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  1. Apple will close some U.S. stores after a spike in COVID-19 cases

    Things were opened in spite of the statistics. Reopen based on trials and scientific models, rather than arbitrary bs. Apple like others are putting greed ahead of safety. Notice the huge spikes are in anti-mask populations that pushed to reopen early.(aka Trump Red States)
    5 points
  2. Dang, what went wrong? Titanfall 2 is one of my all-time favorite games. I actually reinstalled it on Origin to prepare for the multiplayer revival from the new Steam players
    4 points
  3. I am in need of a new printer, please suggest some!

    Everyone in this thread:
    3 points
  4. Russia removes two-year ban on messaging app Telegram

    How little you know of Telegram and it’s founder.
    3 points
  5. Microsoft is pushing out its new Edge browser to Windows 7 and 8.1

    The third paragraph is especially revealing. Maybe, just maybe, some of the more mature and intelligent employees at MS are finally (!) realizing that WIndows-10 isn't nearly the home run they were led to believe. WIndows-7 is very alive and well, albeit somewhat old. However, its reliability and ease of use more than fulfill many users' needs.
    2 points
  6. Microsoft is pushing out its new Edge browser to Windows 7 and 8.1

    Good Move.
    2 points
  7. OnePlus co-founder hints that OnePlus Z could launch at $299

    Not to mention, the phone will get updates for at least 3 years from OnePlus.
    2 points
  8. OnePlus co-founder hints that OnePlus Z could launch at $299

    Low pricing, that's more like OP. Good move if true, that's enough hardware for the majority of phone buyers out there.
    2 points
  9. Successor to Windows 10?

    At some point they'll drop the number and it'll just be 'Windows' and whatever the newest version is at the time. Much like Ubuntu does. I think 10X is going to be the future of Windows in the long run though, the new shell/UX, containers for everything for more security and stability, and so on. We'll see what the marketing guys think up, but I'm pretty sure 10 is the last branded version we're going to get.
    2 points
  10. Successor to Windows 10?

    MS designed Windows 10 as a SaaS. They said that they were going away with big, major releases, and will switch to small to medium releases with incremental updates. They even called it "the last version of Windows", and that Windows 10 will continuously improve over time. Windows 10X is a new version of Windows 10 developed towards the new dual-screen hardware, but is currently put on-hold by MS due to the COVID-19 situation. Due to this, they said that they'll be incorporating these exciting big new changes to future updates of Windows 10. We'll start to see those changes in 21H1. I honestly doubt that we will see a "Windows 11" or such in the future, unless MS change their current OS strategy. Windows 10 will still and always be MS latest OS.
    2 points
  11. Russia removes two-year ban on messaging app Telegram

    The ban that wasn't. For two years, telegram.com was banned in Russia, but anyone could download the app from the Play Store and use it without any restrictions.
    2 points
  12. I expect this will go over as well as Google+ did to take on Facebook.
    2 points
  13. In all honesty, I don't care or mind. I'd rather wait additional months if they feel they need that to achieve desired levels of quality. Sure waiting months to play most anticipated game is annoying, but nowhere near as annoying as waiting devs for months to fix issues you're experiencing while already playing the game. So, yeah, take your time CDPR. Sometimes few months of extra work can separate ultimate experience from just "good".
    2 points
  14. How long till they shut it down?
    2 points
  15. Refreshing to see a publisher do this. If it was any of the big 3, the game would have been out a month ago, with a day one patch bigger than the game itself.
    2 points
  16. I am in need of a new printer, please suggest some!

    Honestly, stick with brother laser printers if you want workhorses with solid drivers for just about any OS. I’ve had them for years and made a huge mistake of switching last time. Never again.
    2 points
  17. Zoom will offer end-to-end encryption to all users

    LOL. Where is tvcat defending them, telling us that we just want something for nothing? It was stupid to offer pay e2e encryption when it’s the clients that are decrypting everything... As an aside, I’ve a feeling this company is just telling everyone what they want to hear and nothing much else.
    2 points
  18. Microsoft is pushing out its new Edge browser to Windows 7 and 8.1

    Been giving Chromium Edge a run these past few days and am rather impressed. It makes me wonder why Microsoft persevered so long with the disappointing original Edge.
    1 point
  19. LOL. So cases will spike your right about that, but a spike from 1 new case per day to 12 new cases is much more reasonable than lets say....3,822 new cases in Florida....
    1 point
  20. Microsoft is pushing out its new Edge browser to Windows 7 and 8.1

    Not only that but some OEM PCs can't even get W10. My mother AIO from Dell couldn't run W8 or 10 without going insane. Windows 8 OEM machines have not been sold in almost a decade. Sounds like low quality OEM hardware is to blame
    1 point
  21. Apple will close some U.S. stores after a spike in COVID-19 cases

    This makes the case for DIY repair
    1 point
  22. Microsoft is pushing out its new Edge browser to Windows 7 and 8.1

    It's not bad, I still prefer Firefox but I'm glad they are including a nice browser now. Also it's probably just me being weird but I hate the phrase "pushing out" for software, like they are giving birth to it or something. Seems to mostly be a Neowin thing, what happened to just using the word released?
    1 point
  23. Not sure I completely follow the logic. As things reopen, cases will spike. That's just the way it is. So it makes more sense to me for them to either stay closed, or open up and own it...
    1 point
  24. Space dogfighting game Star Wars: Squadrons unveiled, comes with VR support

    Actually VR is available on PC as well and this game will be best played with a flight yoke or gamepad. Who the hell plays a flight sim with a keyboard and mouse anyway!!?! I don't have VR for my PC, I already have it on my PS4. And I grew up playing MS Flight Sim, X-Wing and many others using keyboard and mouse -as did many others. I used to remember those days when those games were popular and most used to play them with a flight stick, you can play with mouse and keyboard but they played better with a flight stick. I fully disagree. Back in the 486 days, having a game input was a LOT less common than it is now. While nobody can argue that a flight stick isn't better, many people still used mouse and keyboard. It depends on the games and clearly mouse and keyboard was always going to be the main controllers but I remember a lot of gamers using flight sticks back then because many games took advantage of them back then. Many games did, and it was a golden era for more in-depth flight sims where people were more into the mapping out, planning, and so on rather than fancy graphics. I'm not disputing any of that, but your average home user did not have these. I remember seeing many gamers in the mid to late 90's that had flight sticks as part of the PC build they bought, it was quite a common sight back then even with people I knew but somewhere around 2005, they went out of favour, probably because we didn't see many games that took advantage of them and more focus was going on console like games. Still thought, it's easy enough to get flight sticks and many games can be done to work with them quite well today. Mid to late 90s? I'm talking about a game from 1992! I wasn't into PC gaming back then, more Amiga gaming and only got into PC gaming around 1995 so can only comment on what I remember it being like back then and onwards. Hahahaha, I had SO many different Amiga controllers. My father owned a company that had distribution rights for Quickshot joysticks, so I was always trying out unreleased models and weird controllers. Moving to PC in like 1991, the market for controllers was either "crappy ones that looked like they were from a BBC Micro" or "Really expensive flight yokes that amateur pilots used". I had a few controllers on the Amiga, one called the bug or something like that, I just remember it being blue lol, I had the quickshot joysticks but never liked them. My favourite one was the Konix Speedking, that thing was bullet proof lol, I mean I've seen people throw them at walls in a fit of rage many times like my brother used to do lol and yet that thing keeps working, my friend still has his from around 30 years ago and it's still working, got to give credit to the Germans, when they build something, they build them to last. After the Amiga days, I mostly went to keyboard and mouse controls with some games using a gamepad, I didn't really use keyboard controls on the Amiga with many games even thought many supported that but I do remember using the mouse for some games. Man I still miss the Amiga days even to this day lol, especially the A1200 which I had a hard drive in it as it give me that real sense of using a computer in the same way we use PC's now, never had that with any of the other platforms.
    1 point
  25. OnePlus co-founder hints that OnePlus Z could launch at $299

    Not to mention, the phone will get updates for at least 3 years from OnePlus. And the excellent support from the community for even longer
    1 point
  26. I am in need of a new printer, please suggest some!

    man that's like the inverse of my Canon MCF726 printer... every time I print it trips the circuit breakers 😂 (AFCI breakers had them for some reason, had to put it behind a UPS to stop this)
    1 point
  27. Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay unveiled in a new trailer

    Maybe, but it sounds pretty cool/promising! I'm sure I'll never get around to playing it (nor do I have friends to play games with anymore) but the whole premise presented in the video sounds pretty awesome. Virtual meeting to plan weapon loadouts with your squadron mates, then go fight? Sounds pretty fun and immersive. I like how they let you customize your ship too. Too many games just gloss over the whole customization aspect, which is a huge amount of fun in itself. I was playing Forza 7 at my brother-in-law's house and literally spent about 6 hours customizing a car to make it look exactly like my car in real life. (Then I beefed up the performance a lot, so that I could crush his supercars with it lol) Time well spent :D
    1 point
  28. I am in need of a new printer, please suggest some!

    It turns out that the printer still works, just the outlet it was plugged into does not!
    1 point
  29. Microsoft Surface Go 2 receives June firmware update

    Says someone who probably doesn't own one and just look at specs. For casual tasks, it's more than fine. It is slower than a 4210U in my Thinkpad and that thing is sluggish AF. I have a Surface Go (1st gen, 8 GB RAM / 128 GB SSD), and it beats the socks of my Surface Pro 2 (i5-4300U). The Surface Pro 2 is super sluggish even with a fresh install of Windows 10. The CPU in the Surface Pro 2 is miles better than the Go 1.
    1 point
  30. Do you support the idea of Mac OS on the Raspberry Pi?

    Absolutely, hacking it on is cool. But then it becomes a novelty or curiosity. Not the agendas the OP posted.
    1 point
  31. Do you support the idea of Mac OS on the Raspberry Pi?

    most people would do it just for the fun of it and just to say they could. doesn't always have to be a useful adaption. Same reason we've seen the likes of Windows 95 put on iPads and such lol
    1 point
  32. Do you support the idea of Mac OS on the Raspberry Pi?

    I prefer that Pies sit on open window sills until they are cooled... 😛
    1 point
  33. Well maybe i had some luck but it worked for me with the copy from Xbox Game Pass, it found it and unlocked another copy in GOG! 😊
    1 point
  34. Linux support would be great to. Also wonder if they’re just reselling another VPN or fully set up their own servers etc.
    1 point
  35. Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay unveiled in a new trailer

    I hope they have an option to turn off the cockpit and play with a HUD for non-VR. Otherwise that's going to be really annoying. Also, yet another Star Wars game that just tics boxes but has no soul to it.
    1 point
  36. Google removed over 70 malicious Chrome add-ons from its web store

    Wow, this is a surprise. /s It is nice to see Google actually do something, but this is little more than servicing their PR, as there are several extensions on our own tiny internal list that Google won't address. Same reason to not trust the Extension Store is the same reason not to trust Apps from the Play Store. Google does nothing to check security or Server side App changes updates, and this is just the tip of the iceberg of a horrifically bad security model.
    1 point
  37. Well I tried it. Crash-tastically fabulous. Uninstalled it.
    1 point
  38. I like free Whopper & french fries from last week.
    1 point
  39. Physical copies have resell value, digital does not. I don't know if convenience is worth not being able to resell your games for some money once you finish them. I usually never go back to it once I have finished playing through a game. I long decided that the $5 I can receive for a game does not even cost the time (and gas) it takes to drive to the store. I am being generous with saying $5 most of the time the value of a game is much lower. I guarantee you that if you buy The Last of Us 2 (coming out tomorrow) and finish it in 2-3 weeks, you'll probably be able to sell for at least 80% of its value on Craigslist.
    1 point
  40. Russia removes two-year ban on messaging app Telegram

    I tried signal but none of my contacts has it. The vast majority of people around here use WhatsApp, Telegram is relegated to second place. They need to add video call. video calls are supposed to be coming this year.
    1 point
  41. With COVID-19 I think it'd be a bit unfair for activating crunch mode. I'd rather they take their time and release a good product whilst being sound to their employees.
    1 point
  42. Russia removes two-year ban on messaging app Telegram

    I tried signal but none of my contacts has it. The vast majority of people around here use WhatsApp, Telegram is relegated to second place. They need to add video call.
    1 point
  43. Physical copies have resell value, digital does not. I don't know if convenience is worth not being able to resell your games for some money once you finish them. I usually never go back to it once I have finished playing through a game.
    1 point
  44. Cortana Win 10 2020 May update - useless now.......

    Yeah Cortana is pretty useless in The Netherlands except for Dutchie64's use cases (who also lives here)
    1 point
  45. I have more free time in November so this works out even better for me.
    1 point
  46. Dopamine

    Hi everyone! A few hectic months have gone by since the last Dopamine release. This year has not spared us and I hope you are all doing well. Today, I was able to tackle the last issues that I wanted resolved for Dopamine 2.0.2. So today is, release day! This is Dopamine 2.0.2's change log: - [Added] It is now possible to sort albums by year ascending or descending - [Added] Added a smart playlist rule "does not contain" - [Added] Added a Indonesian translation - [Added] Added Serbian translations - [Fixed] Startup crash which is caused by the spectrum analyzer - [Fixed] ".opus" files are ignored - [Fixed] ".aif" files are ignored - [Fixed] When double-clicking a playlist, it is not enqueued. - [Fixed] A crash which occurs when creating a new playlist after deleting the playlists folder - [Fixed] PC goes to sleep while playing music - [Fixed] Fixed a focus stealing issue when skipping inside songs using the arrow keys - [Changed] Updated the Japanese translation - [Changed] Updated the Polish translation As always: enjoy! Download Dopamine
    1 point
  47. You say that but then all of a sudden a friend wants to video chat with you or something. Then what do you do? Perhaps use your phone?
    1 point
  48. You say that but then all of a sudden a friend wants to video chat with you or something. Then what do you do? Probably use the included USB webcam.
    1 point
  49. Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: A Surface Go killer

    No mention of linux app installation (does it work? does it perform well?) and stylus performance (how laggy?). Really interested in these two things...
    1 point
  50. Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: A Surface Go killer

    A well-written and complete article. I do disagree with a few of your positive comments. I received my duet a few days ago and I am really really disappointed. I would submit that the tablet experience is also not great. The performance and the touch experience is not terrible it's just not good either. I was never so happy to get back to using my phone because of the better experience. I could go on. As mentioned in the article, the screen is very nice, though, I find it awkward to hold as a tablet. The battery life is good, the sound is okay and the keyboard is a bit cramped but passable for short use. The problem is it's not especially great at anything, not a great tablet and not a great Chromebook. It's an adequate device and if that's what you can get by with, maybe you'll be happy, I wasn't. $300 is still $300 and could be put towards a Chromebook that does have a great experience at something. That's what I'm going to do. That's just my opinion and experience.
    1 point