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  • Kroger plans rollout of iPhone-assisted COVID-19 rapid testing kits

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    brandoncali said:
    When will Kroger join the rest of the world and allow customers to use ApplePay?!!!
    As soon as it decides the benefits are greater than the customer data it can now collect through its own payments system. 
    GeorgeBMac

  • Advertisers weigh moving to Android as iOS 14 privacy features loom

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    cloudguy said:
    Most users either know that they are being tracked or do not care. The only people who do "care" are Apple fans who started caring when Apple told them to in order to paint their own products as "good" and opposing products as "evil".

    We'll just say totally wrong here and move on.
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  • Qualcomm opposed to Nvidia's $40B takeover of Arm

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    U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm has told regulators across the globe that it opposes Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of chip design company ARM.
    I'm sure it does. :D

    watto_cobra

  • Intel under pressure to explore strategic options amid chip industry challenges

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    “...[W]rote a letter to Intel chairman Omar Ishrak on Tuesday calling for the company to boost its position as a provider of chips for computers and data centers.”
    I'm sure that hadn't occurred to Intel before.
    watto_cobra

  • US House of Representatives to recommend break up of Big Tech firms

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    wood1208 said:
    US Government getting into non-government business affairs is how they screw them up. Leave them alone. Once upon time Bell/AT&T,Kodak,Standard oil,etc,etc were big and could have expanded globally but look at where they are today.. Even threatening to break up restricts their ability to invest,grow and compete globally especially against Chinese companies where Chinese government continuously help beyond normal instead of hurting them. To compete against larger global competitors, you have to be big in size and balance sheet.
    Your initial point isn't entirely unfounded, but your examples aren't so great. The regional children created by breaking up Standard Oil have been able to compete just fine globally: Standard Oil of New Jersey, aka Exxon; Standard of New York, aka Mobil; Standard of Indiana, aka Amoco; Standard of California, aka Chevron. Kodak's demise was the result of poor management decisions and hubris. AT&T agreed readily to be broken up because it was sure it could use its expertise and resources to become a giant in computer technology; it was wrong.

    The argument about facing government-supported Chinese entities sounds like it was copied and pasted from the 1980s – just search for Japan and replace with China. That turned out not to be quite the danger it seemed. (Admittedly, China is larger and has more resources to bring to bear, so that might boost your argument.)

    Still, the lines of business demarcation for possible breakups of, for example, Apple or Amazon, are not readily apparent. Even a Democratic tidal wave in 2020 will not lead to that draconian a solution, but it does make a strong negotiating starting point for the government.
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