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  • Apple's self-driving testbed spotted in Silicon Valley

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    ireland said:
    bigmike said:
    Just another step in auto evolution. Most, if not all, cars will have autonomy. Probably offered as an option at first but eventually it will be standard in all vehicles. It will be a matter of choice by the purchaser which vehicle they think looks cool vs how well the OS and system works. Just like computers.

    Of course, we'll have some people outraged that they won't be able to drive it themselves. On the other hand, many people can't drive but the autonomous vehicles will probably make traffic go smoother and save some lives – after all the kinks are worked out. There always will be glitches in the system though. It will become the norm, though. People will get used to hearing about someone getting hurt/killed in a car accident that was the "car's fault". The law will be ridiculous by then, as well.

    I can only imagine protests and lawsuits (or not) because people will want to take the steering wheel for themselves. Imagine someone in jail because they wanted to drive a car! Whoa... what a trip....
    That will never happen where every vehicle available on the market is autonomous. There will always be people driving vehicles. 
    Did someone say never.
    Every vehicle will be autonomous when the government and insurance industry determine that autonomous vehicles are 'much safer' than human driven vehicles, with the autonomous vehicle maker subsidizing/paying for the vehicle insurance while 'independent' drivers of non-autonomous vehicles are forced to pay double/triple/quadruple/ what they now pay for vehicle insurance, essentially pricing the independent driver out of the vehicle market.
    randominternetperson

  • How Apple's 'iPhone 8' could improve battery life with 2-cell design, OLED screen

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    The_Martini_Cat said:
    If it has wireless charging, what is the need for a lightning cable?
    Wireless charging is for slow, overnight charging with your iPhone sitting on a pad.
    The lightning cable is for FAST charging using a power adapter in a wall or connected to a USB-C equipped Mac.
    watto_cobranetmage

  • Apple's GarageBand, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers, Pages now free for all iOS & macOS users

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    joe28753 said:
    As the Apple fanboy I am, I keep trying to use Numbers or Pages, but they always feel like child's toys not meant for real work. If I'm at work, I would probably be using Office, and if I don't have that or want a free option, I'd use Google Docs, for more easily sharing and collaborating with all the other people who use Google Docs and Office. Does anyone actually use these iWork apps?
    Yes, and often. Pages in particular. Wrote a 1000 page fiction novel with all the chapter headings, sub headings, illustrations and cartography included, then exported to iBooks Author. Easy-peasy! Can also export to Word, which my editor liked because he uses and old PC still running XP (fears upgrading).

    I've also used Numbers to convert Xcel spreadsheets when my old version of Office won't touch it. The free Numbers app is an excellent, light-weight spreadsheet app, and is very good at covering the simpler (no pivots) .xlsx sheets for printing.

    Will either do the EXTREME heavy lifting of MS Office? No. But for a single person entrepreneur and author Pages and Numbers are fine!
    StrangeDayswatto_cobra

  • No touchscreens coming to pro Macs, says Apple's Phil Schiller

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    sog35 said:
    Good. Touchscreens on desktops are idiotic.

    Who the hell wants to stretch their arm to a vertical screen. DUMB.


    A better solution would be to 'tether' (via USB or WiFi) an iPad Pro to an iMac Pro and use the iPad and pen combination as an input device, with the added benefit that what you see on the screen of the iMac is also be on the screen of the iPad.

    OR is there already a solution as I mentioned?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple adds Touch ID security in updated iOS, macOS versions of Numbers, Pages & Keynote

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    I hope they find those missing 'forts' real soon. Wouldn't want to go unprotected for very long.
    StrangeDays