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Apple Watch tech gives NHL refs an edge with real-time alerts
I’m all for a future where pro sports refereeing increases the use of technology.
MLB: Balls and strikes being determined by AI. Sorry, umpires. Some of you are great at your jobs, but Angel Hernandez single-handedly ruined it for all of you.
NBA: Something needs to be done about these long and numerous Coach’s Challenge breaks in the game. Maybe some use of AI can help speed it up. What a breath of fresh air it was during the three 40-point NBA All Star Games when no challenges were used. At least I don’t remember any challenges. There were definitely many referee mistakes, lol, but I was happy for the game to just continue.
Tennis: I’m happy with the Hawk-Eye challenges. That happens very quickly and we can all see it for ourselves as the challenge happens. Maybe it should just be used all the time, every time.
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Apple's iPhone Fold is creeping closer - what the rumor mill says is coming
World’s Most Admired Company Awards is… kind of a misnomer. It’s the United States’ most admired companies limited to those with the highest revenue in each industry. Plus a handful of non-US companies from a database limited to 30-ish countries. And then voted on by the executives and directors from those very companies, as well as financial analysts covering those companies.charlesn said:
And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs.Pema said:Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory.
And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K.
Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now.
And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse.
Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum.
But yes, Apple has won that award 18 times in a row.
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Apple thinks the iPhone 16e target market doesn't care about MagSafe
I don’t want to belabor the point too much, but you also said “Cases offer MagSafe”, which is why I said “Adding magnets to a case doesn’t make a phone MagSafe.”ranson said:SuntanIronMan said:MagSafe isn’t just an array of magnets though. It’s a technical specification for wireless charging. Adding magnets to a case doesn’t make a phone MagSafe. It’s compatible with MagSafe, but the phone is still Qi(1) that is limited to 7.5w — while the MagSafe of the iPhone 16 (no-suffix/Plus/Pro/Pro Max) can go up to 25w. The difference between 25w and 7.5w is quite significant. I know not everybody cares about wireless charging (and that’s perfectly fine), but… 25w vs 7.5w is a notable difference.
That's why I said Spigen offers "magnetic charging cases". I know it is not MagSafe, and that Apple is not going to give the nice swirly animation or the maximum charging output. I quoted William complaining about the loss of convenience of just popping it on the stand, and pointed out that this capability is not gone when paired with any magnetic charging case. Most people who use MagSafe with a stand charge their phone overnight while the phone is in Nightstand mode. They don't care how fast it charges overnight. People know the fastest way to charge a phone is to plug it in and that true MagSafe is slower, while non-MagSafe induction charging is slowest.
I understand now that you didn’t actually mean the case was MagSafe. You simply just used “MagSafe” interchangeable with “magnetic charging”. Which is perfectly-understandable. Even product listings do that all the time. At this point it’s almost like calling every box of tissues “Kleenex”, right? lol -
Microsoft Copilot lands on Mac
Kind of. That was the iPadOS version that was very briefly available for download on the Mac (before Microsoft said “Nope” and took it back).chip_loder said:The Copilot app for macOS has been available since Jan, 2024. It's not new.
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Apple thinks the iPhone 16e target market doesn't care about MagSafe
MagSafe isn’t just an array of magnets though. It’s a technical specification for wireless charging. Adding magnets to a case doesn’t make a phone MagSafe. It’s compatible with MagSafe, but the phone is still Qi(1) that is limited to 7.5w — while the MagSafe of the iPhone 16 (no-suffix/Plus/Pro/Pro Max) can go up to 25w. The difference between 25w and 7.5w is quite significant. I know not everybody cares about wireless charging (and that’s perfectly fine), but… 25w vs 7.5w is a notable difference.ranson said:Do you think people are taking the case off of their iPhone and using the built-in MagSafe magnets to mount the phone to the stand charger? Of course not. Everybody's phone is in a case and it stays in the case for 99.99% of its life. Cases offer MagSafe. People's iPhones are attaching to the stand via the case's magnets, not the phone's. A quick Amazon search shows that popular case makers like Spigen already have magnetic charging cases for the iPhone 16e.
This was the right call by Apple.
