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  1. The world's first phone with a 192MP camera could debut next month

    Yawn. I thought we all learned in 5th grade that Megapixels has very little to do with photo quality.
    7 points
  2. WhatsApp will be limiting the forwarding of certain messages

    It's cute, but you can't fix stupid people, all you can do is limit their behavior. (search for "5G mast burnings" for examples of what I mean).
    6 points
  3. Buying an SSD enclosure with eSATA connectivity?

    Hello, eSATA (external SATA) is just SATA with a different connector (in most cases, I-shaped keying instead of L-shaped keying). There's no difference in protocol. Like conventional SATA interfaces, eSATA does not provide power, meaning an external drive needs to get power from another source. A variant of eSATA called eSATAp (eSATA Powered) provides an interface with eSATA pins on one side, and USB on the other (think of this like an a USB-C interface which has pins on both sides, or for a legacy interface, the 36-pin Centronics parallel cable interface). In that configuration, the USB side usually provides power for an external 2.5" eSATAp enclosure, just like a external 2.5" USB enclosures draw their power from the USB bus. Most, but not all, eSATA (and eSATAp) connections use SATA-II speeds (i.e., 3.0Gbit/s), and the USB side of the eSATAp is USB 2.0 speed (i.e., 480Mbit/s). However, there may be some motherboards or add-on expansion cards that offer eSATA/eSATAp with SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 speeds (i.e., 6.0Gbit/s and 5.0Gbit/s, respectively). You may also find PC case brackets with an eSATA connector on them and a SATA cable leading back into the PC to plug into one of the motherboard's internal SATA connectors in order to use it as an eSATA port. Motherboard's may have a setting in the BIOS that allows internal ports to be specified for eSATA use, which allows drives attached to them to be ejected like a conventional USB (or FireWire) external drive. The main benefit of using eSATA instead of USB is that it does not require any additional overhead for encoding and decoding the SATA protocol insode the USB protocol, which in theory introduces some delay for the conversion and possibly some CPU overhead as well, especially for tasks involving a large amount of disk I/O. In practice, though, there usually isn't an appreciable difference in speed or performance (maybe 1-3%), and the convenience of using a USB connection. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    5 points
  4. And bet it has crap image quality in low light. A 300dpi 6" by 4" printed photo only needs just over 8MP. This is just all a bit pointless.
    3 points
  5. The world's first phone with a 192MP camera could debut next month

    but my 300MP camera can take 500MB images and I can zoom into noise like crazy because of the small cell size's lack of ability to get a clean pixel!
    3 points
  6. Privacy groups are pretty much warning that whatever privacy "temporarily" erodes to help fight Covid19 will be permanent as is always the case.
    3 points
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  8. This is the most brain dead comment section I've ever encountered on here.
    3 points
  9. Google tests removing Library and Installed tabs from the Play Store

    Oh great, remove a useful feature without a replacement.
    3 points
  10. Sony introduces DualSense, the new controller for the PlayStation 5

    New features look good, new design looks... like I need to hold it to say anymore.
    2 points
  11. Latest No Man's Sky update delivers giant mech suits to players

    finally, a game to surpass knack
    2 points
  12. Latest No Man's Sky update delivers giant mech suits to players

    makes sense, what game doesn't need a giant mech? That is probably my biggest complaint with The Witcher series.
    2 points
  13. That's what happens when you price up your products to crazy prices and people still buy
    2 points
  14. Google tests removing Library and Installed tabs from the Play Store

    Surely a retrograde step!!
    2 points
  15. 🧐They sent them out last week. Don’t be hating because of your brand bias; this is not the time nor place.
    2 points
  16. *shrug* less stupid posts on the web the better. But cannot stop stupidity and sure will be reposted elsewhere.
    2 points
  17. YouTube will remove videos that claim 5G and COVID-19 are related

    The first amendment only applies to the government; it means that they cannot silence or punish you for expressing your opinions and ideas. Private companies do not have to abide by this and can make their own rules about what you can say on their platforms.
    2 points
  18. YouTube will remove videos that claim 5G and COVID-19 are related

    It has nothing to do with freedom of speech! YouTube/Google are absolutely correct to take down false information, especially when it's resulting in criminal damage and stopping emergency services from communicating.
    2 points
  19. Ofcom reiterates that 5G is safe after arson attacks

    The same people doing this are the same breed as those who support Trump despite his continuing demonstration of being the worst president of all time, and those who microwaved their mobile phones after a clearly bs article suggested it was a quick and straightforward way to charge them.
    1 point
  20. Can't get Google to return country specific results

    they changed this years ago https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/27/16561848/google-search-always-local-results-ignores-domain
    1 point
  21. Ofcom reiterates that 5G is safe after arson attacks

    Wtf is wrong with people...
    1 point
  22. Buying an SSD enclosure with eSATA connectivity?

    I have used these on my test rigs for the last year or so. Just pop in a different SSD and boot. $29.00 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CDSVXTY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    1 point
  23. Everyone is upgrading their home offices. A ton of people are buying second monitors I bet.
    1 point
  24. Probably because people are buying equipment to work remotely.
    1 point
  25. Making the move to Windows 10 from 7. Twin install question.

    Lucky for me then that i never swallow the first answer i'm given. I always like to hear numerous feedback 😉
    1 point
  26. These are four different products from the Dell Precision page. The top and right images are XPS-style systems (5000-series Precision), 15" and 17". The left one is a 7000-series Precision and the bottom one is a 3000-series Precision.
    1 point
  27. HP announces new ProBooks with AMD Ryzen 4000 processors

    Why haven't narrow bezels become the standard yet in laptops? Dell can do it. What's the problem? Replace that wasted space with a nice 16:10 screen.
    1 point
  28. Does the yellow text mean you're a moderator or admin? If so, it takes a special kind of mod/admin to flout their own community standards and insult other posters. It does not. Here is a towel to wipe the egg from your face. 😁
    1 point
  29. Making the move to Windows 10 from 7. Twin install question.

    With regards to the same key on 2 different drives (whereby the drive is the only difference) you should be fine. I have a similar situation, windows 10 on 2 different hard drives in the same tower booting seperately (I unplug one) both installed with the same key and no problems so far... Good luck.
    1 point
  30. WhatsApp will be limiting the forwarding of certain messages

    Yep, it'll just mean folk will copy and paste the message instead.
    1 point
  31. Takes a special kind of idiot to turn this into something negative.
    1 point
  32. Epic exclusive. Hard pass.
    1 point
  33. Google tests removing Library and Installed tabs from the Play Store

    Every time I get a new phone I find this feature useful. Hope they did not remove it completely
    1 point
  34. Firefox 75.0 released for download

    Maybe because it's avaibile and this is a tech site? Well okay Windows 10 2004 is also available now, why not say it has been released too. If it is isn't showing on the official homepage and it isn't coming through the updater then it hasn't been released regardless or not of the binaries being on the mirrors ready for download. Nice attempt to save face with that straw-man argument, when official "finalized" Window 10 builds get released, they do get announced from all over for people who want to download them early, you also do know that MS does stage-roll outs right?... So by your logic people who still haven't gotten the update though Windows Update (because this can take months and months for some), then I guess those builds aren't official... because logic. You say "Windows 10 2004 is also available... blah blah". They do! You see it all the time, ie. For Slow Ring, Fast Ring, Insiders, etc. What was your point here?
    1 point
  35. Neowin.net Minecraft Server (Old Server)

    everything's been updated. let us know if any issues continue to popup
    1 point
  36. In the future, you should mention at the beginning of the article, when a game is an Epic exclusive, so I can avoid getting my hopes up, and skip the rest of the article.
    1 point
  37. Good thing I don't use Facebook!
    1 point
  38. It’s not as straightforward to say Google donated 800 million.... https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...ophy-donations-google-cisco https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.axios.com/google-donates-800-million-in-cash-and-ads-to-fight-coronavirus-be89dbdc-147c-4a96-9a3d-9108e9a6f036.html Nearly half of it is credits, and most of that is for ads. How do ads help covid-19?
    1 point
  39. i am not a fan of apple but at least they are doing something. look at microsoft they have done way less than what apple(masks donation) and google($800 million and mask donations too) is doing
    1 point
  40. COVID-19 tracking app reveals potential scale of the outbreak

    If you see any headline using the phrase "Chinese Virus" you should probably stop reading that publication... Ummmm...it STARTED in China. SARS is called that for a reason, MERS is called that for a reason, EBOLA is called that for a reason. It's why it needs to be called a CHINESE virus. Sars started in China. This one should be called CARS (China Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Sars (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) No peoples referenced MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) No peoples referenced Ebola, or its proper name (Ebola virus disease) No peoples reference here either. Calling it a "Chinese" virus is just being hateful and racist IMHO. Especially since it not only affects the Chinese people. No, it IS NOT racist! It STARTED in China. Your are playing right into the political correctness realm. Call a spade a spade! Not even your explanation makes any sense. You're so deep in racism, you can't even notice anymore. smh Does the Spanish Flu also anger you? Given the proper context, it might cause me some consternation. Why? Just seems to be a silly thing to get worked up over.
    1 point
  41. Why doesn’t google remove the whole android itself for sake of change?
    1 point
  42. COVID-19 tracking app reveals potential scale of the outbreak

    If you see any headline using the phrase "Chinese Virus" you should probably stop reading that publication... Ummmm...it STARTED in China. SARS is called that for a reason, MERS is called that for a reason, EBOLA is called that for a reason. It's why it needs to be called a CHINESE virus. Sars started in China. This one should be called CARS (China Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Sars (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) No peoples referenced MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) No peoples referenced Ebola, or its proper name (Ebola virus disease) No peoples reference here either. Calling it a "Chinese" virus is just being hateful and racist IMHO. Especially since it not only affects the Chinese people. No, it IS NOT racist! It STARTED in China. Your are playing right into the political correctness realm. Call a spade a spade!
    1 point
  43. So now how will I know which apps I have purchased? I always scroll through the library
    1 point
  44. YouTube will remove videos that claim 5G and COVID-19 are related

    It's true you can't stop the conspiracy nuts from believing in chemtrails, moon hoaxes and other nonsense but during a pandemic where everyone is already frightened and looking for guidance it's a good idea to keep this stupidity from spreading around.
    1 point
  45. It has absolutely nothing to do with freedom of speech. Google is not the government.
    1 point
  46. Tesla shows off its ventilator design process

    Because they need a design that utilizes their existing available car parts.
    1 point
  47. Good on them. But this is obviously just for publicity... School classes are literally producing face shields for hospitals as they are very easy to make with basic materials..
    1 point
  48. COVID-19 tracking app reveals potential scale of the outbreak

    If you see any headline using the phrase "Chinese Virus" you should probably stop reading that publication... Ummmm...it STARTED in China. SARS is called that for a reason, MERS is called that for a reason, EBOLA is called that for a reason. It's why it needs to be called a CHINESE virus. Sars started in China. This one should be called CARS (China Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
    1 point
  49. Apple may bring the notch and Face ID to MacBooks

    What this should hopefully mean is also a better webcam. I'm not a Mac user, but it's pretty stupid to be throwing good cameras and LIDAR on an iPad Pro, but you can't get beyond 720p on a webcam for the Macbook... That should've been fixed a long time ago. If they can do that with FaceID, it'll be a welcome change.
    1 point
  50. Facebook removes multiple white supremacist accounts, groups, and pages

    The marketplace of ideas is nice in theory, but it doesn't work in practice, because it relies on people being smart, and a fairly large chunk of people aren't. People aren't always won over by the best arguments, in fact in a country where anti intellectual attitudes are treated as a mark of virtue the opposite can in fact be true. Social media companies have no obligation to treat their platforms as a staging ground for bigoted lunatics over which rights should be removed from which minorities.
    1 point