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  1. Microsoft Marketing strikes again. YIKES.
    7 points
  2. completely remove it from home and pro and i will be happy.
    7 points
  3. So basically... Clippy 2.0
    6 points
  4. Hey Microsoft Office 365 Windows Professional for Enterprises Assistant, set a timer for....
    5 points
  5. Xerox is being a major bully pushing this buyout so hard. These kind of aggressive tactics really shouldn't be allowed IMO
    5 points
  6. Apple now lets App Store apps send ads through push notifications

    Optional, until they're not.
    5 points
  7. Valve plans to make more Half-Life games after Alyx

    What alternate universe are you from and how did you get here? don't bring the 20 years old game Artifact and Dota Underlord, both are dead they gave up with linux native gaming, they rely on emulating windows, nothing works, either graphics bug, audio issue or input issue on top of that, they charge people 30% to release on steam, as greedy as google and apple You said that "all their games flopped" which is laughably false, and the age of the game is irrelevant. Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Garry's Mod, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2, etc. The vast majority of their games have been massive hits, while some have even become cultural icons. To say that all of their games flopped is a ludicrous statement. As for what Valve charges to release games on Steam, judging from how successful Steam is it doesn't appear to be a problem. You know, it's perfectly ok to just say that you hate Valve without making up silly reasons to justify it.
    4 points
  8. Apple now lets App Store apps send ads through push notifications

    Nooooo! You were the chosen one! It was said that you were going to destroy them, not join them. Bring balance to the apps, not leave them in darkness...
    4 points
  9. Valve plans to make more Half-Life games after Alyx

    what games have flopped now? Their games like Portal 1 & 2, L4D 1&2, Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike, not to mention all of Half-Life, have all been wildly successful.
    4 points
  10. Its understandable to change the name from Cortana since it is right next to Bixby in people's mindset, but "Microsoft 365 Assistant" is a mouthful.
    3 points
  11. Tech feature that is on its way out that you wish was revived

    Oh yes 16:10 screens in small laptops. 16:9 is too small vertically.
    3 points
  12. First thing I thought was, "Wait, an Epyc server running MacOS??" XD
    3 points
  13. Tech feature that is on its way out that you wish was revived

    Hello, A few things off the top of my head: Hardware replaceable CPUs, RAM and SSDs in notebook computers notebook computer docks (e.g., a dock which the computer nestles into, versus the current trend of USB/Thunderbolt "dongles") drive bays for optical drives (or a tray for an additional SSD or HDD) in notebook computers swappable batteries, both in notebook computers and in smartphones 16:10 and 4:3 displays, both in notebook computers and in standalone displays hardware switches to disable webcams and microphones, both in notebook computers and in smartphones hardware write-protect switches for BIOS (UEFI) firmware updates on motherboards (Matrox used to have these on their video cards, too!) hardware write-protect switches on USB flash drives (I believe Kanguru is the last manufacturer offering these) both USB 2.0 and PS/2 ports in desktop computers and in docks for connecting keyboards and mouses computers shipping with recovery media keyboards with sculpted tops, decent pitch and travel in notebook computers Software waterfall development of software leading to final, long-term releases (e.g., supported for multiple years) with stability and reliability as a primary goal highly-customizable Windows UI elements without having to resort to third-party tools There are probably lots of others as well, but as mentioned before, this is just off the top of my head.... Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    3 points
  14. Apple knows how to please nobody.
    3 points
  15. There's still the slight delay before the prompt appears, which has always bugged me about PowerShell. After you've opened it a few times, it seems so quick that it's pointless to care about it. But sometimes the delay can be longer, and I find that very annoying. I want a usable prompt the instant the window appears (like cmd.exe).
    3 points
  16. 5 reasons not to buy the Samsung Galaxy S20

    Plenty of reasons: no 3.5mm jack, no LED notification, hole in display, no hardware proximity sensor, still slightly curved screen edge, in-display fingerprint, no real zoom lenses except in most expensive model, overpriced. 🤦🏻‍♂️
    2 points
  17. Facebook Messenger comes to the Mac App Store in some regions

    Facebook can just disappear already. Social media serves no real needed purpose for 90% of its users.
    2 points
  18. 🤨🤦‍♂️ Yeah, I miss those days before Trump when everyone on the internet was polite and courteous. not everyone on the Internet, of course. but there was no leader of the so-called free world, perhaps the most powerful man on earth, using an internet platform and the weight of his office to attack, demean, diminish, insult, ridicule, and slander other people !
    2 points
  19. El Capitan? Such a stupid name. Out of ALL the names they had to choose from they choose a name that was used as a Mac Operating System. You know their main goal was confusion. There is no other reason they would choose that name.
    2 points
  20. I wouldn't do it if it's your primary device but if it's just a secondary or backup device then what's the worst that could happen? I'd imagine you can still throw it into DFU mode and reload fresh by connecting to a PC. At least I would hope this doesn't screw up DFU I just don't trust it... even If I have a backup iphone 7... the iphone could end up without getting back to factory settings. Just broke my IPhone 8 Plus last night. Getting back to factory shouldn't be a problem. At least its never been before. But I won't be running Android on it because its flat stupid. Especially since almost none of the reasons you have the phone for, like the camera, music, Bluetooth etc, don't work. Absolutely right, I rather buy a cheap android phone if I want android than screwing up a $250 dollars iphone.
    2 points
  21. Finally an iPhone I would use! But seriously, that's a misleading title. I think it's a new jailbreak method you can deploy to jailbreak your iPhone, using an Android phone
    2 points
  22. "There's a new jailbreak out for your old iPhone 7, and it lets you run Android on it" That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works... smh
    2 points
  23. Tech feature that is on its way out that you wish was revived

    Key words. In title. “On it’s way out”. Id say none of those are wrong, even when it comes to high-end laptops.
    2 points
  24. Valve plans to make more Half-Life games after Alyx

    "The original Half-Life, Valve's first game and one of the most critically lauded PC titles ever, has sold an average of one million copies every year ever since it was first released in 1998. That's an average of one million copies per year, for ten years, without counting digital sales. Wowzers. Half-Life 2 meanwhile, which was the first game to launch predominantly on Valve's Steam service, has sold more than 6.5 million copies in just four years and is still clocking up retail sales. The Orange Box has managed to sell 3 million copies at retail ever since that was released just last year and Left4Dead is currently on track to beat that record by more than 500,000 copies." https://bit-tech.net/news/gami...-half-life-sales-figures/1/ Yeah... that sure hasn't sold well at all has it...
    2 points
  25. Valve plans to make more Half-Life games after Alyx

    HLA is HL3 no, it's a prequel to HL2 so it's more like HL1.5 If you want to be literal then we're on like HL6 because of the games being broken into parts.
    2 points
  26. Valve plans to make more Half-Life games after Alyx

    if there's any game of theirs that would be interesting in VR, Portal 3 would be a fun gut-churning experience lol
    2 points
  27. Samsung reportedly increasing Galaxy Z Flip production to meet demand

    Maybe it's just me, but just from looking at the picture of that thing, it looks hideous!
    2 points
  28. F9: Starlink v1.0 Launch 5

    60 more Starlink commsats Pad: LC-39A Date: March14 Time: 0935 Eastern And on April 8 the US Air Force will use Starlink in a nation-wide live-fire Air Battle Management System exercise, connecting air and land based assets. Sites will include Eglin AFB, Florida, Nellis AFB, Nevada, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, and the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
    1 point
  29. Tech feature that is on its way out that you wish was revived

    Name something that you no longer find in hardware or software or technology in general that was present very commonly at some point in the past, and which you wish was present today and would be nice to have. I'll start: 🙃 - Laptops: Buttons for all touchpads, whether it's an ultrabook, business laptop, consumer laptop or gaming laptop (it's replaced by clickpads and forcepads) - Smartphones: LED notification light and hardware proximity sensor (replaced by Always On Display on OLED, and (virtual) software proximity sensor - PC Software: Less frequent, less breaking and more reliable Windows and app updates, some control over starting it after seeing size of update - Technology: A focus on making things user-friendly, customizable, powerful, versatile yet highly usable (currently the industry focuses on gorgeous looks but dumbing down functionality)
    1 point
  30. Horizon Zero Dawn please Good to see that it will be a TV series and not a 2 hour movie.
    1 point
  31. Just... no. No thanks. Integrate with existing smart assistants but don't do your own thing please we already got enough.
    1 point
  32. DuckDuckGo launches Tracker Radar and open sources its code

    You must have meant "The privacy-minded search engine company". DuckDuckGo does not search for privacy or privacy-related issues; it searches the web while protecting the user's privacy. Compare with "image search engine", which searches images and "news search engine", which searches the news articles.
    1 point
  33. You know this is a technology site right? How's the internet connection in the nursing home? Geesh.
    1 point
  34. What I would like to know is how long that took to send back. The image was 2.43gb so using my crap math, I think it took around 158 days to send back. 8 mins * 60 seconds = 480 seconds * 32kb = 15.36 megs per day 2,430 megs / 15.36 = 158.203125‬ The rover has two UHF radios, which can be used to relaying to earth. An average of 14 minutes and 6 seconds is required for the signals to travel to earth. The rover can communicate with earth at up to 32 kbit/s. The majority of the data transfer is done through the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Odyssey orbiter, which can reach speeds of 2 Mbit/s and 256 kbit/s, respectively, although this can only happen for eight minutes per day.
    1 point
  35. 5 reasons not to buy the Samsung Galaxy S20

    Like that commercial Alex Trebek does, https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wFN3/c...ee-ps-featuring-alex-trebek the things you need to consider is price, price, price, price and price. There's the 5 reasons not to buy this thing! There's no way in heck I'd blow that much for a phone no matter the camera, battery or anything else!
    1 point
  36. Impossible Burger is coming to Burger King

    Another reason I'm not staying in my food/drink comfort zone. While I've never had a cholesterol problem (before or since my cancer issues), I HAVE had OTHER issues health-wise (high blood pressure in particular); I have made other dietary changes; my poultry intake is up, beef intake is down, seafood intake is also up, etc. If I can make dietary changes health-wise and have them NOT bite me in the taste category, why not make them?
    1 point
  37. Hello, You can adjust font size by opening Settings, selecting System, and then Display and scrolling down until you reach the Scale and layout section. From there you can adjust the font size for the Windows desktop. To adjust colors, open Settings, select Personalization and then Colors and scroll down until you see the color picker. There are also some options to apply other changes like to wallpaper and whether to use a light or dark mode there as well. I do not think there is a color picking option like there was in older versions of Windows, although it may be available using third-party utilities. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    1 point
  38. Hello, Do all short codes (the 5 digit number) support MMS? I'm wondering if some only support the older SMS protocol. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    1 point
  39. What happen to Neowin last night

    I was having the same problem with redirects over the last week. It only occurred in the evening (US). I'm running Windows 10 with Edge Chromium as the browser. No extensions installed. Moving tracking prevention to strict solved the problem for me.
    1 point
  40. Apple now lets App Store apps send ads through push notifications

    Honestly, I don't think it's as bad as it seems. Currently, companies like Potbelly for instance use their app to send notifications of promotions for example, which I currently use to decide if I'm gonna get a 2 for 1 sandwich combo and bring someone back a free lunch. However, if the goal is to have adverts utilize a separate function that can be opted out of, it might allow users to say "Hey, I want your app notifications when I purchase something (e.g. order pizza), but I don't need promotional notifications..." Hope that makes sense. I really hope there's a differentiation. I do hate having one for Dominos and getting an advert on my screen once in awhile. Then I get emails. I just want to see when my pizza is coming and it's nice for only that.
    1 point
  41. Valve plans to make more Half-Life games after Alyx

    What alternate universe are you from and how did you get here? don't bring the 20 years old game Artifact and Dota Underlord, both are dead they gave up with linux native gaming, they rely on emulating windows, nothing works, either graphics bug, audio issue or input issue on top of that, they charge people 30% to release on steam, as greedy as google and apple CS:GO still in the top 5 on Twitch so what are you even talking about. Besides, people like old games, just look at Super Mario Maker with people making their own levels from their favorite old school styles. https://www.twitch.tv/directory Also, no, they're not charging "30% more". What do you think the cost is to license a game on Playstation or Xbox? Also, what's the point of going 88/12 if you charge your customer the same amount? So that the publisher can get more? Yet you as the customer can't even get basic functions the even Origin has? Hillarousssss! https://www.tweaktown.com/news...sts-achievements/index.html Companies that sell/distribute from their own site also don't have to pay 30% on that. It's just well known that many people will buy a game through Steam from Steam's front page, than many other places. However, that's not to stop you from doing your own self promotion. I don't want to butcher this, but there's a good article about it on Ars: https://arstechnica.com/gaming...ercent-of-steam-game-sales/ Also, last I checked, Valve at least has done more with Linux than anyone else. Epic Games bought Rocket League and guess who no longer supports Linux now... https://www.rocketleague.com/n...-support-for-mac-and-linux/
    1 point
  42. Attempting to get a microphone to work inside Windows 10

    uninstall or reinstall ? clean the connectors or connections ? remove from device manager and add again ? check microphone privacy settings ? check in sound control panel to see if the device or devices is disabled ? to see if it is default device ? to see if it is not muted ? check, update, or reinstall audio driver ? system file check ?
    1 point
  43. Valve plans to make more Half-Life games after Alyx

    Fool me once....
    1 point
  44. what is surprising is knowing chinese people are willing to betray their country by buying what looks like to be a State funded company (without the help of the US government, Tesla would be a dead company after the fiasco of their first car)
    1 point
  45. No car should have anything remotely labeled "self-driving computer," period. Drivers are already distracted enough with all sorts of gizmos, why add to the hazards with the false hope that a "computer" can now do the driving?
    1 point
  46. 🤨🤦‍♂️ Yeah, I miss those days before Trump when everyone on the internet was polite and courteous.
    1 point
  47. OnePlus 8 Lite specs, price, and launch timeline leak

    MEDIATEK?! OnePlus...###### you doin?!
    1 point
  48. User replaceable batteries... /thread (just kidding)
    1 point
  49. As someone who never uses the front facing camera on a phone, the only models that interest me now are ones with a popup.
    1 point