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  1. I wanted to like Cortana, but like all Digital Assistants I just have 0 use cases to make use of them in my life.
    5 points
  2. I hope MS just removes it from windows 10 altogether.
    5 points
  3. What is even left of this? Why not just discontinue it already and revert search to the way it used to work in Windows 7?
    5 points
  4. We're all thinking it... Tentacle Porn.
    5 points
  5. Microsoft's Surface Duo might launch as early as this summer

    "There will not be any 5G support, so with the addition of last year's chipset, it's already falling short of current flagship smartphones." Is no 5G really that big a deal? I would expect people to buy this for the dual-screen, not because they're looking for a 5G phone. I'd expect by the time 5G is must-have a 5G version will be available...
    4 points
  6. Plague Inc. taken down from China App Store

    China is a clown meme.
    4 points
  7. Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam on March 13

    hating on stores is ridiculous nonsense. So is paying for timed exclusives taking away customer choice, while also ignoring basic improvements to your platform to actually make it competitive. At this point, Epic isn't small small company struggling to get by. Yet, they're being outpaced by smarter companies like CDPR, while Steam continually spits out regular updates and refinements. Both of these platforms are adding something for PC gamers, along with Microsoft's Game Pass. If PC gamers were against other stores in general, then these other platforms wouldn't be prospering either...
    4 points
  8. Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam on March 13

    hooray, worth the wait to avoid Epic Game Store
    4 points
  9. It is a shame to see Cortana slowly being gutted. I thought it was a great idea and honestly love Jen Taylor's voice over that of Google's robovoice.
    3 points
  10. I think its a shame but I understand why it has to happen.
    3 points
  11. Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam on March 13

    I feel... nothing. lol
    3 points
  12. Zarude uses Sandstorm - queue late 90s trance music
    3 points
  13. They really screwed Cortana from the start pushing US only so hard. It's another time when there's no defence for how badly Microsoft has performed a task
    2 points
  14. The consumer-side purge continues.
    2 points
  15. Just kill Cortana already and bring google assistant to windows 10!
    2 points
  16. i still remember the 2014 announcement with WP 8.1 kinda sad but seeing what they did to W8.1 and how cortana was garbage in W10..... cortana was always pointless after W8.1
    2 points
  17. I never thought Cortana was anything more than a response to Siri and Hey Google. I never got the impression that MS was really serious about building up that product. Just a pacifier for MS fans who hoped MS would actually build a phone. When the new CEO came in, he put the kibosh on all of that.
    2 points
  18. Plague Inc. taken down from China App Store

    Chinese being chinese.
    2 points
  19. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/02/24/this-chart-is-best-explanation-middle-class-finances-you-will-ever-see/
    2 points
  20. Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam on March 13

    hating on stores is ridiculous nonsense.
    2 points
  21. Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam on March 13

    likewise, even though its finally coming to steam, i just don't have the will to buy it. maybe when its like $20 or less
    2 points
  22. SpaceX Updates  (Thread 9)

    The FAA EIS for LC-39A's DOD National Security Space Launch 2 upgrades is out; pad upgrades including a HUGE Mobile Service Structure, and Falcon Heavy's NSSL Category 3 fairing. FAA LC-39A EIS...(PDF) LC-39A's MSS will be a clamshell affair, capable of fully enclosing F9/FH and withstanding a Category 5 hurricane. And the new NSSL Categoty 3 fairing will be wider and longer, Current: 5.2 x 13.1 meters (17 x 43 feet) Category 3: 5.4 x 18.6 meters (17.7 x 61 feet) This should stretch Falcon Heavy from 70 meters (229 feet) to 75 meters (247 feet) Friggin' BEAST 😎
    2 points
  23. neat; time to break out my Pokemon Sword game again
    2 points
  24. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    This is what I expect from the court to uphold. Private applications that are not government property.... you can't claim free speech. If it was a government controlled community, yes.
    2 points
  25. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    I believe these companies have a choice between 1. allow free speech and be protected by Section 230, or 2. moderate/censor content and be considered a publisher (not protected by 230). Youtube chose to censor content, so the law sees them as a publisher (and not a public platform). Companies like Youtube who opt to moderate (and give up section 230) can be sued for content users post on their site. To me, this seems like Youtube has the "convenience" to choose either of those since they have so much money, and their perceived cost of choosing to moderate and censor content while defending lawsuits is more profitable than allowing all content and being protected from lawsuits.
    2 points
  26. Yes. There was a quiet Hardware revision that fixed this. You should be able to use whatever usb c power block you want to now. Problem is most retailers aren’t listing this model revision. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-usb-c-update
    2 points
  27. Samsung announces OLED display designed for 5G smartphones

    Surely this would benefit non-5G phones too. Not sure how any of the benefits are 5G specific.
    2 points
  28. It’s called a rolling release.
    2 points
  29. I have never seen anyone actually using this.
    1 point
  30. Yet they are the ones who are driving the industry forward. (Along with Huawei)
    1 point
  31. Microsoft's Surface Duo might launch as early as this summer

    I am more inclined to believe this will get a price cut for the holiday season.
    1 point
  32. Translation and speech to text services, mostly see it in teams. Cortana is becoming a strictly business tool at this point. Search has already been stripped out of Cortana in Windows 10, each have their own individual taskbar icon.
    1 point
  33. Virgin Media announces gigabit rollout to West Midlands, UK

    In a previous launch they said 54mbps
    1 point
  34. I have decided on a Pixel 3A XL, the reviews are really good and I found a good price on it.
    1 point
  35. Let's Encrypt has issued its billionth certificate

    I quite like Lets Encrypt, but this is rather misleading... Their issued certificates have a 90 day validity, meaning they have to be renewed at a maximum of 90 days to remain valid. Good policy is to renew at the half way mark, so say 45 days after issue. When you consider the "regular" Certification companies offer 2+ years validity, sometimes up to 5 years then in some scenarios you would need to have had 40 Lets Encrypt certificates issued (assuming 45 days renew, 20 if use renew on day of expiry) for the same duration as a 5 year validity certificate for one domain. Lets Encrypt is good, but "a billion" is misleading... better would be a statistic on how many unique domains they have protected.
    1 point
  36. it installed automatically.
    1 point
  37. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    Curious, does that mean YouTube can be sued and fined for users' content instead of the users directly, in regards to COPPA (setting videos to for kids/not for kids). Before, the FTC made it sound like users would directly be fined, but now it seems like YouTube is putting itself at the front now so users don't get sued? Pretty sure that YouTube would also have a reasonable amount of time to act on inappropriate content being hosted on its platform, it doesn't seem unreasonable to hold YouTube to account if it fails in this. You do not want to go down this route. The end result would is that either forums like Neowin would have to allow spam in every single forum, or risk getting sued for any user content uploaded. Even for little things, like copyrighted images in the forums, memes, user images, etc... "forums like Neowin would have to allow spam in every single forum..." We've consolidated over the years, all our spam now falls into a single thread about an orange guy in a suit.
    1 point
  38. It is kb4540409 but you won't find it on the catalog server, it is only offered via WU to Insiders. If you want to manually install it you have to grab it from https://uupdump.ml/getfile.php...ndows10.0-kb4540409-x64.cab and install via DISM.
    1 point
  39. Origin - Issue installing on Windows 10

    Did you try installing both the x86 and x64 version of the Visual C++ 2015 Runtime? Try installing both (vc_redist.x86.exe / vc_redist.x64.exe) from here; https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads if it tells you it's already installed run repair the installation. Definitely don't pay anything.
    1 point
  40. You could also hit your phone with a hammer. I don't recommend either, but at least you know how your phone is going to work after the hammer.
    1 point
  41. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    you need to know why they got sued... it has nothing to do with copyright. if they dont like your message be it scientific, fact or not... youtube will censor it. conservative outlets has always been on the receiving end. It's not just conservative outlets that are on the receiving end, there are plenty of LGBTQ groups furious for the censorship they've pushed. You guys need to stop playing the "woe, it's only me" card.
    1 point
  42. Samsung announces OLED display designed for 5G smartphones

    Since when screen tech becomes bound to communication tech ???
    1 point
  43. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    Some people just want the best. So its Apple or nothing. You win a golden Apple. To claim your reward, you will have to pay for it though. Seriously, people sill believe this BS that Apple is the best?
    1 point
  44. Samsung announces OLED display designed for 5G smartphones

    Just wait for the 5G optimized batteries, and the designed for 5G cases.... and the designed for 5G headphones
    1 point
  45. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    What do you expect for $400? You get what you pay for.
    1 point
  46. Apple could be adding an Internet Recovery feature to iOS

    Actually, you can use various key combinations to determine which version is pulled. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
    1 point
  47. Threatening attempt to gain access issue

    When I was unemployed this is how I passed the time. I didn't actively seek out the scammers, they would randomly phone the house. "Hello sir, I'm phoning from Microsoft and we would like to inform you that your computer is sending viruses." "Goodness, really? That sounds terrible. What can I do?" I was running Linux and I (was) an unemployed technician. I had them going for ages. It became a personal challenge to see how much of their time I could waste.
    1 point
  48. Wow this is pretty silly, because it actually is Gif with a soft G, as per the creator.
    1 point
  49. Spotify starts rolling out full, real-time song lyrics widely

    Your not rrradat n nat n dapar radat n nat boonta boo strattateeca mmm dapar rrat da da techa mobilieta da tisha benta rrrrrach...
    1 point