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Microsoft Edge Canary gets updated with Pinterest integration
qbrick and 7 others reacted to encarta for a topic
I don't want to see that garbage dump logo in my browser, why the hell would they integrate that? Effin' cancer. Stop adding "features" nobody asked for. Jesus...8 points -
Android 11 will still say 5Ge, even if you're not on real 5G
wingliston and 5 others reacted to neufuse for a topic
It should just sake "Fake5G"6 points -
Riot Games' Valorant is out June 2, will enable automatic cheater banning systems
matthiew and 4 others reacted to BoondockSaint for a topic
For anyone looking at this game, it's worth remembering that Riot Games is fully owned by the Chinese giant Tencent. This means the CCP can potentially request player data from Riot at any time, can monitor it and generally do as it pleases. That aside, their anti-cheat software (Vanguard) installs a driver at Ring 0, and is active the entire time your machine is running (not just when you play the game). Even if the ownership of Riot and potential resulting privacy issues don't worry you, a "game anti-cheat" driver running at the highest level of privilege on your system the entire time it is running should. Obviously read up on it and make up your own minds regarding this. Check some of the coverage about this on YT; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1vKJ27-4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOCtaBObg45 points -
Intel Tiger Lake doubles GPU performance of Ice Lake in leaked benchmark
dontbeevil and 2 others reacted to Brony for a topic
Intel Tigger Lake It was close. Good for Intel but I will wait for a new Ryzen Mobile.3 points -
The National Advertising Review Board tells AT&T to stop saying 5G Evolution
cork1958 and 2 others reacted to Elliot B. for a topic
That took far too long.3 points -
Riot Games' Valorant is out June 2, will enable automatic cheater banning systems
BoondockSaint and one other reacted to spy beef for a topic
Why is Neowin promoting spyware?2 points -
Riot Games' Valorant is out June 2, will enable automatic cheater banning systems
dustojnikhummer and one other reacted to trag3dy for a topic
I don't play Valorant but full disclosure, they added the option to have it off when not playing, it just means you have to let it reboot your PC before you do play. So if you do chose to trust their system you don't have to have it scanning constantly while doing other things. As far as I'm aware you still have to manually turn it off. It doesn't close when you close the game. At any rate, I guess this is the lengths you have to go to when your game is f2p. Such an intrusive thing that can and will break any piece of software it deems vulnerable on a whim is not for me but maybe other people are into that.2 points -
T-Mobile launches free 5G for first responders, offers free iPhone SE to customers
excalpius and one other reacted to Mockingbird for a topic
>Additionally, as a way of thanking its customers, T-Mobile is offering a free iPhone SE with bill credits to Sprint and T-Mobile customers starting Friday, May 22 and until Monday, May 25. To get the new iPhone SE, you'll need to trade in your current device and pay the sales tax on the new phone, and either be on a T-Mobile or Sprint postpaid plan or switch to one, with no requirements to add additional lines. Are you sure that you don't need to add a line to be eligible for deal?2 points -
Razer refreshes the Blade Pro 17 with a 300Hz display and Comet Lake processors
spikey_richie and one other reacted to spy beef for a topic
Intel + 300Hz display = 1 minute battery life2 points -
Windows NT 3.5 and original Xbox source code leaks
wingliston and one other reacted to George P for a topic
The NT3.5 leak means little to nothing at this point. The bigger story is probably the OG Xbox leak that could help emulators, maybe.2 points -
Windows NT 3.5 and original Xbox source code leaks
Jim K and one other reacted to shockz for a topic
Not legally. Any code that shows up from NT source would be DMCA'ed so fast it'd make their heads spin for years.2 points -
Sea of Thieves coming to Steam on June 3 with full cross-play support
Astra.Xtreme and one other reacted to Figure 8 Dash for a topic
I wish this game had some sort of progression. I got bored of it before the first beta was over. I didn't hate the gameplay but it felt a little pointless without a goal to work towards. Not being able to customize my character's face/body didn't help either. Though I think that was changed.2 points -
Windows NT 3.5 and original Xbox source code leaks
Nas and one other reacted to IvxnFajardo for a topic
It can't and won't for various reasons, first being that right now they are targeting Windows Server 2003 compatibility (wich is waaay ahead of NT 3.5, and most importantly, because ReactOS can exist because the team writes its own code and uses some open source code, if they even look at that leaked code, let alone borrow some from it, then they will be on legal trouble and the project can shut down.2 points -
Civilization VI is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week
HoochieMamma and one other reacted to Brony for a topic
https://i.redd.it/s22ixzfa13931.jpg2 points -
Civilization VI is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week
BoondockSaint and one other reacted to Xenon for a topic
This is a great game. Highly recommended.2 points -
Doom Eternal's Denuvo anti-cheat implementation will be rolled back, id announces
RaulMR and one other reacted to farmeunit for a topic
Quake Champions is already ruined with all the cheating, seems they can't do anything right. That's true. Quake Champions is full of cheaters. But if you ruin the game with anticheats! what gives? In Portugal we have a saying: " If you don't die of the disease you die of the "cure"". Ruin the game with anticheat? What is being ruined? I agree if it causes the crashes or causes issues with legitimate players, but frankly I have no sympathy for people that cheat in games. One of the lower forms of humans. Same with Siege. Ruined by cheaters. Makes me not even want to play online, but I do still love the game. It's just frustrating.2 points -
Verizon announces rollout of 5G uploads in 35 cities and other milestones
+hedleigh and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Please tell me you are joking.2 points -
The National Advertising Review Board tells AT&T to stop saying 5G Evolution
ad47uk and one other reacted to dead.cell for a topic
Didn't the 77 towers burned take place in the UK of all places? I'm confused here. UK supports Trump?2 points -
Twitter announces new labels for misleading COVID-19 posts
adrynalyne and one other reacted to mudslag for a topic
Where exactly did the WHO say "no evidence of human to human transmission"? That goes against everything that I have read about COVID-19. They were saying that when it first started making the news in late Dec - Jan Source? Pretty much every newscast at the time look for yourself then it should be easy for you to back it up with a few news clips. When you make claims, it’s on you to back it up.2 points -
Intel Tiger Lake doubles GPU performance of Ice Lake in leaked benchmark
spaceship9876 and one other reacted to +audacioustrash for a topic
I wish Intel stop focusing on GPUs and focus more on their CPUs.2 points -
Skype and Teams interoperability rollout completion further pushed to end of June
dustojnikhummer and one other reacted to Joshie for a topic
For all the mess in the history of Teams, Skype, S4B and so on, it's amazing that they might finally get all of them talking to each other faster than Google cleans up their Chat dumpster fire.2 points -
Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert will be partially open-sourced alongside remaster launch
Nogib and one other reacted to ryuh3d for a topic
Huh. So a game that came out in 2008 has a worse UI than one that came out in 2010? Who would have thought?2 points -
Twitter begins testing the ability to restrict replies to tweets
SecretAgentMan and one other reacted to Joshie for a topic
Sounds like the sort of thing that's perfectly reasonable on a social network (control over who can post something that would effectively be visible on your profile). But somehow I imagine this will upset someone with a red hat somewhere. "Twitter" + "restrict" = angry magaderps2 points -
Twitter announces new labels for misleading COVID-19 posts
matthiew and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Where exactly did the WHO say "no evidence of human to human transmission"? That goes against everything that I have read about COVID-19. They were saying that when it first started making the news in late Dec - Jan Source? Pretty much every newscast at the time look for yourself No need. Debunked above as stupid #### taken out of context.2 points -
Microsoft delivers updates to Visual Studio 2019, plus a new preview
Skwerl and one other reacted to neufuse for a topic
package managers need update all the time too * shrugs *2 points -
Riot Games' Valorant is out June 2, will enable automatic cheater banning systems
Neonix1 reacted to BoondockSaint for a topic
Games like this easily suck in younger audiences. Parents think it's just another cartoony shooter and don't even think about what the software is doing in the background. Riot can throw all the slogans about how good their anti-cheat software is, but it amounts to a rootkit. Once installed, they can update it with any monitoring they deem fit and bury the notes in EULAs nobody reads. And even without that - all the data the game & current iteration of Vanguard collects is accessible to the Chinese government. You don't need a tinfoil hat to see how that is a very bad thing.1 point -
iPhone 12 may not come with EarPods in the box
adrynalyne reacted to Asharae for a topic
I am a fully subscribed member of the Apple family (watch, TV, phone, MBP, airport etc) and normally see a reason why they have done something. However, if they got rid of *ALL* the ports, then I'm out. @adrynalyne is right, its no way mature enough1 point -
Firefox Reality public release now on the Microsoft Store
wingliston reacted to Joshie for a topic
And yet regular old Firefox doesn't get to go onto the regular old Microsoft Store.1 point -
Civilization VI is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week
Brony reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
The 10 Euro coupon is nice. Both BL3 DLC for just 10Euros instead of 30? I don't like Epic as much as the new guy, but that thing is tempting.1 point -
YouTube announces new feature to remind you when it's time for bed
+Dick Montage reacted to cork1958 for a topic
A bed time reminder? I know when it's bed time all on my own!1 point -
iPhone 12 may not come with EarPods in the box
ZakO reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
A move like this is to save Apple money, not the consumer.1 point -
Intel Tiger Lake doubles GPU performance of Ice Lake in leaked benchmark
PeterTHX reacted to Paul1979UK for a topic
They have to focus on both because in many areas, both matter, especially on the low and mid tier of PC's and they know AMD is ramping up it's igpu performance so if Intel ignored that, it would make the Ryzen cpu's more appealing for more people, especially lower end user or mobile chips.1 point -
Doom Eternal's Denuvo anti-cheat implementation will be rolled back, id announces
margrave reacted to Steven P. for a topic
Wow!1 point -
Android 11 will still say 5Ge, even if you're not on real 5G
Jazmac reacted to tsupersonic for a topic
Great, just when AT&T was told to stop using the 5Ge moniker...1 point -
Microsoft Edge Canary gets updated with Pinterest integration
FunkyMike reacted to RaidenX for a topic
I'd rather have a feature that removes all pinterest image results when searching. Appending "-site:domain_to_exclude" is a pita since pinterest has multiple domains.1 point -
Doom Eternal's Denuvo anti-cheat implementation will be rolled back, id announces
wingliston reacted to kiddingguy for a topic
And just see how the storm will end. But it hugely backfired.... And, now we're rolling back. What (negative) social can and will do. Maybe some learnings here? And keep involving and actually listening to your customer/players? And not thinking that you know it all and can do it all!1 point -
Intel Tiger Lake doubles GPU performance of Ice Lake in leaked benchmark
Nas reacted to ZipZapRap for a topic
AMD has always been on top for price-to-performance. They also now have total performance under their belt. Great outcome, so please I switched over last year.1 point -
Twitter begins testing the ability to restrict replies to tweets
waysidesc reacted to dead.cell for a topic
This should upset anyone. It means if you flood the network with nonsense, you can then control the conversation to reinforce the message. Left wing, right wing, pick a direction, it's open to abuse. It's also prone to abuse by companies. I'm not sure how you guys don't see that.1 point -
The National Advertising Review Board tells AT&T to stop saying 5G Evolution
dead.cell reacted to waysidesc for a topic
Didn't the 77 towers burned take place in the UK of all places? I'm confused here. UK supports Trump? Remember to whom you are writing. Consider the source.1 point -
Samsung Galaxy Note20+ could ship with a 108MP camera
margrave reacted to dead.cell for a topic
Phones have become just a new scam in my opinion. Not worth it. The new iPhone SE at $400 made the case perfect that a $1000 phone was just silly. Pretty much. Walk away with an iPhone SE, AirPods, Watch for $760... with 5 year support on the phone, flagship CPU, and devices that work well together. I'm about to get my grandmother setup for the heart monitoring finally. Too many close scares.1 point -
Samsung Galaxy Note20+ could ship with a 108MP camera
dead.cell reacted to margrave for a topic
Phones have become just a new scam in my opinion. Not worth it. The new iPhone SE at $400 made the case perfect that a $1000 phone was just silly.1 point -
The National Advertising Review Board tells AT&T to stop saying 5G Evolution
shockz reacted to waruikoohii for a topic
The super ironic thing about this is during the 3G -> 4G transition, T-Mobile did essentially this by rebranding their 3G network as a 4G network. Pot calling the kettle black.1 point -
Mafia Trilogy includes a remake, a remaster, and a re-release
ThaCrip reacted to +E.Worm Jimmy for a topic
I don't know when you played it, but I got it on release. It was buggy as hell, you could sit down with the group of enemies in sight and they will magically unsee you. it was a joke to play. maybe they fixed it with patches, but by that time I lost interest and moved on. I am really looking forward to Mafia 1 though... Wonder if they keep that 1 race super hard, I think I spend over 5 hours to win 1 single race to move on... The first game was so good, I just kept on trying again and again. Nowadays, some games story takes only 5 hours. The race is not that hard. Just don't drive like a lunatic and use brakes. dustojnikhummer ; did you play it pre-patch? ; because after they patched the game the racing mission was a lot easier to win to where unless you suck at racing games you will comfortably win. but prior to the patch it takes many retries to where it's almost luck since you have to drive pretty much perfectly to win. thank you. I was wondering what was up. i was by far not the worst player in the room, but it took FOREVER to beat it. yes, of course i played the release version, i never had any patches applied.1 point -
Spotify is adding Joe Rogan's podcast as its latest exclusive
+Dick Montage reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
And... why exactly?1 point -
Google: No more custom AI tools for oil and gas firms
MeWhoElse77 reacted to BigBoy for a topic
In related news - Google lands a large defense department contract: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/2...-department-of-defense.html But you know - posturing and virtue signaling is important.1 point -
Twitter announces new labels for misleading COVID-19 posts
matthiew reacted to zhangm for a topic
Where exactly did the WHO say "no evidence of human to human transmission"? That goes against everything that I have read about COVID-19. They were saying that when it first started making the news in late Dec - Jan Source? A cherry-picked fragment of a tweet: https://www.truthorfiction.com...navirus-on-january-14-2020/ The WHO message was passing on a statement issued by the Chinese government. Placing the issue further in context of a novel pathogen: you start with a few sick people that share a group of symptoms. Run normal tests and normal treatments, then realize that the pathogen is new. Now you have a population with an unknown number of infected and you have to build new tests from scratch and demonstrate that they are accurate and effective (negligible false-positives, false-negatives). Once you have that, you can confirm patients that are infected, and start testing people that turn up in contact-tracing the initial patients. If you have a small patient pool and the contacts that turn up sick also share mutual potential sources of infection (for example they all are workers or visitors at a zoo) then you have to also deal with the possibility that the infection came from one or a few non-human sources. If provided a pure sample, a well-equipped academic research lab could probably kludge together a functional test kit in two weeks based on detection of nucleic acids. Antibody-based detection kits take longer to make from scratch. Getting through the process of proving clearly takes time without unethical measures, like taking a sick person and having them intentionally trying to infect healthy people.1 point -
PayPal adds support for QR code payments in 28 markets
bearda reacted to stadii for a topic
I've seen poeple on flea markets using it to pay for things. One seller had a printed PayPal QR code out. As these are private sellers, they won't have a credit card reader.1 point -
Vivaldi adds Startpage as search option under new agreement
matthiew reacted to 1qa2ws for a topic
Reminder that Startpage.com has been compromised. It was bought by System1, an advertising and data harvesting company. Do not use it.1 point -
Project Reunion is Microsoft's new plan to unify UWP and Win32
JesConradsen reacted to Mobius Enigma for a topic
I agree, somewhat... Microsoft integration and consolidating the frameworks and UI technologies has been a hot mess trying to adapt to the crazy 90 and 180 degree application layer changes. Note though, you are conflating a few things that are just not related and don't require any work for legacy software support or merging the technologies forward. For example there is no bringing forward DOS/Win16 age anything. Also the 32bit and 64bit frameworks are essentially identical, requiring nothing old being brought forward. Just cause Win32 development sounds like it is 32bit, it isn't. The original design of NT used the Win32 subsystem and framework, which was replaced with a 40bit and 64bit version on the Dec Alpha in the 90s and Windows XP 64bit editions for AMD64 and now dead IA64 platforms. Windows' Win32 has been a fully 64bit framework for nearly 20 years, meaning there is no additional work to deal with 32bit code. See SysWow64 to understand how this works and how 32bit and 64bit co-exist on Windows x64.(On AMD/Intel this is additionally transparent with binary transparency to the OS, due to how AMD64 works. Even on ARM, 32bit x86 binaries run in a similar manner, but through the translation layer.) There is no need to kill Win32, Windows doesn't carry the weight with it that a similar technology does on other OSes. Win32 can live on forever and still work, even if its subsystem is fully separated. However, even now portions of DirectX and UWP still run inside the Win32 subsystem. Hopefully this will change, but even then, Win32 just becomes a secondary Subsystem, and like the Linux subsystem can just run if needed, without adding any work or resource consumption when it is not actively being used. In summary... WinUI is the latest in a series of messes at Microsoft, and I agree with that sentiment completely; however, the legacy transition of the existing frameworks won't be the issue if they ever can settle on a true path forward - maybe this is it, even though it has changed a couple times since November 2019.1 point -
Is there a motherboard shortage?
jnelsoninjax reacted to +Warwagon for a topic
Getting highly annoyed with amazon.. ordered a laptop replacement fan on May 1st and it will be arriving tomrrow, and it said prime. Amazon needs to give out some serious refunds on prime memberships otherwise they may seem a large amounts of Prime cancellations. Lets just say if I was paying monthly for Prime I would cancel.1 point