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  1. Facebook buys GIPHY for $400 million

    Sigh....RIP Giphy.
    10 points
  2. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)

    It's official, Captain Pike gets his own series. Source: https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-anson-mount-rebecca-romijn-ethan-peck-cbs-all-access
    4 points
  3. Outlook absolutely supports 2 factor auth for outlook.com and office 365
    4 points
  4. Facebook buys GIPHY for $400 million

    They'll never take our memes
    4 points
  5. Google Pixel 4a with 128GB storage could be priced at $349

    Well, they kinda need to push for $350 at this point. Otherwise, you'd be having to choose between a phone with 3 years support vs. 5 at least, coupled with the SD730 vs. flagship level CPU. Considering many Android users have opted for a better CPU at the cost of the camera, I don't think it's unrealistic to expect people to continue to go that route, especially when the cameras compared are a lot closer to each other than Pixel vs the Pocophone for example. At the end of the day, buy what suits you and all that of course. I just think Google needs to do this to stay competitive.
    4 points
  6. Facebook buys GIPHY for $400 million

    Time to look for an alternative.
    3 points
  7. Add another 9 on the end
    3 points
  8. I'd rather have an 855/855+ over the 865. Qualcomm struck out with the 865 as it requires a mandatory separate chip for 5G and 4G modem. 865 is more power hungry (they have bigger batteries) and thus why any phone including the 865 costs more. Plus 5G is not really a huge deal in 2020 or even the next year.
    3 points
  9. Mandrake Android malware has been stealing data since 2016

    Android malware news is nearly a daily cycle, and sadly hasn't gotten better over the years, in fact worse as more malware is discovered. This truly hurts my heart for all the people affected, and it is a shame that this is where the tech industry and society are at today. No matter how people felt about WP or feel about iOS, instead of defending Android and Google, Android fans should have been screaming the loudest at Google. One good thing about the Surface Duo is the hope that Microsoft will be able to fix some key issues with the OS that Google has ignored for 10 years. Microsoft has made Chromium better, and the Linux distributions they securely support on Azure have also benefited over the past few years. Maybe it is wishful thinking, but it would be nice if Microsoft could get Google to take security seriously on Android. If not, what happens when an old flaw is used by hackers to take out or brick 80% of the world's phones?
    3 points
  10. That game is boring. Played 3 levels and they were all the same. Plus I also saw Micro transactions .. gee wonder why it was free.
    2 points
  11. I think it's already too late, the damage is already done, China will look for alternatives to US tech and services and many other countries are likely to do the same. The only ones this is really hurting is the US. The truth is, this is a power play, the US sees China as a threat to US power in the world, the US tried to put Japan down in the 80's because they worried they were taking over, they've tried to take on the EU for decades but are not getting anywhere with them because the EU can fight back and now they see China as a threat. The truth is, the US doesn't like any power that could be a threat to the US and it doesn't matter what government style system they are, if they see you as a threat to US power around the world, they will target them and this is why the US is losing now, there are other powers that are big enough to fight back and Trump doesn't like that.
    2 points
  12. I'm tired of people falling for this "midrange" marketing speak. A flagship doesn't suddenly become midrange at the end of the year. There is no expiration date. I love my Samsung S10+ which also has the same 855. If you look at benchmarks from year to year, chipsets don't change that much no matter how much Qualcomm or Apple would like to brag. I think my S10+ can go toe to toe with any phones this year including the S20 line.
    2 points
  13. You choose to give data either way and there is still no proof that CCP is spying, while NSA spying has proof, biggest one is Edward Snowden.
    2 points
  14. Thank God for that
    2 points
  15. At this point, I expect Trump's campaign will be ramping up the "evil China" scapegoat in preparation for the November elections. He needs someone to blame for inaction against the virus, and the devastating effects here. That is not to say that the virus didn't start in China due to negligence and unsafe practices and conditions, but the US had a chance to respond, and instead Trump used that opportunity to tell us it was an impeachment hoax, and then that it was real, but would be gone in a few weeks, even while being warned of the impending danger.
    2 points
  16. If you care about your hard earned money, you’d be wise not to buy these types of products from Microsoft on first launch. Let others be the guinea pig. In 2-3 years, they’ll be collecting dust on shelves, as Microsoft announces its cancellation.
    2 points
  17. Why are you guys going on about the processor? The 855 processor is no slouch of a processor. There are plenty of flagship phones running with it. The bigger picture for me is using a phone with this new form factor. How will you manage to use this with one hand and will it be too cumbersome to manage? The 855 will only need to do what it can do with Android. The rest is to be determined.
    2 points
  18. Facebook buys GIPHY for $400 million

    #Soldout Good luck sharing gifs anywhere but on FB now then
    2 points
  19. Good. I prefer the NSA than the CCP when it comes to spying on me.
    2 points
  20. -sigh- I was really hoping this was all over with and things would start ebbing back. It appears Trump's administration is determined to make relations with China completely break down at this point basically over paranoia... We're gonna end up being the ones that lose in the long run as all we're doing is attacking China while making NO moves to actually improve local manufacturing/goods/etc.
    2 points
  21. Deal: Get three months of Spotify Premium for free

    Its not for 'existing users', only former users with a lapsed account.
    2 points
  22. Sounds... unenforceable for any smaller online platforms. Would be cheaper for most newer start ups to just block access from French ISPs.
    2 points
  23. Elon Musk defies lockdown order and asks to be arrested

    This is front-page tech? This looks like a civil activism story. What's next, Martha Stewart served red wine with chicken, or Bill Gates was spotted in line at a Krispy Creme?
    2 points
  24. That wouldn't work because what you are asking for is for consumer back home to pay a higher price on goods they buy and with the economic hardship that is on the way with the virus, the last thing consumers want is higher prices for goods as it just makes them poorer. The truth is, businesses will always look for cheap labour, if it's not China, it will be somewhere else but it sure isn't going to be western countries with the high pay and workers rights, consumers demand goods on the cheap, that puts pressure on companies to go to low cost labours around the world, that isn't going to change unless consumers are willing to pay a lot more for most of the goods they buy, good luck asking them to do that with what is coming up because of this virus lol.
    1 point
  25. 20H1 has new features. https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...-arriving-spring-2020/amp/" rel="external nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...ving-spring-2020/amp/" rel="external nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...ving-spring-2020/amp/" rel="external nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...-arriving-spring-2020/amp/" rel="external nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...e-arriving-spring-2020/amp/ Is this another one of those cases of, “I don’t care about those things, therefore they aren’t new features”? Oh come on, are the GPU temperature and the hard disk type considered new features? Apart from WSL 2, and those two, everything else came with 19H2 in which they proved they can have UI-wide changes through service updates. When you have a pool of decade old features in the planning (ability to hook to Ribbon UI, pin separate taskbar items in multi-monitor setups, provide the successor of NTFS, rectify registry, redesign File Explorer), and other Windows 10 specific pending tasks (streamline context menus, provide Sets, complete Control Panel migration etc.) and you keep offering build after build with bug fixes for 1,5 year straight, then what does it mean if not that they did what they have already done a trillion times in the past: abandoned ship? If they just want to release bug fixes, fine. What's the point of insider program and full system updates, though? Whether you, I, or anyone else likes it or not: something that was not there before, but is now, is defined as a feature. Personally? I rather see them clean up the mess they already have before adding any new huge features.Still dealing with two control panels, still dealing with an inconsistent UI, still dealing with risky updates.... aesthetically there should be attention to detail there had been with Windows Vista. it was probably the only operating system where there was even an effort to create a consistent appearance and design ( and if consistent, wherefore beautiful ).
    1 point
  26. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)

    This is the show fans have wanted since the last episode of enterprise in 2004. Glad to see it's finally happening. CBS might be milking it, but now we're getting a series with the Enterprise again. That and Picard make for a well rounded Star Trek experience imo. Discovery has been nice, don't get me wrong, but really looking forward to Season 2 of Picard and SNW now.
    1 point
  27. Yeah, I really don't think in day to day use, with these types of phone apps, anyone actually notices the difference in performance between the 855 and 865. Heck my phone has the 845 and I'm not short on performance for what I do with it.
    1 point
  28. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)

    Well, I figure this will pick it shortly after the end of discovery s2 so after a quick little fixup for the enterprise they will probably go back to their deep space exploring. There should be more of that traditional episodic feel but with a more focused overarching plot in the background to touch up on from time to time. I've seen some posts on twitter about CBS milking it with spin-offs, I guess those people forgot how a large group wanted this show to happen. If anything this is CBS giving the fans what they wanted, now to just see how it plays out.
    1 point
  29. CDkeys is a grey market seller. Also, the ultimate edition mostly adds on Red Dead Online bonuses, not campaign stuff. The $38 standard offer from Epic (after coupon) is the best deal for most people I'd say. You have proof of this?
    1 point
  30. They all have a small single screen.
    1 point
  31. Holy ######... So many misinformed or just completely incorrect comments about the China and Huawei. This entire situation isn't about theoretical stolen technology and the US allies have been informed. This is about the 5G technology and having validated PROOF that they had technology to route all the communications to China so China could spy on everything being installed in the US and Britain. This is definitely needed considering Britain knows about the issues but is still installing their equipment anyways. validated PROOF ?? you made the proof ? you validated? china built its own 5G and faster that US. and you made proof China could spy on everything ?? good imagination. just few week the online article validated a company in Switzerland help CIA spy the world, so now there is 6 eye spynet include US spy on the world. that is validated proof.
    1 point
  32. Holy ######... So many misinformed or just completely incorrect comments about the China and Huawei. This entire situation isn't about theoretical stolen technology and the US allies have been informed. This is about the 5G technology and having validated PROOF that they had technology to route all the communications to China so China could spy on everything being installed in the US and Britain. This is definitely needed considering Britain knows about the issues but is still installing their equipment anyways.
    1 point
  33. The Snapdragon 855 isn't exactly cutting edge. The 855+ fares a bit better but it's a shame they couldn't stick a 865 or Microsoft SQ1 in there.
    1 point
  34. "The Snapdragon 865 chipset requires that a phone include 5G, a requirement that Microsoft didn't know about when it designed the device." Though I understand this device was designed in pretty big secrecy, it has been public knowledge for over a half year now, and I find it highly unlikely that Microsoft either didn't know about 5G requirements or can't adapt to them. I'm not sure I buy these specs, especially on a device that will clearly be quite expensive.
    1 point
  35. Google Pixel 4a with 128GB storage could be priced at $349

    If the price is true it's a direct result of the lower iPhone SE $399 price. Nothing else, if Apple had priced theirs at $499 then the rumor would be $449 for the Pixel 4a.
    1 point
  36. Yeah it was out for me for about 1/2 hour, between around 4 PM and 4:30 PM Arizona Time.
    1 point
  37. Apple might be making a nine-inch iPad Mini next year

    Right? They forgot the meaning of the word. But surely is comparative. It would still be mini when compared to other iPads.
    1 point
  38. Apple might be making a nine-inch iPad Mini next year

    Not that impressive, mine is bigger. Your nose? No, my iPad Pro. What did you think I was talking about?
    1 point
  39. T-Mobile is discontinuing the Sprint brand this summer

    I just want my T-Mobile phone to work indoors. No reason that a Note10+ can't get service while a person on a Verizon or ATT flip phone works fine indoors.
    1 point
  40. Apple might be making a nine-inch iPad Mini next year

    read the reply I just made. If they do indeed remove the home button then that could be why the screen size is technically changing. The physical device might remain the same size in that case. iPad Pro Mini? Would be cool. I want an iPad Pro Mini Max.
    1 point
  41. Paid battlepass and a monthly subscription... lol
    1 point
  42. Apple might be making a nine-inch iPad Mini next year

    They need stop changing sizes every time they come out with something. All this changing to whatever is cheaper (at the time) is creating a lot of confusion in iPads/Mac arena (mostly in the Mac arena).
    1 point
  43. Grand Theft Auto V is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week

    I went to Epic's site before I heard about GTAV /hipster
    1 point
  44. Rapper 6ix9ine has $200k charity donation rejected

    consdering what he did / videoed a 13 year old performing sexual acts... He should...
    1 point
  45. Epic Games shows off Unreal Engine 5 on the PlayStation 5

    Ya, interesting Sony got them to demo it on the PS5 - especially considering the technology Unreal is demonstrating was created by Microsoft. (Both Nanite's and Lumen's core technologies come directly from Microsoft and DirectX.) It is encouraging to see the PS5 and Sony supporting these technologies, as things like this could have meant a massive difference in visual quality. I'm very much an Xbox first gamer, but like the idea that everyone gets access to the latest technologies. However, for anyone curious, yes the Xbox Series X also fully supports these technologies, and a bit more. Yes, the Xbox will support the same features. But it will only be able to stream data and assets in while traversing the world or scenes quickly at less than half the data-rate of the PS5, due to the vastly faster (more than twice as fast) NVME technology that Sony has decided to use. It’s gonna be interesting to see if the much faster data rate and GPU speed (frequency) in the PS5 will compensate for the lack of CU’s versus the Xbox GPU. We have little info on MS's new streaming APIs, sure we have raw and compressed transfer rates but that's just one side of things. From the initial sounds of it, they're going to be able to stream as much detail but using less data to do so. IF it's like that, then the difference in the speeds ends up being minor. Developers also need to take other platforms into account. Sonys new tech is nice for their exclusives but any multiplatform titles will have to support current tech to.
    1 point
  46. Microsoft is beginning to phase out 32-bit support for Windows 10

    32bit windows 10 should never have been released.
    1 point
  47. Elon Musk defies lockdown order and asks to be arrested

    Lots of non-tech news on this site over the years. Recently this means non-tech news around the pandemic, including a story with the headline "Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous" (this is Bill Gates' political activism, not a tech story), Jack Dorsey pledging money to COVID-19 relief efforts (not a tech story what he does with his own money), Mojang partnering on spreading COVID-19 awareness (a story about a PR effort), Apple and other companies closing or re-opening stores in China (a business story, not a tech story), etc. Its not what I come to this site for and I couldn't care less for it, but at least they're being consistent about it and covering this story, too, instead of hiding it because its on the other side of the issue. It's looking less and less like a tech site these days. I hope it returns to tech before I decide to abandon Neowin. I know where to find news like this. Tech is supposed to be tech.
    1 point
  48. LG said to be working on a phone with two screens in a T shape

    LG had a phone like this back in 2007, albeit with a physical keyboard and a single rotating screen. Still T-shaped when open though. https://www.imei.info/media/t/gsm-cache/i/f/fOlkL9-d/lg-ku950.jpg
    1 point
  49. Elon Musk threatens to pull Tesla factory out of California

    The irony.
    1 point
  50. Elon Musk threatens to pull Tesla factory out of California

    Congrats on having a form of government that lets corporations play your states off against each other to the disadvantage of all your citizens who don't own tsla stock.
    1 point