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  • iPhone 17 - Eight upgrade-worthy features rumored for fall 2025

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    tht said:
    Oh, a new and more robust battery chemistry is coming sooner or later, like LFP chemistry or solid state electrolyte. Instead of the 500 cycles to wear down to 80% capacity, it could be 5000 cycles. The battery could easily last 10 years. The wait has been curiously long. No driving need for it I guess.
    I think we all know why it's been curiously long. How else are OEMs going to get you to upgrade your phone every [year, 2 years, 3 years].
    appleinsideruserAlex1Nwilliamlondon

  • TikTok service restored in the US after promises that ban won't be enforced

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    chasm said:
    As I predicted, he's now offering a (bad) deal to TikTok. Sigh.

    I have no feelings one way or the other about TikTok; I have never interacted with it, but I gather that the US version mostly consists of short videos of people and/or their kids/pets/unsuspecting friends being silly and/or stupid.

    But until the US government can prove in a court of law that its evidence of spying or privacy invasion or whatever else TikTok is accused of is real beyond a shadow of a doubt, the law Congress passed should be nullifed by the (equally corrupt) Supreme Court as blatantly unconstitutional. Temu is every bit as embedded in US society and is just as controlled by the Chinese government and collecting data on their users as TikTok (and Meta, and Google) are, but nobody's talking about singling out Temu for special censorship ...

    America has become a weird place, and it's getting weirder by the hour.
    You seem to be confused about how the US government works. Congress does not enforce laws, it creates them. They can ban whatever they like and have no burden of proof in doing so. If a law is determined to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and only if petitioned, the law is stricken. But it has been upheld. 
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  • AirTag tracking busts rich kid stealing presidential campaign yard signs

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    Xed said:
    It's sad that decorum is gone from one party as MAGA made cheating and stealing acceptable. 
    You're kidding right? Refresh my memory, was it the Republicans or the Democrats in California (and everywhere else) that increased the amount you'd have to steal or shoplift for it to be a felony, or even be prosecuted? I hope you're trolling, because your comment is extremely ignorant.
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  • J.D. Vance shouldn't open his mouth about Apple if he doesn't have a clue

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    gatorguy said:
    I'm sorry, but it is no win for us to be misled.
    You mean the last four years of a vegetable behind the Resolute Desk? I get it, Trump and Vance aren't anything close to beacons of honesty. But you're deluding yourself if you think the current administration and Kamala are somehow better, and deserving of the office.
    neillwdkdupuis77JanNLtimpetuslibertyandfreeeim23xh2pargonautsdw2001Draco

  • Phone encryption debate will reignite over attempted Trump assassination

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    Well, that was a whole lot of speculation.
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