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  • First class action suit alleging damages from Siri recordings filed

    tzeshantzeshan
    I don't think Apple put the identity together with Siri recordings. There is no way one can know who talked to Siri. 
    pslice

  • At Samsung Unpacked, CEO Satya Nadella escalates Microsoft partnership

    tzeshantzeshan
    Microsoft and Google are competitors. It is strange Microsoft CEO shows up at an event mainly for Android devices. Maybe Apple is so strong that Microsoft hopes to bundle with Google to defeat Apple. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's AirDrop & Wi-Fi password sharing features can potentially expose critical ID data

    tzeshantzeshan
    If you are concerned, turn Airdrop off all the time. Turn it on only when you want to receive. 
    cgWerkscornchipAppleExposed

  • Trump expects Apple to build manufacturing plant in Texas

    tzeshantzeshan
    tylersdad said:
    rob53 said:
    Has anyone been watching the construction of the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai? They broke ground in January 2019. This is a huge facility and the outside is already finished. They've moved inside and as of July 19, "The final closure of the Gigafactory 3 façade and the installation of doors and windows. It indicates that the Tesla G3 will soon begin to install equipment such as auto robots."

    Tell me what American company could do this in the same amount of time. If you think Chinese workers can't build anything then look at 90% of the things in your house. They were built by Chinese workers. American manufacturers gave up years ago. All we employ now are stupid MBAs. There used to be a time when the United States was trying to work with other countries for the good of the world. Not any more and that's just plain stupid and selfish.
    This has nothing to do with the ability of American companies versus Chinese companies and everything to do with the fact that building factories in China is FAR easier because they don’t have the same environmental restrictions we have in the US. Do they have to do environmental impact reports? No. Do they have the same permit process we have here? No. 

    Get rid of those restrictions and American companies would be able to compete. There would be a level playing field. The field right now is anything but level. 
    True! The EPA and the labor union caused the beginning of exodus of US companies to migrate to China in the 80s. And the semiconductor manufacturing was accused of generating poisonous pollutions in the 1980s.
    cat52macseeker

  • Trump expects Apple to build manufacturing plant in Texas

    tzeshantzeshan
    JWSC said:

    So, Tim is right, as far as his statement goes.  But let’s not forget who built up China - American bean counters who, it turns out, really didn’t know which beans they should be counting.

    First it was, ‘Chinese labor is cheap’ so let’s manufacture there.  And then ‘oh crap, the Chinese don’t have proper infrastructure’ so let’s get them started with that.  Then more second tier Chinese suppliers sprung up, and more infrastructure was put in place.  And then large regions such as Shenzhen turned into massive draws for subsistence farmers looking for a better life.  And they morphed into a large and highly skilled labor force.  And then even more infrastructure was put in place.

    But the bean counters neglected to take full account of the logistics needed to ship all the bits and pieces all around the world.  And what might have worked OK 20 years ago is woefully out of date today.  But we can’t change our sourcing now.  China has the infrastructure, right??!

    So yea, China has all that going for it now.  I begrudge them not.  But the US, and Europe, can and should have that too.

    All the excuses in the world can’t take away from the fact that American CEOs, CFOs and their assorted bean counters sold out their communities and their company rank and file to get a few extra pennies on the dollar out of product so they could please their stockholders and get those extra bonuses, while their US factories got shut down and their once loyal employees got a pick slip.  That’s a f-ing bitter pill to swallow.

    Tim, do better!

    You seem like a young person that don't know US recent history. US economy never worked out of greedy of CEOs, CFO. US steel industry did not move out of US but they can hardly make good profit without government protection. Why is that? US auto industry mostly stayed in US. But Chrysler was near insolvent in the early 80s. GM wen bankrupt not long ago, Why is that? Do you know US experience high inflation in late 70s and early 80s? Why is that? Because US labor unions are very strong and greedy. Until Reason quashed them and allowed US companies to move out US in large scale. According to your thesis, the first step that China is able to attract foreign companies is cheap labor. Does US satisfy this requirement now? 
    SoliGeorgeBMacgilly33ravnorodom