The very first word in the headline for this article is "Trump".

No, the factory is unlikely to be built and operating and making anything before Trump leaves office.

They didn't move anything. The factories in India and China were already there and making phones. They changed where they were delivered. It does sound like Trump's threats to India about buying Russian oil (which I agree with) will likely force Apple to use Chinese iPhones in the USA again.

Hmm. Sounds like the first "taste" is free. Now, why does that ring a (warning) bell....

No. He'll interview the I Am Hunger in America girl.

This isn't the First time AI imagery has been used for political purposes and it will most definitely not be the last.

Adding to this - is it just the icon that's gone, or will new Macs also be formatted to the name "Macintosh SSD" instead of the even-older-than-the-icon "Macintosh HD".

I'm fine with the idea of updating the image and using an SSD. But it's possible to detect whether SSD or spinning rust I think? If so, why not both images?

I have an HDD I use for for backups - Time Machine. Speed is not of the essence there, cheapness and large'ish capacity is. They're still in use then - until 4Tb SSDs are as cheap as 4Tb HDs they're fine for backup.

I agree with you.

A "conspiracy" is when more than one person works together on some action. Possibly the word should not apply unless they make an effort to hide the fact that they are doing the action. But it is going to cover a lot of stuff like business dealings and arranging a surprise birthday party.

A "conspiracy theory" is somebody claiming there is a conspiracy without any proof. May also require that they not be a member of the conspiracy, somebody claiming they are part of a conspiracy but lying should have some other term.

I think I misread the initial posts, the person talking about 9-11 was complaining about the same thing, you need the word "theory" to split real conspiracies from ones that may not exist. Initial poster was claiming you should never use the word "theory".

The "left" tries to use tariffs to change behavior, for instance "unless you bring your worker protections up to American standards you get this tariff". IMHO the chances of this working are just as dismal.

I agree, such very expensive cameras will just be hidden in the fentanyl shipments if they are easily bought for the original price in Japan.

The increase for the three quoted items are 12.5%, 11.8%, and10.7%. Apparently the previous tariff was about 2% so the increase is actually 13%.

Tariffs are used because they are an income source and a regressive tax. They basically rely on the fact that nobody is able to manufacture the object locally.

No that does not work. The factory still needs to get the parts needed to make the product, and those are still imported and covered by the tax.

It is possible to "promise" to build a factory in the USA, that may result in the tariffs being dropped as Trump may be fooled into thinking he "won".

The southwestern quadrant of the continental USA has some of the best climate conditions in the world for solar power. Much of Australia and lands along the Mediterranean Sea are the same way. Indeed, that's why there are large solar farms in Spain itself.

also, they'd be paying more taxes were they here legally, as would their employers.

BZZT! Wrong.

E-verify is purposely designed to fail, it is part of the system designed so that you don't get in any trouble for hiring illegal immigrants despite it being against the law. A business has a get-out-of-jail-free card by saying "hey we used e-verify".