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Apple and Google Set Joint Standards to Stop AirTag Stalking
Apple and Google are hoping with their powers combined they can truly hinder just how effective stalking with Bluetooth trackers has become. The two tech giants have agreed on a set of standards for AirTag-like products that would enable automatic alerts on both iOS and Android devices, though the proposed device…
Semlex on Advancing Passport Standards and the Evolution of Logical Data Structure
Passports are critical documents for international travel, serving as proof of identity and citizenship. With the increasing use of technology…
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Social housing managers will require qualifications in bid to ‘drive up standards’ after two-year-old’s death
Only 50% of iPhone Casings Made in India Meet Apple’s Quality Standards
The company is apparently contending with immense difficulties in ramping up production in the country. At a factory in Hosur run by Apple supplier Tata that manufactures iPhone casings, only one in every two components coming off the production line “is in good enough shape” to be sent forward to assembly at Foxconn. The 50 percent yield is particularly low for almost any production operation and works against Apple’s “zero-defect” manufacturing and environmental goals.
Former Apple engineers told the Financial Times that Chinese iPhone suppliers and government officials have a “whatever it takes” approach to win iPhone orders, describing how work was often completed weeks ahead of schedule at “inexplicable speed.” Operations in India, on the other hand, are not running at this pace. “There just isn’t a sense of urgency,” one Apple engineer remarked.
Apple is apparently focused on a long term plan to improve manufacturing proficiency in the country. The company has sent product designers and engineers from California and China to factories in southern India to train locals and help set up production operations, according to four individuals who purport to be familiar with the matter.
Apple began producing entry-level iPhone models, starting with the iPhone SE, in India in 2017. Last year, Apple significantly stepped up its production in India, building some iPhone 14 models in the country within weeks of their launch in China.
Tata is said to have ambitions to become a full-service Apple supplier in the future and is in talks to take over a troubled Wistron iPhone assembly plant in Karnataka. Apple’s long-term plan to diversify its global supply chain continues.
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Finally, after 21 years, Morrowind meets my exacting standards of realism and immersion with this mod that adds footprints
Twitter Users Can Now Appeal Account Suspensions, Under New Standards – CNET
Fire Emblem Engage has some refreshing representation, especially by Nintendo standards
There’s a lot to love about Fire Emblem Engage. I’ve been particularly taken with its more detail-led approach to its strategy combat, more in line with some of the older entries in this series than Three Houses. I do like its characters, too, even though they’re arguably more thinly developed than in other recent Fire Emblem games. But one thing I particularly love about it is… there’s just some quietly good representation.
Fire Emblem Engage has a handful of rad dark-skinned people, and the game doesn’t make a big deal out of it. They’re just there, and it’s the most natural thing in the world. This is rare, and I love it.
You do get black characters in Japanese RPGs, of course – Final Fantasy 7’s Barret is the classic poster-child – but it’s also fair to say they’re not exactly common. Art reflects the culture in which it is made, but in my experiences exploring the country, black people are probably even more rare in Japanese games than in Japan itself for real, especially in cities.