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He's not gonna take you to prom, get over it!

* Musk was Tesla's funder. The original owners were incapable of ramping production to make the company successful. Must took over and now it's worth $500+ billion. * Musk has always given credit to Tom Mueller and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell - who runs the business side of SpaceX. He always tries to hire the best. That said, he is the lead engineer and makes the decisions. He's also held his own in online discussions with the National Academy of Sciences. What's that you say? No engineering degree? He has a physics degree, and auto/space engineering is largely applied physics. Here is what an engineer says about Musk not having an engineering degree. This guy advises everyone from the auto industry (worldwide) to the Department of Defense. NSFW - LANGUAGE Also, Musk was elected to the National Academy of Engineering by members. Part of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. You can't apply to get in, they invite you. https://www.nae.edu/271501/Mr-Elon-R-Musk * Never invented anything 23+ patents in 8 different areas.

I think you can move it to the top when you enable the taskbar enhancements. but pretty sure left/right is still a 'no'

Again, the argument isn't that low quality content doesn't exist elsewhere. It's that on Tiktok, such stuff is overwhelmingly prevalent. And that's because Tiktok's entire business model centers on keeping users hooked on a constant stream of easily digestible but ultimately shallow content. Moreover, unlike platforms where moderation and algorithms sift through for quality, TikTok's algorithm rewards quick engagement, perpetuating this cycle. This means that while there may be baking, tech, and productivity tips on TikTok, they're overshadowed by the flood of vapid, attention-seeking content.

can you move the taskbar to the left or right side with Start11 ?

Oh that's awesome, I've had my eyes on buying LISA for a couple years now

"Return in the future" like E3.

After AI, that is...

2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe Gen4 SSD with heatsink is available at a great price by Fiza Ali Amazon and Newegg are offering a number of great deals on a wide array of storage solutions so, if you have also been wanting to upgrade your device, you might want to check out the Samsung 980 PRO NVMe Gen4 solid-state drive. This internal SSD is also selling at a highly competitive rate along with a discount coupon so, grab it while stocks last. The Samsung 980 PRO SSD features an integrated heatsink designed to maintain speed, power efficiency, and thermal control, preventing overheating downtime. Utilizing Samsung's nickel-coated controller along with the heatsink, it regulates temperature for potentially uninterrupted gameplay on PS5 consoles and PCs. With its in-house controller and PCIe 4.0 interface, the 980 PRO reportedly delivers twice the speed of PCIe 3.0 SSDs and twelve times that of Samsung SATA SSDs. This ensures high-performance bandwidth for gaming, graphics, and data analytics. Its 8.6mm design makes it a perfect fit for PS5 consoles and it also optimizes power efficiency for high-performance PC systems. Furthermore, drive health monitoring, performance optimization, and data protection are also facilitated through Samsung Magician software. 2TB Samsung 980 PRO SSD with Heatsink (PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive, Heat Control, Max Speed, PS5 Compatible (MZ-V8P2T0CW)): $184.99 + $10 Coupon (Amazon US) | $184.99 + $10 Coupon (Alternate Amazon US Link) | $184.99 + $10 off with Promo Code - SSDR2259 (Newegg US) This deal is U.S. specific, and not available in other regions unless specified. Furthermore, you can also check out other SSD deals here. For hard disk drives, you can head over to our HDD deals section to see if anything from there matches your requirements. If this is not what you want, you can also browse through Amazon US, Amazon UK, or Newegg US, or visit our Deals section to see if you find some other great deals. As an Amazon and Newegg Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Utter cuck simp twaddle!

Agreed. This is PR to counter recent news of foreign nations roaming Azure and taking any sensitive data not bolted down with 2FA.

Or others.. FreeNAS, OpenMediaVault, etc.. Or run a Plex server..

I don’t see any update regarding the compatibility with the steam deck yet.

Where is that sellout guy Ajit Pai?

Agreed, Windows XP SP2 was the turning point in Windows security and when I finally upgraded to it from Windows 2000. The OP is not wrong as Vista was the first release that fully revamped things like networking but it was half baked overall and skipped by me and a lot of people along with the enterprise by large until Windows 7.

Bandicut 3.8.1.855 by Razvan Serea Bandicut is super-fast video cutting/joining software with an easy-to-use interface. It allows users to trim parts of video quickly while keeping the original video quality. Users can also extract audio from video to MP3, join multiple video files, remove one or more parts from the video, or split the video into multiple files. Bandicut can cut large video files and remove unwanted parts like commercials, outtakes and trailers. Leave the scenes you like and remove the ones you don't. The easiest video cutting software can freely select regions by using the slider. Bandicut can cut/merge video files as an AVI cutter/joiner, MP4 cutter/joiner, MOV cutter/joiner or MPEG cutter/joiner. Bandicut is a video editor that can cut specific parts of a video or join multiple videos together. Because it cuts videos without the need to re-encode, you can clip a part of a video quickly while maintaining the quality of the original video. Bandicut features: You can cut parts from the original copy without re-encoding. [High-Speed Mode] does not decrease the quality. You can precisely cut videos by frame. You can quickly join more than 2 different video files. You can change the playback speed. Various compression codecs (H264, Xvid, MPEG-1, Motion JPEG, VP8, VP9, etc.) are supported High-speed video cutting is supported. Various video formats are supported. (AVI, MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, WEBM, MPEG, MPG, DAT, VOB, FLV, ASF, WMV, TS, TP, TRP, MPE, MPV2, MP2V, M2T, M2TS, K3G, DIVX, WM, WMX, WVX, RM, RMVB, RAM, IVF, OGM, VP6, XVD) Easy to use. Bandicut 3.8.1.855 changelog: Improved Bandicut startup loading speed. Bugs fixed Some buttons in the segment list were not pressed under certain conditions. The aspect ratio changed significantly under certain conditions. Other minor bugs have been fixed. Download: Bandicut 3.8.1.855 | 31.9 MB (Shareware) View: Bandicut Website | Bandicut Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware

Not a full OS release but basically as big as, XP SP2 was the real start of that. People don't remember what an absolute mess XP was in its first year, with broadband becoming prevalent there was a much bigger attack vector. Actually Vista was a full OS Release. Just about every part of Vista was repiped including the network stack due to security concerns that caused the XP SP2 update. Windows 7 was an optimized version of Vista, which Vista became quite good and stable by the last update to match 7 in a lot of areas. The problem is Microsoft got complacent again as many large companies do, and with Windows 10 they were back to making changes and adding features in some cases not even in complete phases. Windows 11 was a refocus on security, but not 100%. The latest incident is a combination of how developers ship out products much quicker, but in unfinished designs that they can patch up on day 0 or after. The other part is lazy IT. That is how that Azure server went unsecure. I am hoping Microsoft really looks at buggy unsecure software being a problem with a focus on security and security and even in some cases feature complete bugs being fixed and patched before launching to public. Also, better training and constant training with personnel to avoid those costly and reputational mistakes.

Snagit 2024.1.2 by Razvan Serea Snagit is the most complete screen capture utility available. Showing someone exactly what you see on your screen is sometimes the quickest and clearest way to communicate. With Snagit, you can select anything on your screen – an area, image, article, Web page, or error message – and capture it. Then, save the screen capture to a file, send it to Snagit​'s editor to add professional effects, share it by e-mail, or drop it into PowerPoint®, Word®, or another favorite application. Capture and share images, text or video from your PC. Create beautiful presentations, flawless documentation and quickly save online content. The latest version of Snagit offers a totally new interface and workflow - making SnagIt easier for beginners to use, while still providing maximum convenience and flexibility for the screen capture experts. Snagit 2024.1.2 changelog: New Features Added a Ready to Record window to review settings and device selections before recording. Feature Updates Added an option to set the default file type when dragging and dropping image files from the Recent Captures Tray or Snagit Library to other applications. This is available on the Advanced tab of Snagit Editor Preferences. Updated the Google Drive share destination to only send to a TechSmith folder to meet increased Google security standards. Dropdown menu titles in Snagit Capture are now available to screen readers for improved accessibility. Added support for common keyboard shortcuts Updated image and scrolling captures taken in All-in-One mode to no longer round to an even number of pixels. Performance Improvements Addressed excessive CPU usage when Snagit was minimized and a software update was available. Fixed an issue where Snagit could sometimes appear to freeze when exiting the application. Updates for IT Administrators Updated WiX to version 3.14.1. This addresses CVE 2024-29187, where a local attacker could elevate privileges when the Snagit installer is running, and CVE 2024-29188, where a local attacker could elevate privileges to delete files when the Snagit installer is running. Added an option to the Snagit Installer to exclude Microsoft SQL CE libraries. Added a new property to the Snagit MSI installer. TSC_UPDATER_PROXYLIST_VALUE allows admins to specify a custom proxy server list for the auto-updater to use when downloading new updates. Updated OpenCV license type in Snagit documentation to reflect current usage. Updated Zlib library to version 1.3.1. Bug Fixes Fixed a rare crash that could occur on startup if share destinations are not initialized correctly. Fixed the Library to correctly filter for tags that include apostrophes. Fixed an issue where the canvas could be cropped unexpectedly. Fixed an issue where pasted objects might be unintentionally cropped if the preference to automatically flatten pasted images is selected. Fixed an issue where some photos could be distorted in the account drop-down. Fixed an issue where items removed from Share History could return after restarting Snagit. Download: Snagit 64-bit | 450.0 MB (Shareware) Links: SnagIt Home Page | Release Notes Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware

"To comply with Microsoft's removal of the stock Windows 10 taskbar" Was it in fact removed? If so, how is SaB doing it? They got a working build going within a day or so, so it's hard to believe that it was removed and then exactly replicated in that amount of time. Something happened, since there was a disruption, but I've never seen a clear statement of exactly what.

What's the point of ExplorerPatcher if there's no Windows 10 taskbar?

Blizzard won't hold its fan event BlizzCon in 2024 but it will return in the future by John Callaham Blizzard Entertainment is taking a break from running its popular in-person fan event BlizzCon. Today, the game developer announced that BlizzCon will not be held during 2024. In its blog post, Blizzard stated: This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years. Blizzard finally brought back BlizzCon as a live in-person event at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California in November 2023. It was the first in-person BlizzCon since 2019, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Blizzard did hold a virtual BlizzCon event in 2021. Today's announcement does state that Blizzard has plans to hold a series of in-person events around the world to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Warcraft game franchise. It added: While these events are distinct from BlizzCon, we’re harnessing all of our creativity and imagination to ensure that they carry the same spirit of celebration and togetherness. Blizzard also has plans to celebrate the launches of two upcoming projects in 2024. One is the next World of Warcraft expansion pack, The War Within, and the other is the release of the first Diablo IV expansion pack Vessel of Hatred. The developer plans to hold events at a number of video game trade shows, including Gamescom in August. It will also make some announcements during a number of unnamed gaming streaming events. Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft, and in January a number of team members were laid off as part of Microsoft's 1,900 job cuts in its gaming division. It also canceled the development of its unnamed survival game that was first announced in 2022. However, Blizzard is hiring for a number of top positions for an unannounced game.

Cities: Skylines II update delivers DLSS, Beach Properties DLC content for free, and more by Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Last week, Colossal Order and Paradox announced a major shift in Cities: Skylines II's development focus going forward. This meant delaying upcoming DLC packs and putting the development team completely on game optimization and bug fixes. It also meant that the game's first premium DLC pack, Beach Properties, was going free for all players, with refunds also being sent out. Today, that Beach Properties patch has finally landed, and it has also brought other goodies like DLSS and bug fixes too. "This patch removes the entitlement from all the Beach Properties assets, so they are now a part of the base game and available to everyone," says Colossal Order. "Saves and custom maps using the assets should work without any extra steps." Head here to find more details on the refunding procedure for those who had purchased the widely panned DLC. A surprise addition of this update is Nvidia DLSS 2 upscaling technology. The city builder launching with the original 1.0 version of AMD FSR, and no other upscaling option. Hopefully, the new addition will at least help Nvidia players achieve better frame rates. The studio is also working on adding FSR 2 support in a later update too. Here are the performance-related changes and bug fixes included in this update for players: Performance Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution support added Some pathfinding optimizations to reduce slowing simulation UI optimizations Optimizations to reduce frame spikes Bug fixes & improvements Mod options are sorted alphabetically instead of random Made bus stop and mailbox color in infoview same as icon color Citizens are more likely to use taxis from outside connections when moving in the city Automatically pause and display any pending legal documents when continuing last game from the launcher Fixed crash to desktop occurs after starting a new game on Custom Map from Editor where 'Placeholder Surface' was used Fixed crash to desktop occurs after placing any Truck from “Add Object” menu in developerMode Fixed crash to desktop after loading save with broken path-road connections Fixed crash to desktop after loading map with Landfill's lot created in Editor Fixed Cartography achievement Fixed dispatching problem causing service vehicles to have trouble reaching some targets in certain cases. Affects garbage collecting, post van (for buildings), police patrolling and road maintenance. Fixed patient teleports to ambulance if the parking lot is close to their location Fixed a road tool snapped to an existing road may randomly get into an incorrect position Fixed zone grid alignment broken when bulldozing stops or mailboxes when there are different sized roads connected Fixed duplicated city service upkeep items of building that have upgrade Fixed trains stuck at rail yard when there are multiple spawning trains and arriving trains at the same time. Fixed part of Hydroelectric Power Plant remains on map after bulldozing it Fixed tutorial task list not resetting when selecting “Reset tutorials” from gameplay options. Fixed limit tutorial center card height to prevent overlapping with bottom toolbar Fixed missing color of Destroyed Buildings in the Disaster Control Info View Fixed service coverage displaying all red for a couple of frames when activating infoview for the first time after loading save (In paused mode or soon after loading) Fixed line color changes are not visible while it's hovered with a cursor. Fixed Firewatch Tower incorrectly shows its range when hovering over the building Fixed mouse tool options tooltips did not support handling a larger number of options or smaller resolutions/UI scalings Fixed interface/panel transparency for non default UI styles Fixed issue preventing saving after changing name with controller and virtual keyboard Menu notifications thumbnail image will now retain its aspect ratio and will cover the square space with overflow content cut Various screen resolution fixes Multiple text fixes Controller fixes: All photomode panel properties can be reset Reset property and capture keyframe action added for controller Revamped controller navigation and focus styles for a more intuitive and streamlined UX Disabled Editor inspector items can be focused to fix situations where some fields cannot be viewed or scrolled to with a controller. Fixed draggable value not updating input label in photo mode panel Fixed null reference when trying to reset a property that had no reset callback Fixed controller navigation in Editor preview/thumbnail picker, save map panel, and add component menu. Item pickers no longer select items when focused by default. Fixed preview not updating with various tools when using controller to select asset Fixed controller action hints overlapping main menu sub screens Fixed Editor bottom bar sliders not being usable with controller Fixed item picker footer slider not being usable with controller Fixed controller's slider buttons getting inverted when the slider's start value is higher than the end value Added missing names from QLOC team to the credits Colossal Order also has a bunch of bug fixes for the mod editor and Paradox Mods platform with this update. Check them all out at the full 1.1.2f1 changelog here. With the shift in development focus, Cities: Skylines II's first expansion, Bridges and Ports, is now coming in 2025. The console editions are still scheduled to launch sometime this year, however.

Not a full OS release but basically as big as, XP SP2 was the real start of that. People don't remember what an absolute mess XP was in its first year, with broadband becoming prevalent there was a much bigger attack vector.

Me wants 80 core workstation

Apple is not allowing Spotify's latest iOS update in the EU that showed discounted pricing by Karthik Mudaliar Apple has blocked Spotify's latest update in the European Union, which aimed to include subscription pricing tiers and options to pay without using in-app purchases. Spotify claims that Apple has not acknowledged or responded to its submission, which is a violation of Apple's statement that they turn around reviews on app submissions within 24 hours. This rejection by Apple is due to Spotify's refusal to request an entitlement and pay Apple a commission for purchases made from external links. The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), however, requires Apple to allow music streaming apps to include external purchase links, but Apple's updated rules still involve taking a commission from these purchases. The ruling also allows Spotify to distribute a Spotify app to EU users outside of the App Store, but it would be required to pay Apple's Core Technology Fee for each user. "Apple continues to break European law,” and unfortunately that means we still can’t give EU consumers the information they need and the choices they deserve in our app. Here’s what we mean. pic.twitter.com/tkcXQkRqLy — Spotify News (@SpotifyNews) April 24, 2024 Spotify, along with other companies like Epic Games, has criticized Apple's compliance with the DMA, calling it extortion and a farce. The feud between Apple and Spotify is not new, with tensions dating back to a 2019 antitrust complaint by Spotify over Apple's 30% "Apple Tax." The conflict escalated in 2024 when the European Commission fined Apple $2 billion for preventing Swedish streaming service Spotify from advertising cheaper subscription deals outside the iOS platform. The ruling followed a four-year investigation and found that Apple had "abused its dominant position in the market" by preventing developers from informing customers about alternative services. In response to the ruling, Apple has introduced the Music Streaming Services Entitlement for music streaming apps in the European Economic Area (EEA), allowing developers to include a link to their website for alternative purchasing options. However, Apple still requires developers to use its In-App Purchase system and pay a commission for purchases made from external links.