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  • xrOS has been trademarked in New Zealand ahead of potential WWDC reveal [u]

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    Maybe they put xray vision in those goggles. All the sudden they wouldn’t seem so expensive anymore.
    B)
    williamlondon

  • Fraudsters target Apple Pay in credit card scams

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    rivertrip said:
    lkrupp said:
    As always the weakest link in security is between the ears of the idiots who gladly hand over their credentials to anyone who calls them with an offer too good to be true. And there’s no patch for stupid.
    These automated scams are getting really sophisticated though. Here is one that ALMOST got me.

    Caller ID displayed the name and phone number of my actual bank (which I googled).

    Automated message in perfect English:
    "We recently got a purchase request which we blocked the transaction. If you made this purchase, please press 1. If you didn't make this purchase press 2."

    Then when you hit a number (which I selected #2):
    "Thank you, please enter you ATM card number for verification"

    It keep repeating the message to enter the card number. This is where I was like wait a minute and hung up. The automated call kept calling back every minute for the next hour.

     I called my bank to make sure there weren't any transactions attempts and they said no, so I notified them of the scam.

    A week later, I get another call from a different bank (which I don't have) called me and had the same message (I let it go to voice mail).
    I hope "perfect English" was sarcastic.
    Agree about the ”perfect” English. Also, was it a message or a phone call? The story seems to go in two directions here.
    viclauyycwatto_cobra

  • Apple researching how to make a 'Star Trek' communicator badge

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    A diversion maneuver?
    Personally, I think Apple is planning to use this tech in the bows of their coming goggles …and I like it.
    jas99FileMakerFellerwilliamlondon

  • 'Fortnite' returns to the iPhone through Nvidia's Geforce Now

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    mbdrake76 said:
    I often play Fortnite on my 14" MacBook Pro M1 Pro via GeForce Now RTX3080 tier at Epic settings with a resolution of 1440p and it's absolutely fine - every bit as good as playing it natively on my HP Omen laptop with RTX2060.  Providing you've got the bandwidth and latency, GeForce Now is a good option.  Shadow of the Tomb Raider (which I picked up free via the Epic Games Store) runs around 100-135fps at 1440p on GeForce Now.  GFN could do with more support from developers, but ultimately I'm very happy with the performance and availability of the service.
    @mbdrake76 Lucky you. You must basically live on top of a GFN server that is hooked straight into a Fortnite server. In Europe it’s hard to reach 60 fps at 1080 when playing this game, even with Gb/s internet connections. Most of the time its more like 20-30 fps, and with second-long dropouts when scenes change rapidly or plenty of players enter your viewfield.

    The problems are many: GFN servers are overloaded, the nearest GFN server is too far from you, the nearest Fortnite server is too far from your GFN server etc. Nvidia is at best only optimizing the first link in this chain. Their service would be better if they tried to optimize the whole gaming experience. But I seriously doubt they could match the performance of a real gaming console today — except maybe in those rare cases of @mbdrake76 ’s situation.
    roundaboutnowbyronl

  • Swedish Siri tests point to upcoming HomePod mini release in Sweden

    dope_ahminedope_ahmine
    Ok, jag erkänner att det är fördelaktigt att ha Siri på svenska om man tar diktamen, tex för ett textmeddelande. Men för rena kommandon vet de flesta svenskar knappt vad begreppen heter på svenska. Folk säger ju ”mood” tom på svenska. Ingen fattar vad Apple menar då de snackar om stämningar i Apple Music. När det gäller att tala med Siri via Homepods är det nog mest kommandon det handlar om, och därmed engelska som gäller.

    English:
    Ok, I admit it is an advantage having Siri in Swedish if you are dictating, for example for a text message.  But for pure commands, most Swedes hardly know what the terms are called in Swedish anyway.  People say "mood" even in Swedish.  Nobody understands what Apple means when they talk about ”stämningar” in Apple Music.  When it comes to talking to Siri via Homepods, it's probably most commands that matter, and thus English.
    williamlondon