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iOS 26 is here with Liquid Glass redesign, new Camera, and Apple Intelligence promises
The UI screenshots going round look terrible. A lot of work needed to tone this mess down.
Why would I want to be able to see through my controls?! The entire idea is stupid. There had better be a system wide "turn off transparency" option.
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US will not tolerate EU fine against Apple, says White House
If the only thing you're considering is the available fines then you've got a weird-ass definition of a kangaroo court.shrave10 said:
US does not have any organization that can fine companies 10% of global turnover before any court appeals are done. If the EU is not a definition of a kangaroo court, I don't know what istiredskills said:
Do you really believe that the US news bubble that you live in would report on the EU Commission fining EU companies? Newsflash, they have done so many times, you are just ignorant of it.shrave10 said:Appeal to what? A kangaroo court that always fines US companies guilty and EU companies innocent?
Incidentally, this fine is well short of 10% of global turnover. It's barely 1% of revenue in the EU.
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Apple's MagSafe isn't going anywhere
Wtf is a "lame duck argument"?Xed said:
You believe that...sloth77 said:
Actually most of the statements are true. It is less efficient than wired charging, it is slower than wired charging and it does make the phone fractionally heavier (if not bigger).Xed said:
There's a ridiculous number of false statements in your post. Is that suppose to be parody that is falling flat?proline said:You're probably right. It's sad, because with MagSafe half the electricity gets used to increase the entropy of the universe which raises carbon emissions for no reason. It is slow, it makes the phones bigger and heavier, and hardly anyone uses it. And yet, for so many years the only thing reviewers would say every September was "and it still doesn't have teh wireless chargez!". Apple doesn't want the big story in September to be that, so they will include the wasteful and useless thing.
But I don't agree that hardly anyone uses it - I suspect most people wirelessly charge.
• MagSafe half the electricity gets used to increase the entropy of the universe which raises carbon emissions for no reason
• It is slow
• hardly anyone uses it
• wasteful and useless thing
None of those things are true as stated and most of the others have some truth to them but are lame duck statements, like "makes the phones bigger and heavier."
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'Silo' renewed for two more seasons as series finale looms
Really? I slugged through the turgid first season, and then gave up after three episodes of the second. It is high production value trash; bad, and not getting better. I cannot take drama seriously when the quality of duct tape being supplied is meant to be a serious plot point.
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New Magic Mouse said to fix everything that's been wrong with it for 15 years
That's ok then. I'm perfectly happy to accept suboptimal design if it contributes to Apple's bottom line.foregoneconclusion said:The reason the charging port is on the bottom is due to the original removable battery option. The charging port is in the same location as the latch for the removable battery cover. That allowed Apple to save $$ by keeping the industrial design almost identical between the two different versions.
