They have also been getting more and more Asian developed content, which is great for those of us who like it. Sucks if you're not into Korean, Chinese, or Thai drama or action, though.

Did you read the actual comment? AC chooses not to run the latest iOS because updating "breaks" older phones. No one said anything about it not actually being able to be updated.

To find things. I already know how to use a map, I just need to see where it is I'm going. They don't need my location to provide the location of something else.

No they don't. Especially when they aren't "artists", they are designers who are creating things intended to be used by other people. This isn't "art" (though some good designs may certainly qualify), it's a tool. Anyone who thinks they are the best designer is just deluding themselves. No one creates a tool in a vacuum. Not a successful tool, at least.

Says the guy who wants my credit card and login information so my mom can share her own music from one device to another in her own house. Piss up a rope.

This is why we don't buy anything as a download. Physical media only. I'll take the time to rip it myself. If you want to own it, you have to have something physical to maintain control of it.

Tell that to the voting populace in the USA. People don't bother to feel "puzzled or shameful or anything" as long as they're told it's okay not to.

That hasn't stopped any politician to date. Either way, if these things work out, Trump's approval rating will radically reverse.

I read that as "the odd elephant thrown in for ivory" at first. Nearly spit my drink all over my computer...

How many of that 1.3 billion miles is on populous roads though? Are they counting test track miles or only public roads? Is this self driving in the manner of a smart cruise control or truly self driving? I don't know the numbers but I find it hard to believe they truly have 1.3 billion miles of legit fully self driving miles on populated roads.

3D is a generally awful experience for most people. It's disorienting, uncomfortable, and doesn't look good for about 99% of the events that took the effort to record in 3D. It was also insanely expensive for a gimmick. It's the same gimmick that has been recurring every 20 or 30 years since the 50s. It still doesn't look any better than it did when it was first introduced. And, as has already been mentioned, having to wear glasses to watch tv sucks. For those that already wear glasses it double sucks.

If you have access to someone's phone, and a legitimate reason to ask, the phone company can easily give you their identity based on the phone's MEID and SIM card information. If it's a burner phone, you can still get more information about how/where it was purchased in a much shorter time than any of this information will provide about the person.

You are aware this is about 200 miles from NYC, right? NYC, one of, if not the single largest source of electricity consumption on the East Coast. This isn't actually "in the middle of the Atlantic"... it's a few miles off the coast.

To be fair, they called it Texas, first, not the USA.

This won't do anything. It's not like people are only using their phones to make an outgoing calls and then turning them off. People use smart phones to DO things. Whether that's accessing the internet or communicating with people via text or voice, the phone NEEDS radio signals to do that. "Man in the middle" systems exploit that for tracking. What Snowden and Huang are recommending isn't going to change that at all.