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Another issue is that the president does not have the authority to levy and collect taxes, which is what his tariff scheme does. 

Per the US Constitution, Art 1 §8 Cl 1:

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States".

It's quite amusing that Stephen Miller calls this decision a "judicial coup", given the pervasive usurpation of judicial and legislative authority by the White House and its clown cabinet. It's J6 2025 to be certain.

gatorguy said:

loopless said:

You guys don’t reflect what most people use Siri for.  Apple intelligence is not Siri. All the other tools like summaries and email categories are actually super useful. Apple has to build out massive AI compute farms and integrate Siri into iOS and apps, that takes time. And Apple likes to get things right.

...which may require scrapping Siri altogether. 

EDIT: There are reports coming out this morning that Apple has wasted more than a year trying to integrate Apple Intelligence with Siri before determining it just wasn't going to work. If accurate, that would help explain the "new" Siri moving to 2026. 

I don't doubt that this is true.  But I thought it was already well known inside Apple that Siri had structural limitations that were never going to allow it to advance very far. I heard this several years ago, and I thought Apple was working on a completely new product in this category.  Guess I was wrong--too bad.

prismo said:

Have you considered that a large target audience for this phone are people with pacemakers? And that Apple needs a phone on the market that will not cause pacemakers to stop working?

From the FDA.gov website: "Magnets in Cell Phones and Smart Watches May Affect Pacemakers and Other Medical Devices"

"The FDA is aware of published articles which describe the effect that sufficiently strong magnetic fields can turn on the magnetic safe mode when in close contact. The FDA also conducted its own testing on some products that use the high field strength magnet feature and have confirmed the magnetic field is both consistent with the publications and strong enough to turn on the magnetic safety mode of the medical devices in question. The FDA believes the risk to patients is low, and the agency is not aware of any adverse events associated with this issue at this time." (MY BOLD)

I'm not a doctor but we have pacemaker wearer in the family and they work great. The cardiologists told us that a pacemaker patient should avoid close (defined by Medtronic and FDA as 6" or less) or prolonged contact with electronic devices, all of which have a magnetic field. So don't hold it against your pacemaker, don't wear it in a pocket over your pacemaker. It's better to use it on the side away from the pacemaker to be cautious. It applies to all cell phones, watches, radios/walkie-talkies, game controllers, etc. When the pacemaker is too close to a magnetic field it goes into a protective "magnet mode" until the field is moved away, and it resumes normal operation. BUT depending on the heart problem, this period of pacemaker inactivity can be debilitating or fatal, so patients always have to be aware. All this and more is in the website quoted above.

Can I just take this opportunity to remind everyone to take your "super computer in your pocket" and take pictures of each room in your house and closets from a couple of angles so you can itemize your belongings, including in your garage. It doesn't matter if it's messy. Plus a few pictures of your house and yard. Put them on iCloud. Or use a flash drive (or go old school and print them out) and keep them somewhere safe. It will save you a lot of trouble should a disaster occur and you end up negotiating with an insurance company. The Rule is: You have more stuff than you think.

Also, have a "go bag". There are a plethora of docs and YT videos on Go Bag contents, from full nuclear winter prep to a few overnights at a local motel or in-laws (YMMV as to which option may be worse than another...).

One last thing: GO. Don't wait and don't assume the main roads will be clear sailing--they won't be because everyone waits.

ike22w said:

Tim Cook did the same thing with Biden. Also, why did Wesley coin the President-Elect as controversial? He won in an electoral college landslide and also won the popular vote by over 4 million votes. I’d say the country clearly stated who they wanted. No controversy here folks. Maybe let’s just stick with tech news and not show our biased political views in a tech article. 

Final 2024 Election Tally:  
Trump 77,301,997  49.8% 312  
Harris 75,017,626  48.33%  226      
Popular Vote Difference: 2,284,371 1.47%. 

Facts matter.

(Reference) 2020 Election Tally:
Biden 81,282,916  51.3%  306
Trump 74,223,369  46.9% 232
Popular Vote Difference: 7,059,547  4.4%