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  • The potential TikTok ban is being decided on by the wrong people

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    Wouldn't be the first time people with no knowledge of the subject matter made decisions on it and for it, and it won't be the last. It's naive to think government intervention wasn't coming. One need only look at Europe to see the kind of regulatory snafus coming our way; funny how we haven't seen those articles . . .
    watto_cobra

  • Apple sat at a crossroads of indecision that led to Project Titan's slow death

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    Xed said:
    rob53 said:
    Apple was correct in dumping Project Titan. They don't have any expertise in building any type of car. They would need land and millions of dollars worth of manufacturing equipment. If they wanted to buy Rivian for a fire sale price to get manufacturing facilities and some expertise, I might go for it but they'd need to do a lot of work on fixing Rivian's vehicles plus come up with a respectable sedan. There is room for an American EV manufacturer, Tesla can't build all the EVs without building several more manufacturing facilities. 
    What expertise did any car company have before they existed? You mention Apple buying Rivian and Tesla so why doesn't their lack of expertise and experience before they made a single automobile carry over to your argument that if you hadn't done something before that you should never try to do it?

    Land and millions of dollars available, you say? How could they ever manage that. LOL
    Both Tesla and Rivian purchased factories previously established by automakers. I forget, which manufacturing plant did Apple buy in the intervening ten years they've been hacking away at a car?
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondondewme

  • Apple sat at a crossroads of indecision that led to Project Titan's slow death

    sbdudesbdude
    StrangeDays said:
    rob53 said:
    Apple was correct in dumping Project Titan. They don't have any expertise in building any type of car. They would need land and millions of dollars worth of manufacturing equipment. If they wanted to buy Rivian for a fire sale price to get manufacturing facilities and some expertise, I might go for it but they'd need to do a lot of work on fixing Rivian's vehicles plus come up with a respectable sedan. There is room for an American EV manufacturer, Tesla can't build all the EVs without building several more manufacturing facilities. 
    Tell me, how much cell phone experience did Apple have before entering that market? Any car Apple would build would be a computer on wheels, the same way phones today are computers that make calls now.

    The more things change, the more they stay the same. 
    And old boss once told me, it's easier to take a large project and shrink it down than it is to take a small project and scale it up. Apple already made PDAs, and already knew how to miniaturize technology. Making a car requires thousands more parts than anything Apple currently makes. Your comparison is flawed, at best.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Setapp announces beta of iOS app store for the EU

    sbdudesbdude
    Isn't MacPaw one of the biggest scam app makers in the business? CleanMyMac might be one of the most useless programs available. Glad I don't have to be subjected to their "app store".
    elijahgred oakwatto_cobra

  • Leak backs up obvious news that Apple is designing 2nm processors

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    blastdoor said:
    Intel might be a year ahead of TSMC with their “20A” process. Sometime this year we might see the most competitive chips from Intel in a very long time. We will just have to see if Intel hits their targets.

    I won't hold my breath.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondonwatto_cobra