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  1. Too bad there is no AMD option with the new Ryzen 4000 series. Now we are in a place where a much more expensive premium notebook that is Intel based gives you less performance and lower battery life. It's not premium anymore if your $2000+ notebook can't keep up with a half as expensive AMD based system.
    6 points
  2. You dropped this "/s"
    4 points
  3. Anyone else fed up of the constant overreach by companies like this?
    4 points
  4. Anyone smart absolutely should not trust that source. Why? The files are sourced from official Microsoft servers. Have you not researched before commenting?
    3 points
  5. Blame it on the virus to a degree but I honestly think these OEMs need to slow down on their big flagship releases, extend the cycles just a tad bit. You can fill in the the space between the longer releases with more mid and low end options that are your volume sellers anyways. People aren't dropping $1k or more on top flagships on mass every year, or 1.5 years either.
    3 points
  6. Surface Book 3 specs revealed by Energy Star certification filing

    Yeah. No idea why both Microsoft and Apple keep ignoring AMD. Maybe the 15inch Surface Laptop with AMD was a disaster? (It should have been the 13inch model and it needs better drivers) I'm sure it's timing was. Not long after the 4000 came out. Also, people expected the AMD's iGPU to be faster than Intel's even if the CPU wasn't, but it wasn't. So, it had no positive points which makes it odd they even not only made an AMD version, but also spent money making a custom GPU for it. I am a HUGE AMD fanboy, but that machine and its timing made no sense. That said if they made a 13in or Pro with the 4000 series and its performance/battery life is very comparable to the Intel, I'd go AMD with no thoughts otherwise.
    2 points
  7. Oh yea, I fixed that son of a gun (AC Compressor pulley)

    The car gods demand a blood sacrifice. I've not once been able to fix something on my car without it drawing blood lol
    2 points
  8. Just another face tracking system from the security firm of facebook
    2 points
  9. Zoom has major security issues. FaceTime is definitely good but no Android and Windows support is a major bummer.
    2 points
  10. Not a deal breaker. No one uses Windows media player even less the visualization component
    2 points
  11. Anyone smart absolutely should not trust that source. Please don't spread FUD when the files are directly from Microsoft servers. It's not password protected, encrypted, locked server, whatever so Microsoft doesn't mind people having access to it.
    2 points
  12. US source: North Korean leader in grave danger after surgery

    Is there anything to date the videos though, they could just be earlier footage. OK, So clicked on it and there IS NO video, just "reports" from NK media, sure, cos they're going to be completely impartial lol Maybe this will help...
    2 points
  13. For a minute, there was a collective gasp when it discovered your GMail was actively being read by Google. First, they denied doing it, then they admitted to reading your email. Not long after, that died down but the reading of your private thoughts and other sorted personal business continues.
    2 points
  14. Apple, Google, Microsoft etc don't? Shoot, the minute you click on 99.9% of any TOS, you are being monitored one way or the other.
    2 points
  15. Yep, Samsung will blame it on the virus, NOT the fact they are way over priced (as are all so called flagships). The virus, in some small way, may have started to smash the barrier on the overpriced smartphone, given the minor updates year after year. They are "good enough" and innovation is now considered how many camera lenses you can add, how colorful and stylish you can make it and IP ratings by gluing everything together, with a glass front & back, so you will destroy the device, if you ever attempt to repair it. Hopefully, with this virus, and the global economic slump in store for us in the future, the manufacturers will say "hey, if we drop the price we can sell more units at a cheaper price, and make up the difference from selling a few at a higher price".
    2 points
  16. I have every sympathy with the workers, but having had my fingers burned by Kickstarter on numerous occasions I can’t say I’m sorry to see them struggling. We each know the risks of backing Kickstarter projects but the total apathy shown by the company when things go wrong is appalling.
    1 point
  17. SteamVR will no longer be supported on Apple's macOS

    [...] the reason is that macOS makes up 4% of gamers on steam, [...] And yet... Linux. That is the official statement from Valve, low usage share on macOS. It could be the easiest excuse for them at this point but that's what they're going with.
    1 point
  18. Microsoft Edge version 83 will allow users to mute notification requests

    Firefox is not chromium based, has its own engine (open source too)
    1 point
  19. How to make group video calls in WhatsApp with up to eight people

    Zoom or FaceTime. WA video call is too unstable and unreliable for me.
    1 point
  20. It's cool that they're fixing bugs and other issues in this before release to general public, but wow, a zero day bug just before the scheduled release? Glad to see they caught it still though. Not in any rush to get it myself. Current version is running smooth as silk. Used to really like getting updates but now a days it's almost scary!!
    1 point
  21. 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. why win32 is better with mouse? I didn't find any issue using the UWP with mouse. and no there is no way that a win32 app is better than uwp with pen (I'm referring to "mouse/pen person" the win32 version has more features than the uwp version. that's why i say if you're strictly a mouse person, the win32 version is the one to use. however, UI is everything and if you're a person that actually does use touch a lot, the uwp version is a much more pleasant experience. the buttons are way too small to touch in the win32 version. and it's not only the size but the flow of how to get to features. the win32 version relies a lot on right clicking and nesting. I'm a diehard Surface Pro user (owned Surface Pro 2, Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 2017, and now Surface Pro 7) and OneNote on it only became useful with the UWP version. the win32 version was just way too dependent on a keyboard and mouse. The funny thing is I do use OneNote a lot on my monster desktop and I stick to the UWP version because the UI is different enough between UWP and Win32 that I didn't want to have to remember 2 interfaces. In a rapid stress environment where you're at a meeting or school, you need to focus on the task at hand of processing the info being presented rather than have to think about how to do some OneNote feature during that stress moment. So it's easier to commit to one UI so it becomes instinctive. So I chose UWP.
    1 point
  22. OEM's better follow along with the "market correction" that is happening.
    1 point
  23. SteamVR will no longer be supported on Apple's macOS

    Blah blah blah blah blah! It's because nobody but nobody does Steam VR gaming on a mac. No one does it on PC, either. Yeah, only about that milion or so people with SteamVR registered headsets... A million is a tiny percentage.
    1 point
  24. Google Stadia could soon add chat capabilities

    To chat with who lol? Who's even using this broken useless expensive thing?
    1 point
  25. With the Release Preview version 19041.208 (and 19041.207) Windows Media Player Visualization stop working / responding after playing the first song in it's entirety. It affects Windows Media Player's inbuilt visualizations as well as any 3rd party Visualizations (e.g. Soundspectrum Visualizers). The workaround is to go to the Next / Previous track and the visualizers will begin responding again, but I guess with Microsoft lack of interest in visualizers generally has allowed this to happen. Integrated WMP Visualizers are like Win98 and XP technology and resolutions, Groove was gonna have, but never got 3 new visualizers. For now it's manually skipping/shuffling the WMP tracks to make visualizations work.
    1 point
  26. 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. Ah, the good ole whataboutism.
    1 point
  27. US source: North Korean leader in grave danger after surgery

    Isn't he known for having doubles? Im not saying that's the case and this isn't real but given their history of being deceptive, one should be open to said option.
    1 point
  28. Anything anyone else with telemetry is doing, also Google's amp, data saving mode, safe browsing URL scanning, usage habits, cloud history/bookmarks/custom start page. I don't like it but they are not alone in doing this, others should be implicated similarly. Personally I use a privacy focused browser and verify the options, and I avoid the major browsers.
    1 point
  29. Anyone smart absolutely should not trust that source.
    1 point
  30. SteamVR will no longer be supported on Apple's macOS

    Blah blah blah blah blah! It's because nobody but nobody does Steam VR gaming on a mac. No one does it on PC, either. Maybe buy a cheap headset, and then you won't feel the need to dismiss something that is still rapidly growing. (It helps get rid of the bah humbug sentiment.) I have a cheap headset, and it is used once a year if that. I bought an Oculus Quest a month ago and returned it a few weeks later. Did you try VR Porn?
    1 point
  31. Companies like this should be banned from market forever.
    1 point
  32. Yep the only way to have this right now is the ISO method... avail @ https://uupdump.ml/download.ph...p;edition=core;professional
    1 point
  33. SteamVR will no longer be supported on Apple's macOS

    Blah blah blah blah blah! It's because nobody but nobody does Steam VR gaming on a mac. No one does it on PC, either. Weird, I can't think on a single gamer friend that doesn't use VR several times a week. Hell, even older non-gamer friends are playing things like Beat Saber. Maybe buy a cheap headset, and then you won't feel the need to dismiss something that is still rapidly growing. (It helps get rid of the bah humbug sentiment.) The immersion threshold has been met, and outside of a Trek HoloDeck, I cannot imagine society regressing to display only gaming. Its main problems have been cost and performance, and current hardware, and hardware costs are making it very accessible. You don't need a Valve index, a Samsung Odyssey+ competes with higher end headsets, visually and in terms of accurate tracking. Heck, even the PS4 VR isn't bad, and that is today's low end. *A lot of people tried VR phone devices, which did little more than show a 3D movie. Real VR headsets are very different and less of a gimmich. The stereoscopic imaging, unlike the phone VR devices, is not important. Instead, it is about precise tracking head and hand movements in a virtual world. I have a proper vr headset. I’ve used it once this year lol
    1 point
  34. SteamVR will no longer be supported on Apple's macOS

    Let us not forget that Apple has been cracking down on non-Metal and non-Apple VR implementations - which are both incompatible with the rest of the industry. Apple not only keeps breaking OpenGL, which is now an old version on Mac - but they also have started intentionally breaking Vulkan on MacOS. I don't blame Steam, or any other graphic/game developer. Mac is forcing their crap on the industry, and outside a few that needs Apple, most developers are either waiting on Vulkan to work consistently and well or abandoning the work. Even the Vulkan project is having to work through Metal, instead of having direct access to hardware, which defeats the main key technologies of Vulkan. (So even if it works, performance won't do much better than and older technology like OpenGL.) There is also compatibility, and right now Windows is the only operating system that fully supports and has a working implementation of all the Open VR technologies, while also offering more specialized DirectX VR technologies. It is odd to see Linux VR projects having to run on Windows for testing, while waiting for the open VR technologies to work on Linux. I wonder if like other Apple crap, if they will be able to pull off the Metal BS. Ironically, Apple dropped OpenCL, after being the main proponent of the technology. Sadly, OS X was unable to properly schedule/thread GPU operations at the OS level and not be depend on Application locks. Thus putting OpenCL code in OS X created a mess, and running even a couple of light OpenCL enabled Apps created massive performance drops and stability issues. Apple instead pushed Intel media instructions, and abandoned GPU compute and acceleration. Side Note: Ironically, OpenCL ONLY runs as designed on Windows, due to Windows' having a pre-emptive GPU scheduler that allows numerous applications that use the GPU to work alongside flawlessly. This allowed Microsoft to shove a lot of GPU accelerated functions throughout Windows and in every piece of software, without a concern for the issues that plague OS X.
    1 point
  35. SteamVR will no longer be supported on Apple's macOS

    Blah blah blah blah blah! It's because nobody but nobody does Steam VR gaming on a mac. No one does it on PC, either.
    1 point
  36. Comcast's insisting on an upgrade.

    As of now, Comcast has been requiring that DOCSIS 3.0 and earlier cable AND telephony modems be replaced with DOCSIS 3.1 gear since 1 January 2020; this includes their own telephony modems. While I have an ARRIS SB-6183 cable modem - we also have a leased (from Comcast) telephony modem; that is the next planned replacement; hence my interest in the Motorola MT-7711. The problem is that the price of the MT-7711 increased - largely due to the COVID-19 shutdown. (And I wish I were kidding; look at the price merely on Amazon since 1 January of 2020.) The SB-6183 AKA "Blue Thunder" is not only still running like a steel trap, Comcast actually bumped up the throughput on the cable modem side (from Performance Pro to Blast) at an extra cost of none (COVID-19 again).
    1 point
  37. It is fine, until you inconvenience someone well connected. Your "acceptance" will become your weakness later. There is no good point in giving more power to immoral.
    1 point
  38. 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.
    1 point
  39. 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
  40. Jesus Christ people, can you read more than the headline? It concerns the Mi Browser and anyone sane will not use it.
    1 point
  41. 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.
    1 point
  42. 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.
    1 point
  43. 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.
    1 point
  44. Reddit announces small group chat rooms for communities

    Basically a toned down 4chan, where wrongthink is discouraged and pornography runs rampant. I used to feel differently about it before, but when I found myself in a thread about politics or something highly technical... and the top comment with thousands of votes was an "anime meme", you quickly realize Reddit is largely just a subset of people, not a full on diverse group.
    1 point
  45. Zoom doesn't have 300 million daily users as claimed earlier

    You bet. Teams is a great tool for organizations to work together, and has way more than video calling. The problem is, there are a lot of people who only want video calling, and Teams isn't built for that. It seems it's too tightly integrated. Teams should have been a little more a collection of individual products, which could be used on their own, but Teams brings them all together to be a powerful integrated collection. Instead they are killing their standalone chat and calling app in pursuit of an all-in-one product, where they should have just integrated Skype in. Lift both products in the process, rather than killing one for the other. We use both Teams and Zoom in our organization, because we have thousands of volunteers who need to connect to people externally, so most of the Teams functionality doesn't make sense for them, they just need video calling. It's easy to look back and criticize though. The reason Zoom is "simple" is mostly just because it doesn't have many features.
    1 point
  46. Zoom doesn't have 300 million daily users as claimed earlier

    What? +1
    1 point
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  48. Zoom doesn't have 300 million daily users as claimed earlier

    For non work related purposes, perhaps. However for businesses especially the big ones, they've gone thru the process of vetting and onboarding Zoom, unless something comes along that really impresses them, they won't change that easily.
    1 point
  49. Is that the best excuse they could come up with? Seriously if a hacker gets physical access to your computer and wants something from it then you're boned no matter how you look at it. Not having thunderbolt isn't making it any more secure. You're just denying potential functionality and convenience over excessively small possibilities... Are they going to refuse to implement USB 4.0 in future models too because thunderbolt is integrated into the spec now? The surface line is already volatile due to prices and iffy firmwares; if they refuse to implement USB 4.0 that's bound to put a death sentence on the line ...
    1 point
  50. The former was easy to fix. The latter is the serious one that is plaguing the driver/GPU since months.
    1 point