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  1. Anyone else fed up of the constant overreach by companies like this?
    7 points
  2. Q2 2020 started in January and ended in March. The quarantines started in mid-march, so this result is practically based on pre-coronavirus. So, the hit will be visible in the next balance. In the US, not in China and other Countries though.
    5 points
  3. I think the Note 7 looks better personally.
    3 points
  4. OneNote 2016 starts being offered automatically with Office 365 installs

    It works much better with big Inked notebooks. Aka is better for 2in1s. For text notes OneNote 2016 is better.
    3 points
  5. NASA's ventilator prototype approved for use by the FDA

    I prefer the one that is available to keep me alive should I need it. As long as it's certified to work and be safe, it's good.
    3 points
  6. Yeah, because companies like Apple absolutely wouldn't monitor the activities of their users, and potentially report their records to the Government. Absolutely not. (sarcasm mode off) All companies unfortunately do this to a certain extent, it's users however are generally "blissfully unaware". Until people start demanding companies and governments stop behaving like this, it will continue. Until then, people need to accept it's the way things are, or stay away from technology all together.
    3 points
  7. I thought this is a requirement as a Chinese company so that they can hand it in when asked by the CCP China government?
    3 points
  8. China Mobile and Huawei bring 5G to Mount Everest

    I'm usually an advocate of connectivity and tech, however some places are meant to be kept wild.
    3 points
  9. 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.
    3 points
  10. Stargate atlantis and sg1 casting errors

    If that bugs you, wait until you watch star trek and see how many characters Jeffrey Alan Combs plays. 😄 he has a Top 9. If a small actor is well liked and versatile they can be recast many times especially when you add prosthetics. Companion shows often get a free pass to recast characters based on availability and give existing talent more permanent roles. In Doctor who, he meets Gwen from torchwood and asks her if she had family from a certain place (probably London) this is a nod to the episode when that actress played a different character a few seasons prior. 😄 I think shows tend to give us a season or two before reusing actors to allow us to disassociate from the character, if you binge watch then you may lose that detachment.
    2 points
  11. the UWP version is much better ... I hope it will not install this win32 crap on my PC automatically
    2 points
  12. My silence on this was from awaiting the new NVME to arrive--and the happy ending to this story did include a new SSD and fresh windows install--no errors since. Despite all my diagnostic efforts (chkdsk, etc all normal), seemed like luck was better afterall. Thanks for all the idears, everyone.
    2 points
  13. The Pixel 4a looks like a still from a DreamWorks movie and the Note 7 looks representative of reality. It looks like the Pixel is blending the light in the background and crushing darker colors as well. You can make out more details in the Note 7 shot in dark/bright areas. It looks like the Pixel has the foreground object in better focus. It would be nice to have a DSLR shot for reference! It would be interesting to see the Note 7 GCam port vs the Pixel.
    2 points
  14. Jesus Christ people, can you read more than the headline? It concerns the Mi Browser and anyone sane will not use it.
    2 points
  15. They may not have the latest tech, but it's the only company you pay $1,000 and you get 5 years of support. Others (Except Google and Android One Phones) you get crappy software support for max 2 years. I think OP's point is that people nowadays have more pressing things on their minds that their phone's support window.
    2 points
  16. So, I guess that means you don't have a smartphone at all then?
    2 points
  17. It's a Chinese brand. Anybody actually surprised?
    2 points
  18. I don't see any mention whether this is with analytics stuff enabled or when it's disabled. Because Xiaomi does openly gives you choice if you want that enabled or not when setting up the phone for the first time. I had one and I remember those settings during first time setup.
    2 points
  19. All of these phones, regardless of who makes them, should be checked for this stuff. It's crazy how people will be up in arms over their privacy in the "real world" or on their PCs but when it comes to phones they seem to not care at all. They really need to make it easy for anyone with a supported phone to be able to wipe the OEMs OS and install something like Lineage OS that doesn't include all this crazy spyware. Just connect the phone via USB, few clicks from a app, and done. As it stands, last I checked, it's not quite that simple.
    2 points
  20. China Mobile and Huawei bring 5G to Mount Everest

    That picture... That's not Everest
    2 points
  21. Yet another reason I will never use an Android phone made by a Chinese company, or where software has known dev in China. Huawei, Nokia (HMD global) ,and Xiaomi can urinate elsewhere as far as I'm concerned.
    2 points
  22. i am looking for the newest cpu in the intel i5 series

    Hello, How about a server built around an ASRock D2163D4I2-2T (Intel Xeon D-2163) motherboard or a SuperMicro X11SSH-GF-1585 (Intel Xeon E3-1585 V5) motherboard? Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    2 points
  23. China Mobile and Huawei bring 5G to Mount Everest

    Nice post, but the pic could be of real Mt. Everest instead of Mt. Amadablam.
    2 points
  24. Not too bad for a midranger. With an always-on display too? Not bad.
    2 points
  25. 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.
    2 points
  26. 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.
    2 points
  27. i am looking for the newest cpu in the intel i5 series

    You're looking for the low power CPUs like the i5-9600t. Which I'm not sure you can get retail. The CPUs you listed don't feature Configurable TDP. This is a feature for lower power Intel CPUs (like mobile). Most of them are going to be FCBGA aside from the "t" series which are socketed...but I don't think you can get them retail.
    2 points
  28. I have it running on 4 machines.
    1 point
  29. It's become really good. Almost all the features of the win32 version but a better pen and touch platform. If you're mostly a mouse/pen person, then the win32 is better.
    1 point
  30. You dropped this "/s"
    1 point
  31. NASA's ventilator prototype approved for use by the FDA

    That's some heck of a word salad you got there Brony but why do you say it doesn't sound like a certified medical device. The FDA just approved it, no?
    1 point
  32. Of course we redmi note 7 knew how the camera was used but those of us who use the redmi note 7 pro see a different result. The pro produces true 48mp images so it is better than the pixel phone. There are developers creating a Gcam for the redmi note 7 pro but it still hasn't gotten around to support the 48mp except in portrait mode. Now the new google camera go does support the 48mp and does it well.
    1 point
  33. Apple's Q2 2020 revenue shows stagnant growth and declining iPhone sales

    If you wear gloves, a fingerprint sensor is inconvenient as well. Pick your poison, I guess. Overall, FaceID is the best solution for the vast majority of the population. No solution is perfect for everybody though.
    1 point
  34. This is one of the reasons why, for a few years already, I make sure to only use custom ROMs if possible (and if not, I root the device to take control of it).
    1 point
  35. Which is stated in the article.... Some installs didn't have it earlier this month suggesting staggered launch.
    1 point
  36. It's hard to check for this stuff because it can be added later with a software or even a firmware update. Just yesterday there were news here on Neowin that Xiaomi were the first Android OEM to push GPU driver update to their Snapdragon 865 devices. Also, they will never make it easy to change the OS, because they need to make money from their cheap hardware (from you by showing ads or from Chinese government by giving them your info).
    1 point
  37. Yes it is believed that Microsoft has fixed this long time ongoing bug with May 2020 Update. Read more @ https://news.softpedia.com/new...me-windows-bug-529820.shtml
    1 point
  38. https://uupdump.ml/download.php?id=43df138c-ac74-4c09-968f-875f573e0ab0&pack=en-us&edition=core;professional To make yourself a new ISO for 19041.208 go to above link. The program that they made for this method gets the files directly from Secure Microsoft servers and is exactly the SAME ONES as they will deploy on launch day of the May 2020 Update. Link above has the two main editions selected for your convenience (just if you happen to have a Pro Edition of Windows 10 as well, some machines come with it)
    1 point
  39. Is there a whats new list anywhere? For once I lost track of these builds with everything else going on
    1 point
  40. Surface Earbuds user manual appears on the FCC

    As if being ugly and expensive isn’t enough but adding office features, really??? There are plenty of compelling wireless earphones already on the market for cheaper and better looking than this piece of junk.
    1 point
  41. Internet Download Manager (IDM) 6.37 Build 12

    v6.37 Build 12 is out.
    1 point
  42. So...non-news then.
    1 point
  43. Meanwhile I'm still waiting to see lyrics in my application.....
    1 point
  44. Epic now requires two-factor authorization to claim free games

    i didn't know about MS authentificator, it looks better than the google one (omg first MS product that i find nicely designed and colorful..)
    1 point
  45. AMD may not be debuting DDR5 memory support before 2022

    Hell, 16GB is plenty for most people and it seems to be reasonably priced. beyond this (like going from 16GB to 32GB) is overkill for most people. this will likely hold true for years to come as even 8GB is still easily good enough for many uses. I'd agree 16GB should be more commonplace. 8GB is starting to become a bit low end between 365, Chrome tabs, and LOB applications. I pretty much agree with dead.cell in that while 8GB is still 'good enough' for most people (as it's plenty for general usage as even 4GB can be passable for some people with the right OS on some basic light use)), you can see 8GB is starting to show it's age. I have had 8GB since May 2012 and while it's still largely good enough for me to this day, you can see it's not as good as it once was as the OS can burn up a good portion of it's RAM after programs been running a while etc. still, you can see RAM in general started losing bigger benefits once it made the leap from 4GB to 8GB (assuming we keep measuring by doubling RAM). like say in the old days when RAM doubled it was rather large boost but it's not true any more pretty much and has been this way for quite a few years now. like say 256MB to 512MB to 1GB to 2GB to 4GB to 8GB as once it reached 8GB that basically has been the sweet spot for quite a few years now as it's not easy to burn it up short of gaming or leaving your browser open with quite a few tabs for days or weeks etc. because back when I got 8GB of RAM in May 2012, it was fairly future proof at the time as it was a solid buffer over what people typically used (which 4GB at that time was still decent for many). but in more recent times you can see that extra RAM at the time paid off as without 8GB of RAM I would notice a performance hit if I had opted for 4GB at that time. but like you mentioned, web browsers are a decent portion of the reason why 8GB can be a slight issue if you leave it running for days with quite a few tabs open like I do. but I usually just restart Firefox(or Chrome) here and there (maybe once a week or something like this) to avoid the RAM hog issues. people like ZipZapRap must be doing really RAM intensive tasks to notice 16GB to 32GB (or more) of RAM. for the common person, it's mostly (if not largely) a waste of $ going any higher than 16GB of RAM. like if the $ (for getting 32GB of RAM) was minimally more than 16GB I may consider it but if your talking anywhere in the ball park of $50-100 difference, which it basically is, it's obviously not worth it as one is better of saving the $ and putting it towards other computer hardware or save the $ for a future build etc as it's a more efficient use of ones $ that way. even speaking for myself... going from 8GB to 16GB of RAM might be slightly noticeable for me in general use but it's not going to be much unless I started playing modern games.
    1 point
  46. Microsoft begins serving Edge ads in the Search UI on Windows 10

    Do not have to sell anything for it to be an ad
    1 point
  47. US source: North Korean leader in grave danger after surgery

    It's photoshopped. This is from Kim Jong-il's funeral.
    1 point
  48. Go back to 7, stable and secure. /s You're not even trying, Windows 2000 is far more resource friendly than that fisherprice Windows XP!! Hold on now, talking resource friendly, I went back to MS-DOS 3.31. MS-DOS is a lousy ripoff, I only use CP/M. Sod PCs I'm running CP/M on my Spectrum +3, which it could run BTW.
    1 point
  49. Go back to 7, stable and secure. /s You're not even trying, Windows 2000 is far more resource friendly than that fisherprice Windows XP!! Hold on now, talking resource friendly, I went back to MS-DOS 3.31. MS-DOS is a lousy ripoff, I only use CP/M.
    1 point