AirDrop between an iPhone and Mac has been one of the most useful use cases for quite a while.

The end of the article states that cursive is already taught "in schools" (I assume that means most or all public schools) already, so this is a purely symbolic waste of time. Is writing in print "woke" now or something?

And yet Trump was just having a grand time with his friend Tim "Apple" Cook yesterday. Apple, and Tim Cook personally, is responsible for a huge amount of tech transfer to China. Where are the calls for Tim Cook to resign?

Trump is being extremely hypocritical here given his own and his family's financial ties to China (they are extensive). To me, him calling out Tan appears to be more about racism and potentially J.D. Vance's friendship with Gelsinger more than anything else.

My wife uses DAX Copilot already, and this seems like it's simply a rebranding. It does fill in notes for doctors based on recorded patient interactions, but the doctor must review (and edit, when needed/wanted) them and is ultimately responsible for everything that goes into the system. Obviously, DAX is also not placing any orders, prescriptions, etc. The responsibility and liability still lies 100% with the doctor. This is just a tool to save clicks and manual entry/dictation (and, according to my wife, it is very helpful).

Perhaps HP, and all companies, should consider the reputational risk associated with their internal policies leaking to the public. If you aren't willing to publicly defend your policies, maybe they're bad policies!

Yeah, I think the only audience for this are the large media outlets. It does nothing for the everyday person who might post their photos or artwork on a blog.

I saw that VW is also playing with this solar paint. I hope it works out and becomes economically viable. It would also help people who don't have easy access to charging at home. A lot of those people also live in large cities where their cars may be in shaded garages or parking spaces, but I'm sure that passive charging would help a lot of folks. I have charging at home and park inside a garage, so this wouldn't help me most of the time (and probably wouldn't be worth paying extra for, especially since I have solar panels on my roof that meet my demand even with an EV), but even then it would be useful when I'm road-tripping. Many hotels that advertise having EV charging equipment might have one charging spot for every few hundred rooms, which essentially makes that claim untrue. Road tripping is still one of the more challenging areas for EVs to compete against ICE/hybrid vehicles.

I keep wondering when Microsoft will realize the error of their ways with Windows 11, both from a "planned obsolescence" point of view and from a customer "telemetry" (spying) point of view. So far, it seems they are dead set on proving that they have the market power to offer worse products over time and still remain dominant. It's a sad state of affairs.

Thereâ(TM)s already a CA Mobile DMV app that doesnâ(TM)t interface with Apple Wallet (yet), and in it, itâ(TM)s set up to allow various scans of someone elseâ(TM)s app using the camera to QR code. There are checks for over 18/21, 25, 65, identity info (TSA), and driving privileges (police), so they donâ(TM)t physically need to take your phone from your hand. All they need to do is scan the QR code you show them.

I agree. I wouldn't be surprised if the automakers got access to some additional datasets from these brokers in addition to the cash compensation.

This has been a long time coming. Companies have been throwing FreeSync labels on cheap, 60hz panels for a while and selling them as "gaming" monitors. 120hz is a much better baseline these days.

I think the reason why they're so desperate to get everyone switched to 11 is simply that they have implemented more advertising and user tracking in 11 that brings them greater recurring revenue. Windows 11 is the least user-respecting MS operating system to date, but probably also the OS that drives the most recurring revenue for Microsoft.

I am also a former long-time Windows user. I replaced Windows in 2021 after it became clear that Microsoft no longer respected my agency or privacy. It's funny and sad that years ago, software that changed settings and installed software without permission, displayed ads, and tracked user behavior was called adware/malvertising! Today, that's just what Windows is.

I switched mostly to Mac for now, but I'm using Zorin on one PC. I can't use Linux for everyday stuff because it simply doesn't support my photography-related software. I don't like Apple, but Microsoft have become so awful that Apple are now the lesser of those two evils.

It's unfortunate that Linux has never been able to jump the ease of use and software compatibility hurdles that keep people like me locked into Windows/macOS. For me, the main issue is photo editing software.