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  • Kanye says he turned down $100M Apple Music offer & is now beefing with Apple

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    Why does anybody pay attention to this idiot?  His music is awful, he's an asshole, and he's a liar.

    And why does the rich idiot dress like he's homeless?  In the picture with this article he's wearing a hoodie and an insulated vest.  It's obviously warm in the room, most of the other people are wearing short sleeves.
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  • Wallet driver's license support resurfaces in second iOS 15.4 developer beta

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    boxcatcher said:

    Ofer said:
    Honestly, I don’t know that I would ever make use of this if it involved me having to hand over my phone to a law enforcement official to get my license info. I would never trust them not to try and access my personal information without my consent.
    I come to these threads to find this same old, tired comment …  I’m never disappointed.

    It's not an old, tired comment.  It's a 100% valid concern.  If you don't understand why having an unlocked phone in the presence of a cop who has just stopped you is a really serious problem, I'm not sure I can help you.

    But here, I'll try:

    Most traffic stops are actually 'pretext' stops.  Sure, the cop wants to give you a ticket, but they're also using the stop to look for any reason they can possibly find to arrest you.  You've just unlocked a massive store of data about you.  Sure, the cop is supposed to scan it without touching it, but a cop on a power trip isn't going to do that, they'll yank the phone out of your hand and take it back to their car, at which point the cop can do anything to it, whether that means flipping through your pictures, your messages, you emails, or even hooking up the phone to a data grabber for later perusal.  And that doesn't even count the potential to plant something on your phone.  Any attempt on your part to protest will likely get a gun pointed in your face.

    You're much safer keeping your phone locked (and if you've got time, putting it in emergency lock mode so that it can't be unlocked without a passcode) and just handing over the little plastic card you already have.
    Ofer

  • Peloton appoints new CEO, announces layoffs of 2,800 employees

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    Xed said:  Are you aware that Peloton does more than "dumb bikes"?
    Sure, they also do killer treadmills.
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  • Entry-level 'M2' MacBook Pro might not have ProMotion display

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    sdw2001 said:
    Go back to having a regular MacBook line, then.  Calling it “pro” next to the others is both confusing and nonsensical.  So the MacBook Pro M1 Pro will be faster and more capable than the MacBook Pro M2.  The MacBook Pro M1 Max will be faster than the MacBook Pro M1 Pro.  Then we have the MacBook Air, which is currently M1 but maybe will be M2 or M1 Pro/Max.  As a longtime Mac user I had to really research the difference between the Pro and Max, as well as number of cores to see how relevant the difference would be for my usage.  I finally concluded “not very.”  I do sort of wish I went with a 16 inch screen as I had 15 inches for quite some time before that.  

    Just go back to model numbers.  It's easy to identify a PowerBook 520 from a 5300.  Apple's naming got stupid with the G3 and has only gotten worse since.
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  • EU may struggle to fund $48 billion Chips Act

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    pwrmac said:
    Tip for the EU bureaucrats. Maybe you can grab more money from te US tech companies to fund EU chop industry. I am sure EU Commissioner for Completion M Verstager has has something up her sleeve.

    By EU chop industry do you mean pork production or car theft?
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