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Apple must pay EU $14 billion over Ireland tax arrangement
Nonsense, this decision was what the EU was asking all along.strongy said:
Ireland is on apple's side they said as much, i bet you the all the EU wanted was get its hand on all that money at least they don't get any of it.cropr said:The title is misleading: Apple must not pay the amount to the EU, but to the Irish government. The court has decided that the reduced tax rate must be considered as illegal government aid to a private company. This illegal aid must be reimbursed to Ireland.
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Leak shows rumored bronze titanium iPhone 16 Pro
I remember the ad where Apple mocked the brown Zune. This is the same color.
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Microsoft blames European Commission for global CrowdStrike catastrophe
The EU cause the dinosaur extinction!
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Global chaos erupts as Windows security update goes bad
The corrected update has already been rolled out. If the computer installed the wrong one it stopped working and the only way to fix it is to manually intervene.avon b7 said:My scheduled video conference with HP has hit the skids. I was told at 8am this morning that IT support were working on the problem but I doubt they'll apply the machine-by-machine workaround offered by Crowdstrike which requires booting into Safe Mode and deleting a file.
It's touch and go for the meeting which is scheduled to start in 30 minutes.
It is more likely they'll wait for the fix from Crowdstrike to flush through the systems.
Global automated updates should be rolled out in phases to catch these glitches before they become wildfires.
I see some airlines still have boarding cards that can be handwritten for the lucky ones who have been able to get off the ground.
EDIT: meeting postponed.
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Apple Intelligence & iPhone mirroring aren't coming to EU because of the DMA
Even ignoring taxes Europeans pay Apple more for less already. Even Apple One users. We don’t get News or News+. Or Apple Cash. Maps rollout is slow…stencil said:Apple might very well shoot itself in the foot with here.
There are economic reasons for once. Apple products are already sold with a premium in Europe. European customers are very price conscious. This makes Apple products less popular in Europe, i.e. Apple's market share in Europe is considerable but not as big as in the US.
If Apple withholds features it might make competitors devices more desirable when those all of a sudden see an opportunity and decide to implement popular AI features. On top of this would be the fact that most of the competitions devices are still cheaper.
Taking all of this in consideration and add to it the economic headwinds Apple is experiencing in China it might turn out not to be the smartest move.
On the other hand and apart from economic reasons this is also about loosing credibility for Apple. I have lived in a couple of country in my life and I can say that no matter how critical people are towards their institutions they don't like it if someone from outside criticizes the same thing. Big cooperations need to learn to respect local customs and institutions no matter how worthy of criticism they are. Apple's wording is quite condescending, though.
