't surprise me because it's probably a very proprietary set of software and hardware, which is fine with me.

I saw that Parallels released a blog article mentioned their prototype version of Parallels was used for the demo but nothing about which port of Debian was used. Their blog keeps saying to check back later. Has anyone been able to ask this question of any of the macOS Big Sur Apple people during a WWDC conference call? If Parallels only had to create an Apple Silicon version of Parallels (ok, Im stopping to say ARM because it's obviously a lot more than just ARM developers will have to content with) while macOS Big Sur using Rosetta did the "conversion" then that is also a huge step by Apple. 

Rosetta 2 does not support translation for virtualization 

nuclide said:

Arm Holdings (stylized as arm) is a semiconductor and software design company wholly owned by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group and its Vision Fund. 

How is ARM "majority-owned by Chinese interests?"

Yes that's partially correct. In 2018, SoftBank set up an ARM China joint venture and then sold off half of the interest in that to Chinese interests. That was likely to get around US restrictions on sharing ARM technology with Huawei. SoftBank also still needs money, so it could go further and sell more of ARM Ltd. In any case, apart from Qualcomm and Samsung, pretty much all of the mobile competitors using ARM are served by ARM China.  

This cannot be allowed to continue happening. ARM architecture is way far too important to be allowed to be appropriated by the Chinese Communist government. Something must be done.

I’m really surprised there was no mention of the Matias Tactile Pro keyboards. They’re supposed to be the best Mac keyboards for serious typing available these days. They have the Alps switches, first seen in the legendary, holy grail of typing in a Mac, Apple Extended Keyboard II.

And also no mention of the Azio mechanical backlit keyboard. 

zimmermann said:

So, fake news?

If it didn’t happen his time there is nothing keeping the thieving Chinese govt from doing it a year from now when everyone’s forgotten about this. We can’t allow that. 

The Chinese govt is engaging right now in the greatest theft of American intellectual property and tech by ALL means possible. Goal: bring down the US economy. This is real. Anyone who thinks it’s some joke is totally uninformed. Just today NPR published a story exactly about what the Chinese govt is doing to us:

China Makes A Big Play In Silicon Valley - NPR https://apple.news/ALymw-5ufTZGdpRdRMc03DQ

christopher126 said:

boltsfan17 said:

roake said:

Time to ramp up the tariffs.

It's pretty amazing what China gets away. It's mind boggling how they haven't been kicked out of the WTO yet. 

Agreed. I've been saying it for years how American 'short-timer, short-sighted' CEO's are willing to give their company's IP to the Chinese. Just shameful.

The sooner China gets kicked out of the WTO the better for the rest of the world. Deceiving apps like these are the tip of the iceberg. China is currently engaging in the largest ever theft of intellectual property from the US and other countries. The Chinese govt steals, passes the IP to their own national manufacturers and soon they show up selling us our own technology back to us, at half the price. The original US owners of the IP go bankrupt. How is that not a high crime?

Unbelievable. I tried reporting this in the Mac App Store app but there is no such option! I tried leaving a review to warn others to not download the app, but you are required to buy the app before it lets you write a review. 

I haven't been able to find the developer's website. The very first thing that comes up when searching the developer's name is that "Yongming Zhang" was a serial killer in China (he fed the flesh of his victims to innocent people):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yongming

Also, this developer is already known for being --at the very least-- deceiving. He's been caught making 5 start self-reviews repeatedly, like how this AI forum member reported here:
https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/192947/mac-appstore-apps-with-fake-reviews

This guy is probably an agent of the Chinese government syphoning browsing history data back to their intelligence unit so they can identify high-value American individuals (corporate or government) for hacking and espionage. Or equally worse, identifying computers with weak security for bank account thefts. Apple has to start cracking down HARD on data thieves (especially when it comes to national security issues). A great example to follow is what Valve does in Steam. If Valve finds developers making self-reviews, or posting fake reviews on Steam on of their games, they ban the developer ENTIRELY, along with ALL their games.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/valve-bans-developer-after-employees-leave-fake-user-reviews/

And mind you, this is just for making fake reviews. Yongming Zhang is guilty of the far more serious crime of stealing user data and sending it to China. This developer has to get his account banned permanently from all Apple platforms, Google and Microsoft should also be notified to take action, and be reported to the authorities. This is no joke.