Didnâ(TM)t Tim Cook say at the 2020 WWDC at the 2:08 mark something about racism, inequality and that Apple is inspired by the passionate people who have stood up to demand change. I guess that is everywhere but China. I am ashamed to say I work for Apple

As someone who not only works for Apple but also someone who has been a tech nerd since 1983 I can say this with certainty. How does it know it is a Chinese iPhone simple. Each serial number, IMEI, SEID and EID number is either stored on the actual SoC or in the firmware. Each batch of Serial Mumbers, IMEI, SEID and EID are assigned a country or region. Not only that but there are restrictions setup by region and that can be changed to access or restrict features in specific regions.

I understand why Apple is having a conniption about it. They canâ(TM)t trademark it and by extension charge more. So I wonder how they are going to market the change to USB-C or if they are going to flip off the EU and completely remove the charging port and go full wireless and market it as they needed the room for some new feature

No, shit. They do go through the atmosphere.

I would love to see the MPAA or Studios try to sue Russia and the theaters

How Austin Powers Fembot of NASA

And anyone that believes only countries like Russia use this is fooling themselves. This company was created by âoeWesternâ Intelligence Agencies which are still customers. And I would bet you anything this is one of the many ways they gather intelligent on countries like Russia.

It does make sense, at least from a security & performance point of view. And I see a lot of App developers doing it being the iOS App Store is their bread and butter

We can thank Star Trek for inspiration

Look, I know that we havenâ(TM)t discovered any sentient outside of earth (at least publicly). But why risk letting the galaxy know? Just because we havenâ(TM)t found any sentient life doesnâ(TM)t mean there isnâ(TM)t any. And if there is sentient life how do we know that said life wonâ(TM)t see this message and sent a armada to squish us like ants? Or send a envoy to welcome us to the greater galaxy? There are a lot of ifs flying around, too many unanswered questions too many what if and way way too much ignorance about what kind of life forms, if any is out there to fire off a flare to gain attention. AFAIK there could be Borg, Klingons or Goauld out there looking to take over a world full of technologically insignificant species stupid enough to say hello here is where we are at.

That is what you get when you wrecklessly dig around a nuclear power plant that melted down with out using the right equipment. Idiots.

No not really. They landed in Kazakhstan and not Russia, so unless I have missed something in the news he should be able to catch a flight back home with little to no issue

Wow, Sprint first used WiMax then went to LTE and dropped service for WiMax in 2014. Why did they still have people on EVDO Rev 0 and Rev a when T-Mobile buy them?

While I am happy that countries are starting to force this, it may be too little too late to unfuck what we fucked to make a immediate impact. Too bad we didn't stick with electric cars in the early 1900s

As much as I feel for the people of the Russian Federation. They don't seem to care what is happening or they know and refuse to take the steps to remove Putin. Yeah it sucks to being forced to pirate, but what is one to do when you are left no choice. The companies really had no choice. If they went against it they risked backlash from governments and customers.