Nearly a year after we first saw a prototype of the triple-RGB laser Cine 1 prototype in action, we now know it’ll cost $8,995 for the 100-inch model, and $9,495 for the 120-inch model when sales begin on September 6th. That’s not cheap, but it sure is pretty compared to the alternative of erecting a monolithic black slab in your fancy living room.
Asked by reporters if he was worried that the People’s Republic of China (which claims Taiwan as its territory) would retaliate against Foxconn’s extensive operations in China over his decision to run, the founder and former chairman and CEO of Apple’s favorite contract manufacture had this to say:
“If the PRC said you are not well behaved and we will confiscate Foxconn’s assets, I will say ‘yes! Do it!,’” Gou said. “Taiwan should absolutely not become Ukraine.”
First, it was by the cool kids at a Dave Chapelle show, then Captain Hardcore got booed again over the weekend by a bunch of nerds while attending the world championship final of Valorant in Los Angeles with his son. Welcome to hell.
Some code sleuthing by Kevin C. Tofel suggests that the Chrome browser could soon be decoupled from ChromeOS V116 in favor of the Linux browser Lacros.
Robby Payne over at Chrome Unboxed explains:
Lacros will be the Chrome browser you get on every Chromebook and because it won’t be attached to the core of the OS any longer, it will facilitate quicker browser patches without requiring a full OS update.
[About Chromebooks]
Micah Toll at Electrek, who knows more than anyone about e-bikes and the challenges US bicyclists face, had the same reaction I did to a pair of weekend NYT articles that mistakenly blame e-bikes for a rise in injuries and deaths among cyclists. Sure, some e-bikes go too fast, and young riders often lack experience with road rules, but make no mistake, the culprit is cars, and urban planners that design communities around them, not people.
Here, let Not Just Bikes explain:
Not so much if you’re reading The New York Times. Two very different takeaways on what was presented at Wednesday’s House Oversight subcommittee hearing on UFOs, that rehashed much of what has been reported already over the last few years, like these three classified Pentagon videos released in 2020.
But not on iOS... yet.
The company’s terrible financial year continues though it says demand for its memory chips is showing signs of recovery, and its new range of premium foldables should also help turn the tide. But news that young Koreans are overwhelmingly choosing iPhones is surely troubling in the long term.
Apple’s obsessive focus on design, ease of use, and profit comes into conflict with Goldman’s focus on... profit, and their combined interest to not be seen as preying on people with poor credit or biased against women with better credit given worse terms than their husbands. Now Goldman wants out — as already reported — as it shifts away from the consumer strategy it once embraced.
[The Information]
