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USB-C Invented by Apple.

AirPod selling at cost.

Apple invented big.LITTLE core. ( He later retract that ).

Probably more than I could remember but those three were some of the worst because his reader would then go and spread the gospel.

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The “USB-C invented by Apple” legend was even presented as fact on Wikipedia for a good while. Someone fixed it a few months ago. The source, of course, was Gruber and some “little birdies”. Ironically, the referenced 9to5mac article goes on to look at specs/press releases and conclude that there’s no evidence to his claim, in fact, the credit mostly goes to Intel and TI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1232511036&oldid=1... https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/14/apple-invent-usb-type-c/

Reminds me a bit of the "Citogenisis" XKCD

https://xkcd.com/978/

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