ppietra

lkrupp said:

When will people finally be educated  and willing to admit that Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the rest make money only one way, collecting/tracking customer data and selling it to advertisers? They have no other significant sources of revenue. If they can’t track people they can’t exist, period. How hard is that to understand? 

Money shot...

"Furthermore, Google also claimed that there is no expectation of privacy for anyone attempting to use any private browsing modes.”

Is that ‘Newspeak’ or what?

radarthekat said:

ppietra said:

radarthekat said:

The company is Arris Composites.  What they do might just be revolutionary and incorporated heavily into the design of an Apple car. 

Tesla is creating mega castings using a proprietary aluminum alloy they designed to be able to be rapidly injected and cooled without forming stresses.  This is what allows Tesla to create the entire rear end of the Model Y frame as a single piece, replacing 70 pieces that represent the Model 3 rear frame assembly.  This not only reduces 69 components that have to be designed, sourced and assembled, but it creates a rear frame assembly that is ultra precise, meaning the addition of body panels is that much more precise, resulting in a higher quality vehicle that’s cheaper to manufacture in less manufacturing space with fewer robots and employees.  A win all around.  

Arris has developed a process that combines the efficiency and precision of injection modeling with the materials and structure of carbon fiber.  

Here’s an article about that...

https://www.designnews.com/materials/arris-composites-combines-speed-injection-molding-strength-carbon-fiber

The result is a part that could be structurally equivalent to Tesla’s Model Y single piece cast rear frame section, but with even lower weight and potentially higher strength, than Tesla’s aluminum alloy.  Certainly lower weight.  I can imagine Apple is looking at everything Tesla has been doing and thinking, can we do even better?  

Here’s the Yahoo Finance private company detail  page on Arris Composites, showing Simon Lancaster in his role there...

https://finance.yahoo.com/company/arris-composites?h=eyJlIjoiYXJyaXMtY29tcG9zaXRlcyIsIm4iOiJBcnJpcyJ9&.tsrc=fin-srch

My guess is this lawsuit will be settled with some accommodation to Apple that doesn’t end Lancaster’s career.  The two companies will continue to work together and all will be put behind them.  

But doesn’t this make you a bit more anxious for an eventual Apple vehicle reveal?  

That is not necessarily the startup that he wanted to benefit with news coverage. Reading his bio it seems that he invested in several startups.

Maybe, but it’s more likely it’s the company
he then joined, Arris, that’s being described as ‘his new company.’

“The suit also alleges that Lancaster traded the information for benefits, including positive coverage of his new company.”

It’s true that he could have invested in some other startups, but it’s doubtful Apple would refer to Arris in this context if it were another startup he sought to benefit with positive coverage.  Looks very much like it’s Arris, the company he actually joined after leaving Apple, that he sought positive coverage for.  It’s possible that’s not the case, but not very probable.  

Edit:  I just saw this reference in another article about the dust up...

”Apple accuses Lancaster of misappropriating portions of trade secret information which are directly related to his new employer, a former vendor for Apple.”

radarthekat said:

The company is Arris Composites.  What they do might just be revolutionary and incorporated heavily into the design of an Apple car. 

Tesla is creating mega castings using a proprietary aluminum alloy they designed to be able to be rapidly injected and cooled without forming stresses.  This is what allows Tesla to create the entire rear end of the Model Y frame as a single piece, replacing 70 pieces that represent the Model 3 rear frame assembly.  This not only reduces 69 components that have to be designed, sourced and assembled, but it creates a rear frame assembly that is ultra precise, meaning the addition of body panels is that much more precise, resulting in a higher quality vehicle that’s cheaper to manufacture in less manufacturing space with fewer robots and employees.  A win all around.  

Arris has developed a process that combines the efficiency and precision of injection modeling with the materials and structure of carbon fiber.  

Here’s an article about that...

https://www.designnews.com/materials/arris-composites-combines-speed-injection-molding-strength-carbon-fiber

The result is a part that could be structurally equivalent to Tesla’s Model Y single piece cast rear frame section, but with even lower weight and potentially higher strength, than Tesla’s aluminum alloy.  Certainly lower weight.  I can imagine Apple is looking at everything Tesla has been doing and thinking, can we do even better?  

Here’s the Yahoo Finance private company detail  page on Arris Composites, showing Simon Lancaster in his role there...

https://finance.yahoo.com/company/arris-composites?h=eyJlIjoiYXJyaXMtY29tcG9zaXRlcyIsIm4iOiJBcnJpcyJ9&.tsrc=fin-srch

My guess is this lawsuit will be settled with some accommodation to Apple that doesn’t end Lancaster’s career.  The two companies will continue to work together and all will be put behind them.  

But doesn’t this make you a bit more anxious for an eventual Apple vehicle reveal?  

sevenfeet said:

ppietra said:

sevenfeet said:

ppietra said:

"with the complaint addressing alleged misappropriation of trade secrets that were then sold to an unnamed publication in exchange for favorable coverage of a startup."

This almost certainly means that he didn’t leak to a rumour blog!! Probably leaked to someone at a big financial Journal.

Unlikely. The big financial papers (WSJ, Bloomberg, Forbes) have strict policies against paying for a story. That easily gets a reporter fired, not to mention pay-for-play on a story.

More questions than answers right now.

No one was paid, he asked for news coverage for a startup, for which a rumor blog doesn’t make sense since it wouldn’t reach the necessary audience!
Considering that WSJ, Bloomberg, etc, have been responsible for many Apple rumours in the last few years...

I agree but payment in this case was the information in exchange for good coverage for his new business. “Pay for play”. That gets you fired in the news business.