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  • Lawmakers urged to block TSMC worker visas over Arizona plant construction

    Most people have no idea what a severe shortage of skilled AND unskilled workers exists  in the USA and why immigration benefits everyone. The racist, anti-immigration sentiment that extends even to PhD level H1-B workers is frankly idiotic , and not born out by the facts, which  show bringing in  highly educated and motivated people to work here benefits everyone.  The higher education system here does not produce enough STEM graduates for industry, so "taking jobs from Americans" is a lie.
    rob53lorca2770killroywilliamlondonFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra
  • Geekbench reveals M2 Ultra chip's massive performance leap in 2023 Mac Pro

    There is very solid evidence that Metal compute  code running on the ultras has the thoughput of nvidia GPUs with much higher theoretical peak performance. Memory bandwidth is the key here.
    watto_cobrawilliamlondondewmewaveparticle
  • Apple issues Rapid Security Response update for iOS 16.4.1, macOS 13.3.1

    Same here. Major oops by Apple. 
    williamlondon
  • Two women saved in Canada thanks to Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite

    damonf said:


    Back in April, Emergency SOS also saved a snowboarder in Switzerland. On a solo trip at about 10,000 feet altitude, Tim Blakey fell into a hidden crevasse in the snow.

    Despite an iPhone battery life of 3%, he could use Emergency SOS to contact emergency services. Rescuers found him and took him to the hospital for an injured ankle.


    I presume "April" is supposed to be some other month, given the satellite version of Emergency SOS didn't gen enabled until November.  The service was not available in April 2022.
    That particular rescue was just good old fashioned SOS call  - he had weak cell coverage. I have spoken to Swiss guides and they have had to descend into crevasses and take out bodies of skiers/snowboarders that went off piste on the glaciers. The body heat melts the snow, and then has to removed from the refrozen ice with the use of a mini jack-hammer.
    watto_cobramarklark
  • Goldman Sachs lost $1.2 billion in 2022 mostly because of Apple Card

    Sounds like BS to me. How can you lose that much money on a credit card business unless a vast number of customers default on payments or there is massive fraud. The fraud aspect is unlikely as the Apple Card is an order of magnitude safer than most other credit cards. The "defaulting" on payments also seems unlikely since iPhone owners and Apple Card users in particular seem to be from a demographic that generally pays off their CC balances or would be very negatively affected by not paying off their CC.

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