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Anyone having a problem on Mail in MacOS for Microsoft email addresses where the Mac has trouble logging in?  

It's a weird (and relatively new) problem.  You get an alert from Mail that the password is wrong and when you enter the password (including a newly generated app password) you usually still can't log in.  BUT NOT ALWAYS.  It would make more sense if it didn't work but the weird thing is that, one out five times, it does work.  And then it fails again - usually after a few hours but sometimes as long as a day.  It doesn't matter where you enter the password (in the Mail app or in Internet Accounts in system settings).

I have been hoping for years that walkie-talkie would be exported to AirPods.  

My vision was that one could create ad hoc voice groups in small geographies that allowed regular people to have the same sort of always on communications as you see for security teams (like in the movies, but in less exciting situations).  My use case was for situations like crowds or walking with a group down a city street where, with noise cancellation, you could have a conversation without yelling or needing to stand right next to someone.  

And, in some future vision, if AI got good enough, it might be able to guess whom you were speaking with (maybe the start of the conversation is with all but then narrows to a pair when obvious whom the participants are).  And dynamically adjust volume so others can sort of hear but assume they don't really need to pay attention until context makes it clear that something was meant for everyone.

discountopinion said:

Absolutely love my HomePods, have the 1st get, 2nd get and the mini. 

Siri is acting drunk most of the time these days, but still a great product.

Hoping for a HomePod 3 this fall.

I love mine also (2 originals, 4 minis) but man is Siri crazy these days.  Saying it has problems connecting to the internet and then suddenly playing music anyway.  And then stopping.  Sometimes showing up on the watch while playing.  There seems to be some weird multiple user account issues going on.

mike1 said:

Since it's now July. I suspect "final quality testing" has long since been completed if they are going to be used in the 16 models.

If the author meant to say that Samsung has delivered sensors for production and that inventory is going through normal quality inspection of incoming materials, that would be different.

I think mike1 is right but maybe (maybe?) the idea is that Sony is the sole supplier today and Samsung is being approved now and will become a second supplier later in the 16 run.  But it seems very late to be adding a second supplier for a product that will be released in a few months.  This is especially the case as I would imagine it is the initial ramp where suppliers have the hardest time meeting demand, not six months into production.

applguy said:

What search ads is Alphabet buying?

This (the report, not your question) is wacky.  It's almost as if they are confusing cases where Alphabet is the nominal buyer of space from a site (through its ad exchange) but the real buyer is the person who contracted through Alphabet.