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Global chip shortages may worsen as Taiwan battles increasing COVID-19 cases
I disagree about who benefits the most. News organizations make money by telling you to read their articles or you will die! According to them, everything is the worst crisis ever. True that politicians do the same thing, but the real money accrues to corporations and billionaires that get the laws they want. Creating and promoting crises is key to putting stooges in place and getting laws passed.GRKostur said:
You are absolutely correct - if there isn’t a crisis happening, then there is no news to report! Also if you follow the money trial behind the crisis you can see who will make a profit off of it which are usually politicians and/or lawyers ( i know i am being redundant because most politicians are lawyers and most lawyers are politicians) .lkrupp said:Personally I am tired of the continuing world apocalypse hand wringing. Everything is a crisis these days. In fact if something isn’t a crisis it’s ignored. Only bad things are newsworthy. The pandemic crisis, the economic crisis, the border crisis, the equality and diversity crisis, the wage gap crisis, the mental health crisis, the haves and have nots crisis, the healthcare crisis, the LGBTQ+ crisis, the you name it crisis. Seems the world/country is banging off the walls from one crisis to another, waving its arms wildly in its inability to resolve anything.
Now comes the chip crisis. We’re all doomed and will be back to using the telegraph to communicate with each other... tomorrow!
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Square mulling a hardware Bitcoin wallet, CEO Jack Dorsey says
Most crypto "currencies" are too volatile to be good currencies. The price of bitcoin has changed by more than 35% in a single day! Coinbase's debit card warns that all transactions may qualify as capital gains or losses. You'd do better to have a debit card that withdraws money from your margin account for stock trades.
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Amazon partners with Tile to compete with Apple AirTag
Tile should put its new devices on both Apple's and their own "find me" networks (and also Amazon's if they want). That would help make them more popular, which would also grow their old network, improving the usefulness of their old devices. -
Apple reveals further details about AirTag's anti-stalking feature
The only way you can track the AirTag is if it's linked to you. Linking it is a secure operation that identifies you.22july2013 said:
How would she know it's her boyfriend's AirTag, and not the AirTag of someone who was trying to break up her relationship?crowley said:
Here's another use case, girlfriend finds the AirTag, dumps your creepy ass and tells everyone you know what a loser you are.radarthekat said:There’s a use case within that three day stalking window that, while unethical, is certainly feasible. Your partner, I’ll use girlfriend as that’s my situation... your girlfriend goes out occasionally for a girls’ night out and returns home well past midnight. You become suspicious so tag her handbag or even car before she goes out. Then, a few times during the evening you search for that air tag. She’s not going to get alerted, but you’ll know if she’s no longer at the restaurant or club she claims the girls frequent. You’ll potentially even know the hotel or residential address where she went, assuming she’s cheating. And she’ll be back within 24 hours, or less if she’s trying to cover her tracks; she’s not likely to not come home for three days. -
Compared: Apple AirTag vs Tile Pro and Chipolo One Spot
Most of the AirTag's power is presumably for BlueTooth -- UWB is extremely low power. Hopefully there will be much smaller future tags with tiny batteries, once most iPhones have UWB.
