Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones

Apple has been fined 25 million euros for cautiously slowing down older iPhones. I am completely shocked when I saw the news. When everyone thinks Apple company is probably one of the most successful companies in the world; yet, Apple is still using this unethical way to make people upgrade their phones. According to what Apple said, they did only for prolonging devices’ life. When they intentionally slowing your iPhone down, the batteries could become less capable of supplying demands, taking much longer to react to an app. Your iPhone can get unexpectedly shutting down if the batteries have been severely damaged over time.
I personally think Apple is a great technology company, but I don’t think it’s ethical to deliberately slow down users’ phones. After reading this news, it reminds me of another news about Facebook got fined $5 billion for privacy claims. Both Facebook and Apple are extremely well-known companies yet both got fined because lying to the users one way another. I think no matter how successful a company is, the most essential thing is to be ethical and showing users their respect and giving them the privacy they deserve.

source:https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724

Virtue Reality Could Be Our Next Step to Solve the Mental Health Crisis

VR also stands for virtual reality is a simulated experience that can be similar from the real world. It doesn’t require much for people to have this sort of experience, as long as you have the headset, controller, plus some space, everyone can experience this virtual reality. I actually bought my first one last year and the experience it gave you was like no others. Everything is so real even though you know it only appearing in your headset.

Just like the article says, because of these amazingly real experiences, it can be a potential part for helping serious mental problems like PTSD and so on. Usually during a PTSD treatment, the doctor will ask the patient to imagine the traumatic experience. However, with the help with VR, instead of just imaging, it will be so much easier for patients to work with the treatment. Not only treating PTSD, VR technology can help so many other people with all kinds of mental problems. Perhaps, this VR technology works for some people and some don’t; but the idea behind it is by using technology to help people to feel better and be more positive.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/solrogers/2019/05/15/how-virtual-reality-can-help-the-global-mental-health-crisis/#ae4505c28f77