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Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Tech and Economy With Utah Senator Orrin Hatch

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Apple CEO Tim Cook met with senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Friday afternoon to discuss topics like technology and economy, reports BuzzFeed.

Hatch, who is a member of the Judiciary Committee and leads the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, has met with Cook several times in the past and participated in Apple's ongoing encryption debate with the U.S. government, calling for a private Senate briefing with Apple attorney Ted Olson following the dismissal of the San Bernardino case.

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During Friday's meeting, Hatch told BuzzFeed he and Cook talked about ways to grow the economy and the technology industry. They also spoke about Cook's trip to Utah in October, where Cook took part in a privacy-related Q&A session hosted by Hatch.
"During today's meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, we discussed ways to grow the economy and our tech industry, as well as his recent visit with me in Utah," Sen. Hatch said in an statement to BuzzFeed News. "Given the issues I work on as chairman of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, it's especially useful to listen to innovators like Tim."
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Cook, along with Apple's vice president of environment, policy, and social initiatives Lisa Jackson, also had dinner with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, on Thursday evening. They dined at Italian restaurant Tosca, located near the White House, but it's not clear what was discussed.

Cook's meetings with Hatch, Trump, and Kushner follow a December tech summit that saw Cook and other leaders like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, IBM CEO Ginny Rometty, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss topics like trade, immigration, and vocational education.

At the time, Cook told Apple employees he attended the tech summit with Trump because Apple plans to continue to focus on key areas like privacy, security, education, human rights, and combating climate change. "Personally, I've never found being on the sideline a successful place to be," he said. "The way that you influence these issues is to be in the arena."

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BornAgainMac said:
What is his hand doing?
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Hanging from his arm.
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thisisnotmyname said:
I don't know, I'm totally consumed by that painting being crooked. Probably just distortion from the curvature of the camera lens but it's really bothering me.
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Try being homeless for a week and I'm sure it'll bother you less.
 
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macTW said:
The sooner the government updates 15 year old technology, the sooner they understand the fights tech and internet have.
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"15 year old"? that's their newer stuff.
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thisisnotmyname said:
I don't know, I'm totally consumed by that painting being crooked. Probably just distortion from the curvature of the camera lens but it's really bothering me.

edit: it's the lens, the top of the door appears slanted too. Still bothers me though.
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Lots of "Crooked" things in that office, the painting is among the least egregious.
 
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Cheffy Dave said:
HATCH, just another old man in government, that should have retired 20 years ago, but his ego won't let him
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Hey, that's a sweet gig, lots of perks.

When you hit eighty, and you're sleeping in a cardboard box, you'll wish you were a sitting Senator, unless the GOP has cancelled Medicare, and you've lost your mind to Dementia or Alzheimer's, in which case, you won't care and it won't matter.
 
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macTW said:
The sooner the government updates 15 year old technology, the sooner they understand the fights tech and internet have.
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You sure you didn't transpose the 1 and the 5 in your comment?

You do know that the IRS and DOD have ancient gear running COBOL that they have had to hire retired back as consultants to maintain, don't you?

And when they have asked for appropriations to fund updates, they get things from the republicans like the sequester.
 
thisisnotmyname said:
I don't know, I'm totally consumed by that painting being crooked. Probably just distortion from the curvature of the camera lens but it's really bothering me.

edit: it's the lens, the top of the door appears slanted too. Still bothers me though.
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The painting isn't crooked, it's just leaning to the right.

Or maybe the photographer was leaning left.
 
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MaulRx said:
Hope not. You think Apple products are expensive now?
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Why not? Do you think Apple is stupid to set their pricing out of whack? Apple is a smart company. Apple had dealt with China and India, countries notoriously hard to negotiate with. They can probably do a deal with the US/states so their pricing won't change dramatically.
 
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