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  1. iOS 13.5 will make it easier to use your iPhone with a mask on

    Unless you have a strange habit of letting everyone else play with your phone, the only germs likely to be on it are yours. Sure. Clean it. But don't think it's some sort of magical virus attracting device.
    9 points
  2. AMD is shaking in their boots.
    5 points
  3. iOS 13.5 will make it easier to use your iPhone with a mask on

    Shopping list on your phone at a grocery store? Write it on a piece of paper, and throw it away afterwards or use your memory. Or, you know, use your phone. The virus isn't flying around everywhere.
    5 points
  4. Sigh.... nice story.... now if only there was a HYPERLINK to the site?! (To all comment readers: this is typical around here, grr...)
    4 points
  5. Why would they. They will still be in front or tied in most work related tasks specially now that Adobe will support other tech than QuickSync in Premiere and they will still lag behind in gaming. The main thing Comet Lake will do is make the Core i5 not obsolete day 1 for those who are doing more than just gaming. Also someone would need to explain to me why when AMD release a product 6-8 months late people are calling them for it but hey when Intel is doing it no problem. Ryzen 3000 is 10 months old ... I believe spy beef was being sarcastic.
    4 points
  6. iOS 13.5 will make it easier to use your iPhone with a mask on

    What rubbish. Unless you are actively handing out your phone to every person at the grocery store or you are trying to block someone’s coughing and sneezing with your phone held as shield, it is highly unlikely. Disinfect your phone with 70% alcohol disinfectant once you’re home.
    4 points
  7. Surface Earbuds user manual appears on the FCC

    they look huge and ugly on ear. also the price is high
    3 points
  8. Zoom doesn't have 300 million daily users as claimed earlier

    When we return to "normal", Zoom will become a distant memory.
    3 points
  9. Shopping list on your phone at a grocery store?
    3 points
  10. So...non-news then.
    3 points
  11. Give me a break. 14nm is a number. If the performance is there then what's the problem? Is the performance there? No IPC improvements so its only a frequency boost. 5.3 really isn't much faster than 5.0. Adding HyperThreading is nice...but hard to give them credit for that considering it was previously there and then removed...all they did was stop gimping their chips, not really an improvement.
    2 points
  12. Surface Earbuds user manual appears on the FCC

    Probably, but like Zune, new features they introduce to the market will be used by the industry going forward. Let's see Zune introduced things like AMOLED display, HD video codecs on a portable device, Pressure Touch (Force Touch aka Apple) and on and on and on, not even including the server side features like adaptive streaming and server side codec/format encoding. People forget that services like Hulu and Netflix used Microsoft ZUNE Server technology to work on iPod and iPhone. But ya, Zune is fun to riff on, even if it changed the world. lol
    2 points
  13. Surface Earbuds user manual appears on the FCC

    $250? NTY. And those make it look like people have their ears gauged.
    2 points
  14. I like how their links are to other pages on this site to increase page/add views instead of links to what people really want.
    2 points
  15. This isn't a limit on total video streams. It's a limit to how many is viewed on the screen at the same time. Everyone on the conference can have a video stream - you only see 4 (now 9) at the same time. I'm not a MS apologist, but there's a delicate balance between bandwidth, performance, quality ... if you have a meeting with 250+ attendees, you don't want to consume your home pipe with video from all of them. You only see the 4 most-recents (now/soon 9). I don't envy any program that has to make that usability/functionality tradeoff, including Zoom. It's codec and bandwidth magic.
    2 points
  16. Motorola Edge+ review: Hello Moto, welcome back

    Gotta be honest. Internals aside, it looks like just another smartphone with just another punch hole front camera and just another big bump rear camera. And that's a really bland, unflattering home screen in those shots, bruh. When did the Android aesthetic start looking worse than a Vista/KDE desktop mishmash of blah widgets and awkwardly spaced icons? Knowing it's a carrier exclusive means I wouldn't envy someone with this phone -- I'd pity them for being a Verizon customer.
    2 points
  17. Finally did the right thing about enabling hyper threading in all chips. Still a massive down they're stuck/trying to sell 14nm crap in 2020
    2 points
  18. Hey i'm still waiting for the whacko scrolling bars when replying on the front page to be fixed 😛
    2 points
  19. If you are in a situation where you are using your phone with a mask on, you probably shouldn't be on your phone. Your phone is a germ magnet and can be a conduit to you getting Corona and anything else.
    2 points
  20. Reddit announces small group chat rooms for communities

    Chat live now with hot sexy Russian bots and MAGA caps in your area!
    2 points
  21. 2FA should be used for everything. Security should be the #1 priority for everyone. "2FA should be used for everything." While 2FA is good on more sensitive accounts it's generally not needed in less important stuff (especially if one is using a strong password to begin with as if someone is using the same crappy password on multiple accounts they are just begging to be hacked). but it just depends on what 2FA options are available as if there is email, ill use it (especially if it's a account I am more concerned with), but if it requires some smart phone app crap ill flat out avoid it. I am not a fan of using smart phones in general for anything important online simply because they tend not to be as secure as a desktop/laptop computer since those get security updates quicker as with smart phones they might not even get any at all unless your using one of the more brand names and even with the brand names they seem to take longer to patch. plus, if one already has a unique/secure password on each account they have, which I do (since my password manager generates long random password with at least one lower case and upper case letter, a number, and symbol which makes it harder for someone to hack this way since if they brute force they can't just use lower case letters which I read (i.e. https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm ) nearly 42% of passwords use just lower case letters. so by using all four of those characters it makes it much harder for someone to brute force etc) 2FA is not as critical. but I suspect since most of the general public does not use truly secure passwords (I would assume the majority of people use so-so to flat out weak passwords) you can see how 2FA will be much safer for these types of people since it protects them from themselves.
    2 points
  22. [Insert almost any huge American company name here] insert almost any huge company name here..... fixed that for ya I was about to post the same, why do some think that somehow ONLY American companies are greedy and care about their bottom line and not their work force? There are shady corporations in every part of the world, all you have to do is look.
    2 points
  23. [Insert almost any huge American company name here] insert almost any huge company name here..... fixed that for ya
    2 points
  24. Retrieve Windows installation key on HP notebook

    windows 10 you shouldn't need to extract the key. just skip the key on install and have him log back in with the same Microsoft account afterwords and it should reactivate based on the digital key. if it's dual booted with Windows 8.1 and you wish to keep both installs you can use Magical Jelly Bean to extract that key. I believe you said upgraded to 10 but figured I'd put this part as well just in case it's useful to you. 🙂
    2 points
  25. Dear Dell, Please bring back the numpad to your 17" XPS line. Signed.
    2 points
  26. Lenovo's ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II is now available

    The issue with these is that you are stuck with swapped FN and CTRL, at least on Thinkpads you can change that in the BIOS.
    2 points
  27. That is a function of how fabrication works. All of these chips are probably based on the same fabrication node. When the chips are QCed (or binned) only a very small percentage have all features working perfectly. Chips that have cores that are not stable get them disabled and have a lower model stamped on the front.
    1 point
  28. People will buy them. 10900K will be the new hold-no-cost gaming king. Other chips might still be a good value for someone who needs Thunderbolt. Then you have people (and OEMs) who are going to buy Intel just for the name. So yes, they will sell, even if not exciting to enthusiasts.
    1 point
  29. Makes sense given a lot of people are uncertain if they will have a job or not and dont really need to spend cash on luxury items on another iPhone if have bought one in the last few years. I have an iPhone X and see no real major selling point to getting a new one, current phone is fast, has large screen, good battery life and latest software. The market has plateaued for smartphones.
    1 point
  30. Surface Earbuds user manual appears on the FCC

    They should have called them the “Zune” earbuds, because with those aesthetics they will be relegated to the dust bin of tech history soon enough.
    1 point
  31. I am playing through Origins at the moment. It's taken a bit for me to get into the flow of it and I am still not so sure about the combat, but overall it's entertaining. I don't know how much changed with Odyssey though. I enjoyed Odyssey much more than Origins. Odyssey has more content and you have a choice of 2 characters to play as.
    1 point
  32. Bluetooth SIG listing shows new Surface Headphones

    I don't understand why they limit the dials to volume and noise cancelation when they could provide all kind of custom settings by handling them as Windows 10 wheel devices (like the Surface Dial). This would make so much sense, being able to control noise cancellation from a Surface Dial, as well as control any 3rd party audio setting from the Surface Headphones. For example, tune Spatial Sound, surround, volume limiter, equalizer presets, ... This would also benefit other wheel devices such as the Surface Dial as it would increase 3rd party developers interest to provide things controlled by any wheel device.
    1 point
  33. well we have 7 people in the house and 9 switches. I buy digital but everyone else would share 2 or 3 copies of a particular game but now that we are all home everyone is buying digital. If I owned a Switch (I'm not going to, there is way too much jank around the stupid thing) I would buy physical since they are not more expensive than digital, and Switch only has 32GBs of storage and SD cards are slow and expensive. I still don't understand why there is no 128GB model lol. Nintendo has always done low storage because they want people to use external. The speed difference for cartridge vs sd card, the SD card is actually faster than the cartridges. Internal memory is fastest but you can only do a few games with that. Also unless you find a game that has 100% of the content, patches and DLC on the cartridge there is no point in getting it physical. A lot of the games will be 8gb on a cart with a 20+gb download. A good example of this is Mortal Kombat 11. The game isn't even playable from the cartridge because you need to download the rest of the game. Also almost any game that isn't from play asia or japan that has a two pack, only one game is on the cartridge while the other is a download code. Final Fantasy X/X-2 is a good example of that. While the cost is a big issue, the way you get around the digital costs is to use sales. The site DekuDeals has a way to notify you of the sales when they happen. Games can be huge but the DLC and patches are usually small. I've run out of space quickly just downloading demos, but that's just the internal storage. I don't need an SD card because my games are on cartridges. I agree it is dumb that they just ship a code with those games. I didn't support that. I also did not get them on Switch because they came out later and were more expensive and looked/ran worse. A 400USD 128GB model would solve quite a lot of issues lol Actually it wont. I already have a 512gb SD card that is full now. Just waiting for Samsung to come out with a 1TB SD card.
    1 point
  34. iOS 13.5 will make it easier to use your iPhone with a mask on

    Shopping list on your phone at a grocery store? You are touching things others have touched when you are in public (products, shopping cart, CC machine, etc...) and you are touching you phone, which contaminates you phone.
    1 point
  35. One thing that is obvious from these pages is just that there are simply way too many "models". That's just ridiculous.
    1 point
  36. I think it's fine, Intel's ruled this space for years because AMD couldn't compete. It's nice that Intel cannot match AMD currently because it gives AMD a chance to get some much needed market share.
    1 point
  37. Can we fix the double use of website in this title please?

    It looks like it's already been fixed, but I've got this tiny bugbear about these kind of things: I appreciate that it is hidden away behind all of the tags and social community options, but there is a report feature specially for article errors. 😉
    1 point
  38. I uninstalled the app on my computer, but the thing still shows up in the settings, which shows how deep it is integrated into the OS. Anyway, MS is in bed with Samsung now, a lot of the features will only work with Samsung's posh phones that costs stupid money. I leave my phone downstairs when I am working on stuff on the computer, because I do not want that distraction. I have a home phone if people really want to get hold of me.
    1 point
  39. PowerToys 0.17 adds ability to auto-update the tool, brings more fixes

    I do think many of the tools are useful for certain tasks and workflows. I am personally looking forward to the enhanced preview handlers (Hopefully they add more file types to it) and the spotlight-like search/run system. I do believe though there should be more tools. Nonetheless, i think what they have is good given it’s still early days. No! You're wrong! If it doesn't fit techbeck use case then it must be sh*t! Microsoft should know better!
    1 point
  40. I still lol at "e-sport"
    1 point
  41. Most of the losses from console and pure game sales going forward for Xbox are going to be replaced and probably passed by things like Game Pass and xCloud etc. When Phil said it's no longer just about console sales people called him dumb but they don't see the moves made to expand Xbox as a bigger ecosystem than it was before. You'll always have console gamers, now you'll get PC gamers who don't buy consoles and later on you'll get casuals with things like game pass and xCloud. They're moving in the right direction for sure. Heck, they should go even more in and add a few Japanese studios if they can. Yep. It's a good future, and I'm LOVING Xbox Game Pass for PC by the way. I wish there were more titles, but I love being able to play games on my PC that I prefer playing with M&K and still get the Xbox Achievements for.
    1 point
  42. They are a thing. Wait for supply chain issues and new redesigned surface products including Surface Pro, Book, and Studio.
    1 point
  43. Windows 10 Login - Don't show last logged in user

    Finally got round to trying this, and hadouken, it works!
    1 point
  44. Can not use full capacity of installed ram

    Umm, why do you need the extra 2GB? Isn't 126GB enough?
    1 point
  45. I assume if you're playing a random Spotify playlist or something, you might run into something you don't yet know of, and that would be the use case here. As for whether your phone is in range, apparently a lot of people don't want to take their phone out of their pocket. You can control Spotify on your phone, through your PC—with Spotify.
    1 point
  46. Google Pixel 4a could launch on May 22

    That squared camera bump looks ugly as hell, especially with only one sensor in it.
    1 point
  47. What sense does this make? It's not like my phone doesn't already show me what's playing. I have absolutely no desire for my phone to connect to my computer anyway! Have blocked that stupid app from even starting on my 2 Windows 10 computers.
    1 point
  48. What if the person at that grocery store let their covid residue on the checkout line register. In my small city, 32 people are confirmed to have it, and almost every single one of them visited the grocery store in my town, which serves thousands a day. Are those thousands of people now going to have to self quarantine (even though they're wearing masks, gloves and sanitizing properly)? Also, you can't pick and chose when privacy goes out the window. Not allowed to leave your house unless this is turned on? What about flip phone users, are they going to have to wear ankle bracelets?
    1 point
  49. Please familiarize yourself with our house rules!

    First of all, welcome to Neowin. We're pleased you chose to register and participate in our little corner of the Interwebs. To avoid any misunderstandings on what is acceptable here, and what not, please do have a look through our Community Rules. Neowin is like many other forums different, and with differences comes a different set of "house rules". The main things to take into considerations are, no swearing/cussing in posts (that includes in images), absolutely no warez discussion and/or links to such content, this also applies to nudity/porn, not acceptable here. Those I'd say are the big no-no's, the rest - as pointed out above - is in the Community Rules. Please have a look And again, Welcome to Neowin
    1 point