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  1. Microsoft should really put a screen on the outside of the Surface Duo

    Totally disagree about an external screen. It's just another part to break. I'd prefer none than one. On the camera front, yeah, I think they should throw another strong camera on the outside. Currently looks like a pita to use.
    7 points
  2. 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?
    7 points
  3. I hope MS just removes it from windows 10 altogether.
    6 points
  4. Nah.. no need for another screen outside. More money added for not much useful stuff.
    3 points
  5. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    There is no "basic human right" to post crap on Youtube. You do understand that, don't you? Companies don't have to uphold the first amendment, the government does. you just knowingly misunderstood him. truth is... why are Bakers forced to do business with LGBT even when it is against their religion but youtube is allowed to discriminate? same message from one group will be okay while it wont be okay from another group. eg. It is okay to do abortion = OK... it is not okay to do abortion = bad for youtube.
    2 points
  6. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    RIP Starship SN-01 Looked like the lower LOX dome let go during liquid nitrogen testing, "launching" the rest. SN-02 parts are waiting in the wings to be stacked with weld upgrades per an earlier post, and the SN-03 thrust structure is being built. Nose Cone 2 is being stacked.
    2 points
  7. Malwarebytes 4.1.0.56

    I hope they fixed the uninstall issues. Got to the point it only unstalled correctly in 1 out 3 installs. The rest just kept files on the system and threw service errors after the "uninstall"
    2 points
  8. I'm really pleased all this rubbish is finally being removed. If a company isn't going to do it right, just don't bother with it at all. Cortana is even worse than siri ffs! compared to google assistant and alexa....well.
    2 points
  9. 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
  10. Microsoft is killing off music, smart home, and third-party skills in Cortana

    If they work well, they're amazing. I remember back in 2014 or so, I asked Cortana how to get to a certain restaurant. It was a chain restaurant, so Cortana asked me which one I wanted. I told her, she brought up the maps app and I had directions. This was done by pushing a "voice assistant" button in my Ford, and then talking to Cortana like any human being. It really was the future, it was amazing, and it's still IMO better than anything Siri can do. Lately though, Cortana's been sucking with just about everything. Probably by design, except I'm not sure what I'll do with my speaker now.
    2 points
  11. I wanted to like Cortana, but like all Digital Assistants I just have 0 use cases to make use of them in my life.
    2 points
  12. Plague Inc. taken down from China App Store

    Remember the 9/11? At that time many video game developers removed contents that they deemed tasteless for a grieving nation. For example, Red Alert 2 had a promotional art that showed a plane colliding into the WTC buildings. Westwood removed it. Banning certain contents during a time of crisis isn't unprecedented. When resources are stretched and managers are working under stress, a game putting ideas in the heads of undereducated and sometimes superstitious people can have catastrophic results. The game was available for 8 years in China. I wouldn't be hasty to judge them now that they have a Coronavirus outbreak.
    2 points
  13. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    Wait for the iWheels Pro, coming soon. They will have locks.
    2 points
  14. It’s called a rolling release.
    2 points
  15. 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.
    2 points
  16. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    There is no "basic human right" to post crap on Youtube. You do understand that, don't you? Companies don't have to uphold the first amendment, the government does. I understand that. But did you understand what I said? Because it doesn't seem like you did. @Benjimooler gets it. It's really simple. If corporations want protection under the constitution as "people" then they should also be forced to uphold the constitution. You don't get to claim basic human rights while actively ###### on them. And no matter how much some don't want it to be freedom of speech is a basic human right. Benjimooler didn’t get anything. He brought up discrimination because of sexual orientation, which is not the same thing as free speech. In his same scenario, those “bakers” could simply say, “I don’t like you” and refuse service. If I were to build a social media platform, I get to choose what I allow on it as long as it is not illegal. The government has no legal leg to stand on to control any of that. Even if I suppress free speech. If people want their interpretation of what is “fair”, they are free to build their own private service. Neowin deletes content they don’t deem appropriate. Are you going to include them in this injustice of suppressing free speech? Free speech might be a basic human right, but it does not mean it is free of consequences. Discrimination based on political affiliation or religious affiliation is discrimination. No matter how and what you discriminate on.. It is discrimination. YouTube has been doing this and I am still asking why is it that a business owner, a person business owner with no ties to government has to Carter to certain sets of people. YouTube is doing the same thing. They have been targeting conservative outlets for literally stating a fact. Make a video that a transgender man is biologically a man and you might get into a problem Political discrimination isn’t legally protected on private platforms. Play by their rules or build your own service. It’s not hard to figure out. What are the Google rules pragerU break? Did I say written rules? 😂 I meant in general, you play by what they govern. At any moment, Stephen P. here can kick you off the forums or delete your posts. You don’t even have to break a written rule and you know what? There is f### all you can do about it, legally or otherwise. What exactly makes you think it’s any different in the case of Google and YouTube?
    1 point
  17. As they've announced repeatedly, it's being removed from CONSUMER editions of Windows. But it is not, it will be more in the background, it will still be in Windows 10, consumer and enterprise. This article is about it being removed from third party devices, so you will not be able to say control your heating with it, not that there is many third party devices for it anyway. By al;l accounts Cortana is not going to have any support on older versions of Windows 10. RTFA (the Microsoft posts) The "Cortana experience on Windows 10" is being changed by reducing the set of skills it is capable of (including said experiences of interacting with third-party services). The change affects Windows 10. You stated that it was third-party devices which lose Cortana support -- which is not the case. Those third-party devices are smart home control panels and smart speakers (harman-kardon invoke). Heck, their own first-party devices include those new headphones which will not lose Cortana support! Grammar is important. Fair enough, but i bet it will still be in the background of Windows 10 collecting info.
    1 point
  18. AI-based software is being used to diagnose coronavirus

    You should do some research on why there is worry. Flu mortality rate: 0.1%. This particular coronavirus: 2-3%. There are flu vaccines that (to a degree) help. There is no vaccine for this. Do you want to wait and worry until it becomes as common as the flu instead of trying to head it off beforehand? Sounds like a great idea.
    1 point
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  20. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    There is no "basic human right" to post crap on Youtube. You do understand that, don't you? Companies don't have to uphold the first amendment, the government does. I understand that. But did you understand what I said? Because it doesn't seem like you did. @Benjimooler gets it. It's really simple. If corporations want protection under the constitution as "people" then they should also be forced to uphold the constitution. You don't get to claim basic human rights while actively ###### on them. And no matter how much some don't want it to be freedom of speech is a basic human right.
    1 point
  21. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    Dude then how is it that businesses are forced to carter to LGBT society? as a business owner, dont i have the right to do business with whom i chose? why does the government force me to do business with something that goes against my religion with the word discrimination while it is okay for youtube to discriminate. they should take this to a higher court.
    1 point
  22. Web browsing has always been crap on the raspberry pi because of lack of hardware acceleration, x11 lags woefully bad, I doubt they have fixed that. Things like mplayer have direct support for hardware acceleration on the raspberry pi so actually run rather well The main thing is... even if there is a noticeable difference from a typical desktop to this device when it comes to web browsing, as long as it's 'fast enough' is the main thing. because a little lag I would not mind just as long as it's not annoyingly sluggish. but thanks for the info. I haven't tested using x11 since the raspberry pi 1 but it was that kind of painfully bad sluggish. I remember I had conky in the background with a 1 second update rate... that alone was incredibly painful
    1 point
  23. SpaceX Updates  (Thread 9)

    Falcon Heavy will launch the probe to asteroid Psyche
    1 point
  24. You mean people didn't take a video game character from Halo seriously? Cortana is a joke.
    1 point
  25. Pop-Out selfie cameras are better for Privacy. How long before TVs and other screens come up with this and start spying on us?
    1 point
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  27. Virgin Media announces gigabit rollout to West Midlands, UK

    I'd be more excited if Virgin released a tier with 100Mbps upload at this point. Hopefully sooner or later we'll be able to get Vodafone's Gigafast 900Mbps symmetrical service for £40 a month.
    1 point
  28. Loved this current Slow Ring session but Division 2 was going haywire, so I went back to release.
    1 point
  29. ScreenToGif 2.21.2 [Update]

    v2.21.2 is out.
    1 point
  30. Virgin Media announces gigabit rollout to West Midlands, UK

    Compared to a lot of Europe, £62 for 1.1 Gbps is a rip off!
    1 point
  31. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    This comment is one of the silliest and narrow-minded in 2020 so far. Sincere apologies to of triggered your feelings here but I suggest you open your eyes and look at what this post was in regards to. "Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling" My feelings have not been triggered. I just feel despair at the term "crApple" and that fact you grouped all Apple product purchasers as "dumb" (you said any Apple products, not just the wheels). Just a shame, that's all. Here comes the explanation then.. Crap Apple products, ie; these wheels are crap and they're an Apple branded product. Jheez it loses its point having to explain. ✌️ No it doesn’t because you used a blanket statement that was a bunch of BS. Explain yourself properly the first time.
    1 point
  32. Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi always come up with the most gimmicky, non-mainstream phones
    1 point
  33. Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam on March 13

    Awesome, now is there a way to transfer my license from Epic to Steam?
    1 point
  34. GOG games are honor based. They never required activation. So you could always buy a game, download the installer, get a refund, and keep the installer in a USB, DVD, or what not, and install and play on a thousand PCs for 20 years, and the game would still work. How is a "thirty-day trial" gonna beat a never expiring "trial"? Whoooooooooosh.
    1 point
  35. Origin - Issue installing on Windows 10

    Hi, Thanks for that! I downloaded both and it worked, very strange that i had to download the 32bit version as well when i have 64bit windows. Thanks.
    1 point
  36. Threatening attempt to gain access issue

    If you're not infected with something ... then stop visiting whatever sketchy website you're visiting. It could be defeating your ublock. What is this stuff circled? You can run this in the Chrome browser: chrome://settings/cleanup ...and it will (or try) ... I believe ESET created the tool. It does take a little bit to run and it doesn't have a progress bar ... so enjoy watching the circle for a while.
    1 point
  37. 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
  38. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    Grow up.
    1 point
  39. Court: YouTube not bound by U.S. First Amendment

    Why? An extremely left-leaning court making a free speech ruling against a right wing organization. Of course they're going to shoot it down...
    1 point
  40. 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.
    1 point
  41. 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.
    1 point
  42. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    Fail comment. I’m sure all the iOS developers out there making good money are laughing at you right now. Go ahead, go do that on a Windows machine.
    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. People buy what works for them
    1 point
  45. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    This is the first time I've ever seen the Mac Pro. Apple stated once that it didn't make sense to combine a Toaster and Refrigerator. But apparently it's okay to combine a Toaster, a Cheese-Grater and a Skateboard with swiveling wheels and putting PC components in it.
    1 point
  46. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    Don't worry. New wheels are in the works with locks that will cost you twice as much.
    1 point
  47. They see me rollin'...
    1 point
  48. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    haha! Well thought out there, Apple. Plus, that thing still looks hideous. With wheels it looks like a mini food delivery cart or something you see in a hospital.
    1 point
  49. is android 8 (oreo) or android 9 (pie) outdated?

    Depends on what you consider Earth-shattering. I went from 8 to 10 when I changed phones (from Galaxy S7 to Pixel 3a); the biggest change for me was VoLTE and VoWifi. (Android 10 supports both; Android 8 had issues.) Surprisingly, AOSP 10 can support it better than stock Android 10; however, it MUST be built in. I actually DID find an AOSP 10 ROM that does the job - Havoc 3.1 unofficial for Pixel 3a and 3a XL. VoWiFi and VoLTE are not just supported, but they are supported better than stock Android 10 - and I actually NEED VoWifi support, because my oncologist's local office has issues with LTE in that office; therefore, VoWifi support is a must.
    1 point
  50. is android 8 (oreo) or android 9 (pie) outdated?

    8 and 9 are still fine.
    1 point