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Senator Warren doesn't have a plan to break up Apple, but still wants to pretty badly
globby said:
Please, let's be respectful of her and use her "spirit name", Fauxahontas. Her whole career started with, uh, "taking" a job from a real Native American, so she knows a thing or two about stealing.paisleydisco said:
Eliz W deserves to be laughed at.foregoneconclusion said:Appleinsider: softball with the EU and hardball with the United States.
Also interesting that these lawfare attacks on Apple (in the US) are just before election time ... shakedown, anyone?
No need to go all wing-nut Fascistihontas on this just because you don't have anything substantive to offer to the conversation.
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Jerusalem Flag autoprediction bug is fixed in iOS 17.5 developer beta
The editorial team does a good job with such things. The previous article on the subject was open for comment and several people posted very informed and informative comments, noting the likely cause of the "bug" (more logical and far less nefarious than the hair-on-fire crowd crying "bias!").ferdinandcc said:Oh man, if ever there were an article that AppleInsider should lock down comments on for political reasons, its this one.
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Apple's annual shareholder meeting tackling conservative fears, China, equality, & AI
Stop spreading the “conservative“ lie.
Some reporters and news outlets have fallen into the lazy trope of using the word “conservative“ where it is inaccurate, does not apply to the subject being discussed, and is sometimes expressing the exact opposite of what is actually happening in the article.
The word “conservative“ has been used as Orwellian cover for groups that are more accurately described as “radical“, “right-wing”, or “extremist“.
The word “conservative” is a subjective term which is loaded and biased in favor of those described as such. Reporters who are interested in conveying a complete and accurate picture of the story they are reporting will avoid the use of the word “conservative“ in general, and more specifically where it paints a picture that is the opposite of reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Family_Association#Criticism_and_controversy
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US defense and intelligence services are buying troves of data about Americans on the open...
Not a student of American history, it would seem.wood1208 said:I am sure they have good reason/intention finding terrorists hidden in our community pretending like good American citizen but planning for future terrorists attack. Prevention is better than cure.
From MLK to John Lennon to countless others, spying on and subverting individuals simply for exercising their rights to speak out and protest has ALWAYS been conducted under the guise of "national security". Invoking said "prevention" is too frequently used as a political tool to protect those in power, rather than protecting the public at large. As such, prevention is not better than the cure, particularly when claimed "prevention" subverts the Constitution.
https://www.amazon.com/Gimme-Some-Truth-Lennon-Files/dp/0520222466
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iPhone 15's Ceramic Shield survives bird attack in new ad
Agreed. It's a virtual certainty that this was done with special effects.theirongiant said:That specific shot of the phone flying toward the camera was not a practical, in-camera shot at all. Modern visual effects are capable of generating realistic particles and debris. Apple has extremely detailed 3D models of their devices used for marketing. Motion tracking in Nuke and After Effects is scary good lately.
Besides, if they didn't nail this shot on the first take, do you think they're gonna ask the actor to crash over and over again until they do? "Take 126!"
It's rare that Apple films a device in-camera, unless it's being used by an actor holding it. And images of the screen can be enhanced in post with sharper, more detailed ones. In fact, they usually have to do that because the color balance won't always be perfect.
