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  • Apple supplier predicts 500 million 5G phones in 2021

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    My XS Max is holding up quite well. My tent pole wish, as much as I hate it, is to get TouchID in the lock button like on the iPad Air. Until the scandemic is over this feature is a must.
    watto_cobra

  • Journalist and educator Monica Lozano joins Apple's board of directors

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    sdw2001 said:
    Rayz2016 said:
    lkrupp said:
    Is Al (I invented the internet) Gore still on the board? Why yes, I believe he is.
    I’ll just leave this here. 


    But a spirited defense of Gore’s statement penned by Internet pioneers Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf (the latter often referred to as the “father of the Internet”) in 2000 noted that “Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development” and that “No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution [to the Internet] over a longer period of time”

    He said "I pioneered the Internet."   Direct quote.  And Snopes has a leftward bias.  
    And in that snopes link he says literally says he created it. Always cracks me up on what words/definitions progressives choose to fight their battles over.
    watto_cobra

  • Journalist and educator Monica Lozano joins Apple's board of directors

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    neoncat said:
    Careful Rayz. The Salty-Old-Men-Yelling-At-Clouds contingent of AI's regulars will come at you with both barrels for daring to disrupt their narrative. 
    Yes, goodnesses gracious someone bring up Gore's idiocracy.

    Rayz2016 said:
    lkrupp said:
    Is Al (I invented the internet) Gore still on the board? Why yes, I believe he is.
    I’ll just leave this here. 


    But a spirited defense of Gore’s statement penned by Internet pioneers Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf (the latter often referred to as the “father of the Internet”) in 2000 noted that “Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development” and that “No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution [to the Internet] over a longer period of time”

    There's a difference between actually doing the work to design and build the internet and being in congress while that work is being done. As someone once said "Eh, eh, eh, you didn't build that."


    watto_cobra

  • Leaker shares final Apple 'AirTags' design in leaked pairing animation video

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    svanstrom said:
    Xed said:
    beowulfschmidt said:
    I'm hoping there's a way to attach this unobtrusively to my bike.
    Being able to hide it under the seat or some place where it's not likely to be detected would be great.
    Of course people will want to use it like that, but it's not really designed for it; instead you should get something more like: https://bikefinder.com/en.

    With the right protection you'll even get a lower, or zero, deduction from the insurance company if your bike gets stolen.
    Looks like a cool idea. I'd be crapping bricks if I were them though. AirTags is going to put a sever hit on their revenue.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple working on smaller and more efficient AC power adapters

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    Xed said:
    razorpit said:
    wood1208 said:
    People already using 3rd party USB type-c PD chargers to charge iPhone for sometime. So, it was expected that Apple will offer similar anytime.
    I think that’s part of the “landfill” issue. If Apple would include modern chargers with their products people would use them and not put them in drawers.
    Not even close. People put them in drawers because they have too many, not because they don't work. Apple could easily include one of these "modern" (aka GaN chargers) in every box but it would still be the same result. You'd probably take a 5W GaN charger with you on a trip over their old 5W charger because it's smaller in size, but it doesn't solve the problem of having a drawer full of chargers. Of course, I'm sure your odd use of "modern" also is meant to include a higher output than the 5W, but to what end? As we've recently seen with rare planning by Apple, they have many recent PSU releases that don't work with their latest HW releases. Gruber details of this well...

    https://daringfireball.net/2020/12/charger_nerdery

    But back to the point about the landfill issue. Including a charger designed for one specific device doesn't solve the landfill issue when these devices don't usually break so need updating so we're not so inclined to somehow sell the old one to get the latest one being marketed every year. I don't care what iPhone charger Apple offers I will continue to use a very beefy one with multiple ports tor traveling,  have stationary Qi charging devices throughout my homes, and (for the time being) use a USB-A port in my vehicle for charging. That is a very common scenario.

    This was long overdue, but I do with they had offered the included charger with a USB-C port interface for a couple years before pulling the plug.
    So everyone is happily using the 5W charger they received with their iPhone 3GS? Didn’t know that.
    GeorgeBMac