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French regulator fines Apple €25 million for slowing down older iPhones
DaveSharp and 4 others reacted to spy beef for a topic
Chump change, should've fined Apple at least $1 billion to get the message across.5 points -
YouTube Music will soon let you upload your entire local music library
timster and 4 others reacted to Nas for a topic
I can see it now... MPAA "forces" YouTube Music to flag media assets based on known fingerprints, and then YouTube Music invasively removes files from your local music library.5 points -
French regulator fines Apple €25 million for slowing down older iPhones
matthiew and 3 others reacted to TsarNikky for a topic
Having replaceable batteries would have prevented the problems arising from battery degradation. With Apple's pricing points, their phones can hardly be considered as disposable when the battery dies. At least Europe has gotten a long lead on punishing companies for bad behavior. Pity, the US refuses to do the same.4 points -
Vaio announces a Comet Lake laptop that weighs under two pounds
goretsky and 3 others reacted to Sylar0 for a topic
Same here... Isn't it now a company in it's own right?4 points -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
Yogurth and 2 others reacted to Jameswr for a topic
There are some published results online, and most of them seem fairly accurate to what we have found. The speed is often in the margin of error, with Edge besting Chrome most of the time. Chrome has a tiny <1% win in javascript tests, but this is expected as Microsoft adds additional security that Chrome doesn't. As many expected, network usage is lower in Edge, as Chrome sends a ton of encrypted data back to Google, still around 1.5-2GB per week for an average non-cellular user. As with EdgeHTML, Edge does better with Battery, CPU, and can be dramatically better with Memory use in lower memory systems. (Sub 2GB RAM) As most people can see, Edge Chromium performs much better than EdgeHTML on actual sites, due to web developers using Chromium specific code or shoving old IE code to EdgeHTML. Reconstructing similar sites locally, and properly sending the same content as standards, EdgeHTML is faster most of the time. But not enough on modern systems. The painful area is on older, slower systems, where Chromium is a pig in comparison. I'm curious what other users are finding with various tests. wow you probably trash talked chromium compared to legacy edge before edge started using it. now that edge uses it now its much better. you comments are mostly like "As most people can see" and "As many expected" with no proof and taking points right from your ass3 points -
YouTube Music will soon let you upload your entire local music library
Jameswr and 2 others reacted to tsupersonic for a topic
You guys do realize that this upload of your local music library exists today in Google Play Music? Sheesh...3 points -
U.S. Attorney General says the U.S. should buy a controlling stake in Nokia and Ericsson
timster and 2 others reacted to +Dick Montage for a topic
Wouldn't this then make said companies "too close" to the US govt and military?3 points -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
Elliot B. and 2 others reacted to redfish for a topic
Can't believe it's only 10% better! I can't believe its not butter3 points -
The Switch version of The Outer Worlds has been postponed because of coronavirus
dustojnikhummer and 2 others reacted to Geezy for a topic
Meanwhile on every other platform it has already seen price drops, and the switch version probably never will. I guess this is why I don't own many Switch games.3 points -
Benchmarks show AMD's upcoming H-series chip outperform Intel's upcoming offering
TreaK and 2 others reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Core count and clock don’t matter as much as results do and I reallllly doubt that 2500U comes anywhere close to the 7700k. See below for a faster AMD cpu not holding it’s own. Unless a “tiny bit slower” is sarcasm Which makes sense, it’s a low power CPU and compares to low power Intel offerings. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/...Ryzen-7-2700U/3647vsm432558 The 2700U barely (and mostly doesn’t) hold it’s own to an 8565U and that’s also notably slower than a 7700k. The 2500U would fare even worse. https://www.notebookcheck.net/2700U-vs-8565U_9314_10082.247596.0.html3 points -
BleachBit 3.2.0
alex_d2w and 2 others reacted to ThaCrip for a topic
Hillary 'the snake' Clinton's wiping program of choice3 points -
Benchmarks show AMD's upcoming H-series chip outperform Intel's upcoming offering
MS Bob 11 and 2 others reacted to HoochieMamma for a topic
Not really surprising, AMD is destroying intel in every segment of the market at the moment. They just need to pull the same thing they did to intel with nvidia as they have lagged with GPU for too long now.3 points -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
matthiew and 2 others reacted to RamGuy for a topic
I have yet to experience any UWP application that have been working better than it's Win32 application on any of my Windows desktops. Sure there hasn't been that many, but I have tried to use some but they have all failed to provide me with a good experience: Skype (UWP) compared to Skype (Win32). The GUI just doesn't fit desktop use, everything took up way too much space to make much sense for me on a desktop. The Win32 app just had better optimised GUI for desktop use. Didn't use it for long as I moved away from Skype completely. Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML/UWP) vs Chromium (Win32). I did actually enjoy the look and feel of Microsoft Edge and it's smooth scrolling. But that was pretty much it. Barely any extensions and the few that I used worked horribly compared to Chromium. Rendering issues, the entire browser would lock-up, randomly close and whatnot. Not a great experience other than it's look and feel. OneNote (UWP) vs OneNote 2016. Perhaps the UWP-app I used the most. But I pretty much used it simply because Microsoft claimed that the Win32 was end-of-life and wouldn't receive any meaningful updates or features. The UWP-app worked okay, but having proofing directly tied with your Windows Settings is horrible for people like me who prefer to have everything displayed in English, but I type in Norwegian. It often had sync issues so I had to just disconnect my Microsoft Account and start all over again for sync to work. I started to get used to it but moved back to OneNote 2016 when Microsoft did yet another turn-around and announced that the Win32 application will the one getting development going forward. And man, as soon as I was back using OneNote 2016 I began to understand how inferior the UWP had really been. There is just nothing with the UWP-version that I find superior.3 points -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
alex_d2w and 2 others reacted to +Warwagon for a topic
I think it's a very speedy browser3 points -
Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi join forces to do battle with the Google Play Store
DOOOMKULTUS and 2 others reacted to Xenon for a topic
Good. There needs to be more competition.3 points -
Microsoft's Edge browser now supports ARM64 in the stable channel
dustojnikhummer and one other reacted to greenwizard88 for a topic
I'd like to see a re-review of the Surface X, now that it's been out for a little while and the software seems to be more fully "baked".2 points -
Microsoft's Surface Duo spotted in the wild
wingliston and one other reacted to margrave for a topic
Price will be key here but who knows? I'm willing to bet it'll cost less than Samsungs folding screen device. If I had to bet this could be $1k - $1.2k roughly. And that's insane. For a phone. If that's the price I'm out.2 points -
How the coronavirus outbreak has affected Wuhan: a bird's eye view
ZipZapRap and one other reacted to lucidrenegade for a topic
The Wuhan Clan ain't nutin' to fuk wit!2 points -
U.S. Attorney General says the U.S. should buy a controlling stake in Nokia and Ericsson
dead.cell and one other reacted to George P for a topic
It was one way, the 2nd part of his statement said you get a group of private companies to do it, either way if you're looking to help EU telco companies to compete, it's a valid argument when on the other side China pumps loads of gov money into it's own local companies. Personally you could just give them big gov contracts and pay them well for the equipment to, that's always a option.2 points -
YouTube Music will soon let you upload your entire local music library
Jameswr and one other reacted to tsupersonic for a topic
You guys do realize that this upload of your local music library exists today in Google Play Music? Sheesh...2 points -
U.S. Attorney General says the U.S. should buy a controlling stake in Nokia and Ericsson
matthiew and one other reacted to Atlantico for a topic
I don't always buy telephony infrastructure, but when I do, I buy it from Scandinavia.2 points -
YouTube Music will soon let you upload your entire local music library
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to lexp for a topic
1. You upload music lib to YouTube Music 2. Google detects "illegal" uploads 3. MPAA requires you to pay $5000 per "illegal" song 4. MPAA and Google shares "PROFIT" 5. Plebs lose, patricians win!2 points -
Eve's next "Surface killer" will have two Thunderbolt 4 ports
Circaflex and one other reacted to Mockingbird for a topic
Spy beef, supposedly the products sell decently, however, I never see them around in my very tech savvy area. So who knows! Personally, Windows 10 is what keeps me from buying a Surface laptop. I refuse to use crappy software, on rumored good hardware. you don't ever see surfaces in your area? have you been to a university? it's typically macs for the arts and surfaces for the sciences It really depends. That rule isn’t always the case. In grad school, I even had friends, engineering students, that used laptop/desktops, running Linux. I left grad school not too long ago Sciences: My daughter is currently a medical student at UCLA, so the wife and I are frequently there. Surface devices, rarely seen, Apple devices, all over the dang place. In fact, the iPad is recommended by her professors. They even have specific Apps for iOS. Wife, currently finishing her CRNA (Nurse Anethesist), her study groups/peers...Apple devices/MacBook/iPads, some cheap Windows laptops. I have rarely spotted a Surface. I’d definitely buy one ( I actually like the Surface Laptop), but only If I can easily install Linux, or Windows 10 LTSC. Over a fourth of the people in my class uses some kind of Surface device. There are also a lot of Dell and Lenovo convertibles. It’s pretty hard to do quantum mechanics on a Mac.2 points -
Eve's next "Surface killer" will have two Thunderbolt 4 ports
dontbeevil and one other reacted to Jim K for a topic
Surface is dead? News to me. Of course it is...Surface revenue was only $1.98B last quarter. Stick a fork in it. /s2 points -
Eve's next "Surface killer" will have two Thunderbolt 4 ports
dontbeevil and one other reacted to Circaflex for a topic
Surface is dead? News to me.2 points -
Vaio announces a Comet Lake laptop that weighs under two pounds
+Warwagon and one other reacted to neufuse for a topic
it appears to be aimed at business people, you wont believe how many projectors in meeting rooms still have VGA in and no HDMI or DP.......2 points -
Eve's next "Surface killer" will have two Thunderbolt 4 ports
n_K and one other reacted to spy beef for a topic
There's no need to kill something that's already dead.2 points -
Motorola reportedly working on flagship phones with curved screens and a 90Hz display
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to Ccl Ncc for a topic
Not sure who in these companies thinks, that consumer wants curved edges? A brand which is trying to recover its image wants to release product which is not exactly the preference for consumer? Like do those people even do consumer feedback?2 points -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
dead.cell and one other reacted to Atoqir for a topic
No suprise there. The old edge may render faster but the frequent bugs, crashes, missing features, horrid big UI for desktop and slow updates made it a non starter from day 1 for most people. Seems win32 beat UWP again in usability, stability and speed.2 points -
Metro Exodus returns to Steam on February 15
kopsarchidis and one other reacted to Zeromus2003 for a topic
After that bait-n-switch they did on Steam, they can choke on a bag of d's! They took Fortnight money, used Steam to build free advertisement, and then jumped ship....I don't pirate, but I hear the fitgirl release was great2 points -
Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi join forces to do battle with the Google Play Store
Xenon and one other reacted to Jazmac for a topic
Whatever makes for better competition in this space. Good news right here.2 points -
Gears of War head Rod Fergusson departs The Coalition to work at Blizzard
dead.cell and one other reacted to Brony for a topic
He joins the Titanic.2 points -
Gears of War head Rod Fergusson departs The Coalition to work at Blizzard
dead.cell and one other reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
Blizzard does not exist.2 points -
OnePlus 8 series could launch in late March or April
wingliston reacted to Jazmac for a topic
zte axon is better I don't dislike Axon but I've owned 3 OnePlus phones. 3t, 6t and now the 7 Pro. I'm a big fan of the Oxygen OS. I don't plan to get away from it for that reason alone.1 point -
Microsoft's Edge browser now supports ARM64 in the stable channel
Brandon H reacted to domboy for a topic
I would too. Though I really don't understand most of the negativity in the reviews I read. There were two native browsers available on launch - legacy Edge and Firefox beta, both of which work just fine. Sure, mention the state of Chrome and new Edge, but why ding it on slower performance of an emulated browser? To me it seemed a lot of reviewers came across as really just wanting it to be an Intel-based Surface. Very few bothered to mention (much less go into detail) how far Windows on ARM has come since the Windows RT devices. Surface Pro X is sooo much better than the Surface RT/2, in respect to both hardware and software. To be fair, the emulation is hit and miss. Though a lot of the misses I've encountered are games, which is an aspect some reviews didn't even talk about. I expect the emulation compatibility will improve with time and updates.1 point -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
Jameswr reacted to waysidesc for a topic
There are some published results online, and most of them seem fairly accurate to what we have found. The speed is often in the margin of error, with Edge besting Chrome most of the time. Chrome has a tiny <1% win in javascript tests, but this is expected as Microsoft adds additional security that Chrome doesn't. As many expected, network usage is lower in Edge, as Chrome sends a ton of encrypted data back to Google, still around 1.5-2GB per week for an average non-cellular user. As with EdgeHTML, Edge does better with Battery, CPU, and can be dramatically better with Memory use in lower memory systems. (Sub 2GB RAM) As most people can see, Edge Chromium performs much better than EdgeHTML on actual sites, due to web developers using Chromium specific code or shoving old IE code to EdgeHTML. Reconstructing similar sites locally, and properly sending the same content as standards, EdgeHTML is faster most of the time. But not enough on modern systems. The painful area is on older, slower systems, where Chromium is a pig in comparison. I'm curious what other users are finding with various tests. wow you probably trash talked chromium compared to legacy edge before edge started using it. now that edge uses it now its much better. you comments are mostly like "As most people can see" and "As many expected" with no proof and taking points right from your ass thank you for calling the user out on this. it happens all the time.1 point -
Some Japanese politicians want a digital yen to counter China's digital yuan
300z reacted to Brony for a topic
How the politic of Japan works: it doesn't.1 point -
NASA Commercial Crew (CCtCap) test milestones
DocM reacted to anthdci for a topic
there is no way I'd be a passenger on it until more testing has been done successfully.1 point -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
alex_d2w reacted to Atoqir for a topic
It's not necessarily related to the uwp/win32 nature of the app. Its not.... Legacy Edge, Chrome, and Firefox all use different UI frameworks separate from Win32 -- Edge was not special. Edge used XAML -- through WinRT -- Firefox uses XUL, Chrome uses Chromium UI. WinRT compiles to native code, and is accessible through COM objects in C++ with no need for an interpreter. This has nothing to do with mobile or whatever is supposedly "inappropriate" for desktops. It has to do with having a modern UI capable of being adaptive, including resolution independent. Or specifically "UWP" -- modern Win32 apps wrap themselves in UWP also to use the Windows notification system and one-click install. And there are plenty of apps in W10 built in WinRT for UWP that are quick and responsive. Some people I think are just still having post-traumatic episodes from W8. The out of the box XAML is horrible. Most of the time people see a XAML built UI they think UWP / Windows 8 / Metro 1.0 which is terrible UI for desktop. I think most of the hate towards UWP has been actually against XAML. I know it is now possible to build a decent UI for desktop but it requires tons of works since the default controls are still huge, which huge fonts, huge white space and all the horrible things that doomed Windows 8 / Windows Mobile. At least the new Edge uses a decent UI framework. Also they are looking into to more desktop friendly spacing for menus like Chrome when in dekstop mode I read on the insider blog.1 point -
Microsoft's Surface Duo spotted in the wild
+DonC reacted to dirtyvu for a topic
i can see how that works. you would fold the phone all the way open so both screens are on the outside. one screen has the camera. the other screen is the viewfinder. and this solves the dual screen problem with current phones in that a lower quality camera is the front-facing camera and the higher quality camera is on the back. with a single camera, you can go for one high quality camera that can be used as a selfie camera and a regular camera.1 point -
PCMark benchmark says the new Edge performs 10% better than the legacy version
alex_d2w reacted to waysidesc for a topic
i really like the new edge i just wish it still had some features of the oldd version1 point -
Gears of War head Rod Fergusson departs The Coalition to work at Blizzard
Brony reacted to dead.cell for a topic
After the complete and utter failure of Warcraft III: Reforged, I'm pretty much done with them as a company as well. I've got no more faith in them; so many good people have already jumped ship too. Breaks my heart as someone who grew up with their games.1 point -
Eve's next "Surface killer" will have two Thunderbolt 4 ports
dead.cell reacted to +JHBrown for a topic
Spy beef, supposedly the products sell decently, however, I never see them around in my very tech savvy area. So who knows! Personally, Windows 10 is what keeps me from buying a Surface laptop. I refuse to use crappy software, on rumored good hardware. you don't ever see surfaces in your area? have you been to a university? it's typically macs for the arts and surfaces for the sciences It really depends. That rule isn’t always the case. In grad school, I even had friends, engineering students, that used laptop/desktops, running Linux. I left grad school not too long ago Sciences: My daughter is currently a medical student at UCLA, so the wife and I are frequently there. Surface devices, rarely seen, Apple devices, all over the dang place. In fact, the iPad is recommended by her professors. They even have specific Apps for iOS. Wife, currently finishing her CRNA (Nurse Anethesist), her study groups/peers...Apple devices/MacBook/iPads, some cheap Windows laptops. I have rarely spotted a Surface. I’d definitely buy one ( I actually like the Surface Laptop), but only If I can easily install Linux, or Windows 10 LTSC.1 point -
Eve's next "Surface killer" will have two Thunderbolt 4 ports
300z reacted to Closed account for a topic
Spy beef, supposedly the products sell decently, however, I never see them around in my very tech savvy area. So who knows! Personally, Windows 10 is what keeps me from buying a Surface laptop. I refuse to use crappy software, on rumored good hardware. you don't ever see surfaces in your area? have you been to a university? it's typically macs for the arts and surfaces for the sciences1 point -
New tvOS beta hints at a new Apple TV 4K
dead.cell reacted to +JHBrown for a topic
A new design of the remote would be welcomed.1 point -
Vaio announces a Comet Lake laptop that weighs under two pounds
Jose_49 reacted to Farchord for a topic
I was under the impression that the Vaio line was dead...1 point -
Google Maps gets a new look and features on its 15th birthday
Randolph reacted to RottGutt for a topic
I just applied the new update (iOS) a few minutes ago, and still have the old interface with 3 tabs at the bottom. All I got was the new icon.1 point -
New tvOS beta hints at a new Apple TV 4K
dead.cell reacted to shockz for a topic
It's truly terrible. We need tactile arrows.1 point -
New tvOS beta hints at a new Apple TV 4K
dead.cell reacted to SkolVikings for a topic
I loathe the remote.1 point -
YouTube Music for Android gets lyrics integration
wingliston reacted to Biglo for a topic
I wish spotify would do this instead of "Behind the lyrics"1 point