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rdsnscaon Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview claimed he was a sex offender

US Freedom of speech will not work in Canadian courts, Google will have to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, what the AI said is true. If they are smart they will settle out of court.

rdsnscaon Apple has announced its final version of macOS for Intel

Not all features, they will have no Metal 4 support, source :

https://developer.apple.com/metal/Metal-Feature-Set-Tables.p...

rdsnscaon Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

I certainly avoid Electron apps on macOS and konw I am not the only one who does.

rdsnscaon Canada considering charging for road access from USA to Alaska

We share a land border with Denmark, Hans Island , because of the Wiskey War.

rdsnscaon Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Reviews

Canada sees "Gulf of Mexico (Golf of America)" in both Apple and Google maps.

rdsnscaon Disney+ Loses 700k Subscribers Following Price Increase

DVD"s sell at flea markets / yard sales for $1 doller each here.

rdsnscaon Why is Apple Rosetta 2 fast? (2022)

OpenGL was deprecated, not removed from macOS.

rdsnscaon Apple acquires Pixelmator

Only MacOS Server 1.o used display postscript, every version since has use Quartz or Quartz Extreme ( also know as Display PDF).

rdsnscaon We're forking Flutter

None, Flutter is dart only.

rdsnscaon Developers Now Required to Share Phone Number and Address on EU App Store

An added expense, for an app that may not be paid.

rdsnscaon Developers Now Required to Share Phone Number and Address on EU App Store

This is because of an EU law. A quote from the artice "EU trader requirement in the European Union is now being enforced"

rdsnscaon Developers Now Required to Share Phone Number and Address on EU App Store

This is an EU law.... a quote from the artice "EU trader requirement in the European Union is now being enforced"

rdsnscaon Starlink offering free internet access for 30 days for Hurricane Helene victims

They are actually running fiber almost everywhere in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Source : https://internet.buildns.ca

rdsnscaon Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

Bundles can be used for upgrade pricing, you put the new version up for full price (ie. $20) and and a bundle with the new and old version (ie $30, for a 50% discount on it) for those who own the old version. When you buy a bundle you don't pay for the one you own.

rdsnscaon Google loses antitrust suit over search deals on phones

That doesn't mean all Apple users use it.

rdsnscaon Apple trained AI models on YouTube content without consent

from https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/16/apple-used-youtube-videos/

"It’s important to emphasize here that Apple didn’t download the data itself, but this was instead performed by EleutherAI. It is this organization which appears to have broken YouTube’s terms and conditions. All the same, while Apple and the other companies named likely used a publicly-available dataset in good faith, it’s a good illustration of the legal minefield created by scraping the web to train AI systems"

rdsnscaon Apple is finally bringing RCS messaging to the iPhone

Killed by a lawsuit by a patent troll company, never forget.

rdsnscaon Fallout1-ce: Fallout for modern operating systems

Runs on macOS too

https://www.macsourceports.com/game/fallout

https://www.macsourceports.com/game/fallout2

rdsnscaon Justin Trudeau announces $2.4B for AI investments in Canada

Housing is a provinivcal responibility

rdsnscaon The Death Star and the Final Trench Run (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M

rdsnscaon How BlackBerry failed to respond to the iPhone

Rim has sued every company that tried that.