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Apple’s greatest innovation isn’t manufacturing hardware. It’s manufacturing need, and the obsolescence of common sense. This latest iPINIONS cartoon lampoons the peculiar power of Apple consumerism in an age when everyone is supposedly struggling to afford the basics. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/apple-affordability-crisis-what-affordability Read more.
Companies fleeing X over antisemitism A growing list of companies has suspended advertising from Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, amid the ongoing fallout over antisemitic content. … In response to an X user who had blamed the rise in online antisemitism on Jews, alleging they promoted ‘hatred against whites,’ the… Read more.
Apple doing China’s bidding ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ will not come back to Apple TV+ for a third season, bringing a surprise and sudden end to the increasingly popular show led by the former Daily Show host. … He told staff that the company had concerns about the subject matter Stewart planned for three… Read more.
Dozens of Apple employees have written a letter signaling their frustration with a policy asking them to return to the office for three days a week from September. … The letter began by addressing the growing concern that Apple’s location-flexible work policy, and the messaging around it, have already forced some of the staff to… Read more.
The tech, legal, and political worlds are all atwitter over the way Apple CEO Tim Cook was grilled during cross-examination at an “epic” antitrust trial on Friday. No doubt this reaction was partly due to the unusual fact that the presiding judge, not opposing counsel, was the one who grilled him. As Fortune reported on… Read more.
I have no illusions about ending the social menace of cyberbullying, trolling, or fake news. But each would be greatly reduced if bullies, trolls, and fakers of all stripes were required to use their real names … like everyone else; alerts were required to rate news sources and highlight lies, misinformation, and disinformation; and networks… Read more.
Three years ago, Edward Snowden made defying government mass surveillance a cause celebre. Ever since, tech companies have been in the vanguard of those championing this cause. From day one, however, I’ve been decrying their hypocrisy and the ignorance of their customers. This excerpt – from “Complaints about NSA Spying Are Schizophrenic … and Misguided,”… Read more.
