So why pay for the policy?

Because a hospital stay in the U.S. can cost $1 million and you don't want to have to be responsible for that (or sell all your assets and declare bankruptcy) on the off-chance that happens.

Japanese electronics stores are still full of Blu-Ray recorders, used for time-shifting broadcast TV. It's weird to see. A hard-drive based DVR would be so much easier to use.

Yeah, how much power does this consume when it's "off"?

Around one-third of America's hybrid drivers "transition to a fully electric vehicle when they next switch cars."

Interesting. That was the case for me. Went from 22 years in a Prius to an Ioniq 6.

>you are not supposed to use them as ads

They actually got rid of that rule a while back after developers pointed out that Apple is constantly using push notifications for ads, so it was quite hypocritical for them to not allow others to do the same.

Personally, I wish the rule remained and Apple would adhere to it too.

Well, they know Trump wouldn't condemn it or come to Taiwan's aid, considering he has his own territorial expansion plans. If they're going to do it, the next four years would be the best time.

within the U.S., including Washington, DC

Gee, I didn't realize Washington, DC is in the U.S. Good thing they clarified this.

The problem is that until it can be used everywhere I'll still have to carry the physical card, just as I have to carry my credit card (thank you, Home Depot!).

I assume you can double-click to bring it up in Wallet, like I do for my IKEA card. No full unlocking necessary.

We have to at the US border

Not according to a recent court ruling, we don't.

https://knightcolumbia.org/con...

Could Affect 'Almost Every Apple Device'

Almost every Apple device that runs some software (CocoaPods?) that I and most of the world has never heard of.

I don't think there's much they can do about languages that don't use pronouns (like Japanese) or use them as they do in Vietnamese. There is no way for the translation engine to figure out who is talking about whom.

The ads Facebook shows me are almost always something I'm interested in. I don't think I've ever seen an ad on Reddit that interested me in the slightest. They should be able to figure out my interests based on what I read on their site, but for some reason they haven't figured out how to do that in 16 years.

Well, at least they saved some money.

Get an iPhone. All iPhones sold worldwide support FeliCa out of the box. Android manufacturers save the royalty fee by only paying to enable it on phones sold in Japan.