- Legality of downloading eBooks for free if you own the printed copy
As explained in this article from the Consumerist magazine, it's completely ethical to download the eBook versions of books you already own, but it's illegal in the US
- Apple Pencil Pro Unveiled With New Squeeze Gesture, Haptic Feedback . . .
Apple today introduced the Apple Pencil Pro with a new squeeze gesture, gyroscope, haptic feedback, Find My support, and more A new sensor in the Apple Pencil Pro allows users to squeeze the accessory to bring up a tool palette to quickly switch tools, line weights, and colors In addition
- MacUpdate Under New Ownership (again!) | MacRumors Forums
Director has been named in lawsuits due to Zeobit's business "ethics" Won't link but you can look it up if you care "ariregister 16910282" Seems they're still at it, just trying to give the appearance of being at arms length Personally I won't be downloading anything from there, or trusting it for reviews
- Perplexity Adds AI-Powered Shopping Feature With PayPal Checkout
AI service Perplexity was this week updated with a new personalized shopping experience that's designed to help users rediscover the joy of shopping Perplexity offers conversational search that incorporates the user's history and wants when looking for item suggestions The Perplexity team
- Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4. 5 With Improved Coding and Agent . . .
Anthropic today announced the launch of Claude Opus 4 5, which it says is the "best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use " It's improved over prior models for everyday tasks like deep research, and it is a "step forward in what AI systems can do " According to feedback
- Apple rejected my subscription refund request even though a service was . . .
When businesses put profits before ethics, it's only a matter of time before they will crash and burn Sounds like something went wrong in the workflow, and you got inproper advice that in effect closed the door to future appeals I think throwing words like unethical, scams, may not be fully justified because of this unfortunate event
- New Version of Siri to Lean on Google Gemini - MacRumors Forums
When you ask Siri a tough question—like “What’s the best Italian restaurant near me?” or “Why did Apple do this?”—she’ll politely hand it off to Gemini, who will answer with confidence, ads, and probably a paragraph about AI ethics
- External SSD performance - MacRumors Forums
That whole company seems to have an ethics problem Hitachi or Seagate for HD, and Inland (my budget brand), Crucial, or Samsung for SSDs these days For the enclosures, I'd try OWC but they're backordered until June Tom's Hardware did a solid review of the Zikedrive enclosure, so I'm rolling the dice on it
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