An interview video about Apple's CEO Tim Cook talking about 'iPhone 20 years later' and 'future technology' is being released



Apple's CEO Tim Cook participated online at the technology-related international conference

VivaTech held in France and responded to a 30-minute interview. In the interview, in addition to questions about privacy protection and environmental issues, questions about 'iPhone 20 years from now' and 'automatic driving cars under development by Apple' popped up, and there are plenty of contents.

A live conversation with Tim Cook #VivaTech-YouTube


At the beginning of the interview, I was asked about Apple's efforts against the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). In response to this question, Mr. Cook said that he worked with Google to develop a new coronavirus infection contact notification API , and that he developed a medical face shield and distributed it to tens of millions of people around the world. I am appealing that I am.

Apple develops ``medical face shield'' and provides it to medical personnel at a pace of 1 million sheets per week - GIGAZINE



Next, in response to a question about Apple's stance on privacy protection, Cook said, ``Apple

regards privacy as a basic human right and has been actively working to protect privacy for more than 40 years since its establishment.Steve (Steve Jobs) has said many times that 'you should ask for permission when performing actions that affect user privacy.' We continue that policy, '' said Apple's privacy Emphasis on a stance that emphasizes protection. Furthermore, ``Privacy protection is one of the most important challenges of this century, like climate change and energy issues,'' he said, arguing the need to address privacy protection on a global scale.

Next, regarding the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , which was enacted in the EU for the purpose of protecting personal information, ``Apple strongly dictates GDPR.In addition, Apple has a stronger personal information protection policy than GDPR. 'For strong privacy protection, governments and private companies need to work together.'

On the other hand, regarding the ' Digital Market Act (DMA) ' proposed by the EU in December 2020 to regulate the market monopoly of Big Tech, 'DMA requires iOS to introduce a third-party app distribution platform. I am complaining. Continuing, ``Apple has made it possible to strengthen security and protect privacy by limiting the app distribution platform to the App Store.'' ``Android has 47 times more malware than iOS. Apple limits the app distribution platform to the App Store and conducts rigorous screening before the app is released, so malware can be kept to a minimum.' claimed to be exposed to

The EU proposes a ``digital market law'' and a ``digital service law'' that impose a maximum of 10% of revenue as a fine on Google, Amazon, etc.-GIGAZINE



'Apple has a goal of achieving

carbon neutrality by 2030, but how do you plan to achieve environmental goals while releasing new iPhones every year?' Cook CEO ``Apple has achieved carbon neutrality for several years as a company.We aim to achieve carbon neutrality, including the supply chain, by 2030.'' ``New iPhones, etc. In order to make new products, it is necessary to take something out of the earth.We are continuing to develop robotics to disassemble old products and extract parts for new products. By using product parts in new products, we aim to create products that are beneficial to both users and the planet.'



Next, to the question 'How do you think the iPhone will evolve in 20 years?', 'I think the iPhone in 20 years will be better than the iPhone 12 (lol ),” he said, “I never imagined that the chip we developed for the iPhone would be used for the iPad, let alone for the Mac .” It uses past examples to highlight the difficulty of predicting future products.

On the other hand, ``I look forward to the power of augmented reality (AR) to improve life in a wide range of ways,'' he said. In addition, 'As a result of attaching a heart rate monitor to the Apple Watch, many people have reported that their lives have been saved . For example, we are considering a form like a warning display for cars, ”he also gives hints about the technology under development.

CEO Tim Cook talks in an interview about Apple's automatic driving car and AR glass development - GIGAZINE



When asked, 'Do you allow your new product to fail?', he answered, 'I make some kind of mistake every day. And Apple fails internally, not externally. And we try to improve and not let our users fail.

Mr. Cook, who was asked to comment on the automatic driving car under development by Apple at the end of the interview, said, ``I need to keep a secret.

A famous analyst claims that Apple's automatic driving car will appear in 2025 at the earliest - GIGAZINE

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