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  • Trump blinks: Floats suggestion that Apple might get a tariff exemption

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    You might want to consider reading what you previously wrote :-)

    "but now, that may not have been necessary. Exemptions may not occur, and anything could happen or change at a moment's notice, so Apple may continue shipping iPhones in massive quantities to stockpile during the 90-day reprieve."

    As you wrote yourself earlier in the piece, China is not part of the 90-day reprieve, so unless Trump specificially excludes Apple, Apple doesn't have 90 days to stockpile.
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  • Apple's C1 modem is a quiet game-changer that's mostly flying under the radar

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    "Apple is even working on integrating the C-series chips directly into its A and M-series processors. Which means, theoretically, we could finally get cellular Macs."  It doesn't mean that at all!   Whether the C1 is a chip by itself or on the processor itself is irrelevant to Apple's decision to produce a cellular Mac.  Surely space is not a consideration on a Mac when a standalone C1 chip can fit into an iPhone?  Also, while the author may root for paying for multiple cellular plans - I guess he must also enjoy paying for a separate plan on his Apple Watch?  - I'd rather *occasionally* use the wireless hotspot and suffer whatever real (or imaginary) performance disadvantage that brings over a separate cell than *always* pay for a separate data plan.

    When Apple Watch first added cellular capability, I wondered if one could simply *switch* ones cellular plan from one device to the other - rather than have a separate one altogether.  But that was never a supported capability.  I still maintain that in today's eSIM world, it should be trivial for Apple to let this cellular "license" float among any of its devices; when the user goes from his iPhone to his mac, he ought to be able to push a button "move cellular here".  Now, that would be a useful and money-saving feature.
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  • Apple is lying about Apple Intelligence, John Gruber says -- and he's right

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    canukstorm said:
    DAalseth said:
    jdw said:
    Wow.  Just wow.

    When otherwise staunchly left-leaning Tim Cook isn't quite left enough for the left, they pounce. 

    Great job, folks.  Great job.
    This has nothing to do with politics and it's an insane leap to try and make it so. Stop.
    Agreed. And I usually enjoy reading @jdw's posts. Definitely, not this one. Not after, it was deleted for violating the forum rules.

    My personal take on the topic at hand - Ok, Apple lied about an important feature - so what? Everything is fair in love, war and marketing. Apple's marketing is usually not as deceptive as competition and they are still far better than competition even after this situation. Of course. competition is not the gold standard for Apple to follow, rather Apple has to set the high bar for others to follow. But occasional missteps happen and that is inevitable. Is this misstep large enough for CEO to step down - I don't think so, considering the track record of the CEO in question for the last 10+ years.
    So what? It’s called fraud and people have been prosecuted for it. At the very least I expect a massive lawsuit over this which I expect Apple will lose costing them millions. The damage to their reputation will be even worse. 
    Exactly. They mislead the public into believing they’d get some great AI features a few months down the road - but only if they upgraded their iPhones. Analysts went as far as calling for an iPhone upgrade supercycle due to these great AI features. Most prominent/exciting being a Siri that knows about you. And that is the exact feature that turns out to be vaporware - for the entire iPhone 16 cycle! So the trust is broken. You can no longer believe what Apple tells you.
    Wow - that was, word for word, my reply in another forum on the subject.  I guess plagiarism is the most sincere form of flattery :-)

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  • China threatens App Store probe in retaliation for trade tensions

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    CheeseFreeze said:
    This move from China is smart. What was Trump expecting? He'll eventually have to back off. 
    Meanwhile, unelected billionaire Musk is ravaging through government organizations, which is completely unconstitutional.
    Why did Americans choose this joker? He is a serious danger to the world. 
    I was about to emigrate back to the US, but we cancelled it when the election went sideways. Who wants to live there?
    This is just a shot across the bow.  If Trump gets in a tit-for-tat - virtually guaranteed given his ego - watch China "investigate" Tesla next.  China is Tesla's biggest market outside the US and it uses the Shanghai factory to export Teslas to other countries as well.   China might be the player that will finally bring  TSLA's ridiculous valuation down to earth if that happens.
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  • Apple reported to have killed the project to create Mac-connected AR glasses

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    If this really existed - not an assured thing in this rumor driven world - then it's the dumbest idea ever.  Thanks god it was canceled!  I could understand AR glasses tethered than iPhone - at least you could still experience AR's promise of augmenting the world with useful information as you moved through it.  But what's the use of augmenting anything while you're sitting somewhere with your MacBook???  Add a virtual calculator or calendar to your office walls?  Who'd walk around with a laptop in hand?  Makes no sense at all.
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