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  • Tesla reaches settlement in autopilot death case of Apple engineer

    ralphieralphie
    Tesla might make a decent battery on wheels, but they certainly don’t make good cars.
    tophatnosockstimpetuswilliamlondonmacxpresswatto_cobra

  • Apple Watch Series 10 rumored to offer limited blood pressure monitoring

    ralphieralphie
    jbdragon said:
    ralphie said:
    Poorly written article at best.. “the "holy grails" of non-invasive blood pressure”.  Since when has blood pressure measurement been invasive?!  Maybe the author should look for a new physician.
    It's invasive as in having to prick your finger to get blood to take a real reading.  Non-Invasive is not having to do that.  There are a few patches you can get these days, but it is still invasive, but you leave the needle in guess, and safe for a number of days?   I'm not an expert in this area.  Even that would be invasive.  
    There’s no need to extract blood to get BP (as the article eluded to).
    williamlondonVictorMortimerwatto_cobra

  • AirTag anti-stalking class-action lawsuit given the green light

    ralphieralphie
    StrangeDays said:
    ATs have anti-stalking features which is more than competitors could and can say. 
    What anti stalking features? You mean the beeper that can be easily disabled? Of the fact you need a new phone and OS to be notified of nearby tags, and that’s IFF you enable all the locations stuff that apple uses to track you.

    I dare say Apple anti stalking features are woefully inadequate. 

    (1) they could make an Apple that lets me “sweep” for nearby tags at MY convenience not theirs (strangely they only allow this for android). I did a test with a friend of a stray tag tracking me, and it took several days before I was notified.

    (2) disable the speaker, disable the tracking. A simple change apple could easily implement.

    And many other things Apple could do to limit stalking, but choose not to.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Another factory-sealed original iPhone hits the auction block

    ralphieralphie
    BlueLightning said:
    Wonder how willing an insurance company would be to part with $100k+ after a fire or tornado loss?  Most policies have limits for home contents.  Most safety deposit boxes have similar limits, and may not cover losses of collectables.  I'd be afraid to have something worth this much at home.  Some collectables have lost value after they were purchased.  Imagine a grandchild opening and damaging or misplacing the unit.  
    Most people have a rider to cover things beyond their normal coverage.  You can insure anything for any amount IF you’re willing to pay the premiums.
    watto_cobra

  • The next Apple CEO: Who could succeed Tim Cook?

    ralphieralphie
    It will be Joz, since his twin can fill in for him if needed…



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