... not that you'd want that with the way they're entrenched in all the financial everything going around us but it's possible for this to pop way faster than it built up.

I'm having a bit of trouble working up any sympathy, as the saying goes.

The FSB is certainly getting a good ROI on their investment in Trump.

AI is so smart that it can hallucinate without even having to take drugs.

Yea, they've been crying and moaning that the RAM is getting more expensive so their phone business hurts and might for the first time be losing money because the RAM is so expensive! The RAM they make, and actually costs them LESS to make (because it's more efficient per item to just make them and ship them as fast as you can as opposed to throttling your production, having all kinds of yo-yo effects with production being too much or too little all the time) !!!

Oh, but they'd rather sell the RAM to someone else for a $50 or even $100 profit instead of selling you a phone for $300 (profit, for something over $1000) ... well tough. This racket won't be going forever and Apple already has around 90% phone market share for youngsters in some regions, which will eat up mostly everything Samsung might hope to sell at high end, while the other "budget" known manufacturers will mop up mostly everything on the other end. Coasting on their laurels and not bringing anything worth mentioning for like 3 generations won't be saved by rolling back some prices with a few hundred dollars. Especially when the bubble pops and everyone will be in a frenzy to get something for their products, anything.

Title says "by default unless you're in the EU", subtitle says "Everyone else must opt out manually if they don't fancy settings data shipped off-device" but then the content says "Windows Backup for Organizations" (whatever that is) and "Administrators" and "organizations" and so on. Which is it?

Undoubtedly the origin of the Hobbit-steals-dragons-treasure meme.

I think you mean, "so the middle men can pocket the savings".

"Thank you Vera much."

So, why DO people buy Apple? They know it is more expensive. Clearly, they believe they are getting something that is worth that price.

In case you missed it Apple became the budget option lately. Microsoft increased the prices for their 2024 launched devices (with SoCs from 2023, and comparable with the M3s at most) to be like $500 more than the just launched M5s. https://www.windowscentral.com... . When we get to the point where it's "why should I pay 50% more for a Microsoft device that's 2.5 generations behind" you know things are weird. BTW even the "Pro" Microsoft devices come with Windows Home...

From the summary:

IOW, they're sticking with their marketing pitch.

That's no longer the American Way (if it ever was).

Wind is part of the cause, but the GS itself is an ocean current.

The reported drop ins SpaceX is understandable given the recent IPO.

As for most of the others, is a 2% drop significant?

In a free country, "too big to fail" is to big to be allowed.