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  1. These companies are so out of touch with reality lol
    8 points
  2. Interesting. I just canceled my subscription on the 24th, and had no idea this was coming. Guess I made a wise choice, as I definitely do not watch $64.99 worth of television every month.
    5 points
  3. Use Firefox with DuckDuckGo if you care about privacy. FTFY.
    5 points
  4. Possible Surface Pro X with Snapdragon 8cx Plus spotted on Geekbench

    Qualcomm chips are such a limiting factor, while Apple has taken a substantial lead. I wouldn't be surprised if honestly this gets killed off (again) by Microsoft. The Surface Pro X is just way too expensive, with limitations.
    4 points
  5. Facebook will have its hate speech controls audited

    There is no more freedom of speech in this Country to start with. Microsoft, Coca Cola and other companies with their act show they are against freedom of speech. It will be interesting how this pans out with Facebook but my advice is...avoid social media and any dealings with these companies all together.
    4 points
  6. you will justify anything that microsoft does but if the same is done by a competitor you will trash talk them. please geta....
    4 points
  7. ... you do know safari isn't on windows anymore correct?
    4 points
  8. and companies wonder why live tv piracy still exists
    3 points
  9. annnnnnnnnd it now costs more then me just having cable tv with the same channels...
    3 points
  10. YouTube TV: Welcome back to cable.
    3 points
  11. Like I am going to waste my money on their subscription haha.
    3 points
  12. Facebook will have its hate speech controls audited

    How does one really go about defining the word "Hate"? What does it include? This can't be really define giving that "hate" is just a passionate dislike for someone or someone else opinion. This means that anything and everything that gets put on the internet can be called "Hate speech".
    3 points
  13. I always found this weird anyway. I want *my* photos in my Google Photos photostream, not all the ones other people send me. Sometimes I'm scrolling through my memories and see a very random photo; then after a little puzzlement I realise it must have been one that someone in a WhatsApp group I was part of posted ages ago, and who I don't even know.
    3 points
  14. Use Firefox with DuckDuckGo if you care about privacy. FTFY. and want S**ty search results.
    3 points
  15. That is some Facebook/Google level maneuver right there.
    3 points
  16. Microsoft has paused ads on Facebook and Instagram

    I really wish we could resolve once and for all whether the big social media sites are platforms or publishers.
    3 points
  17. Microsoft has paused ads on Facebook and Instagram

    Nice virtue signaling. However, many companies are cutting back on advertising during the new recession we're in, to save cash. Great PR though.
    3 points
  18. I think i'll stick to watching Free youtube. I watch more free youtube than I do any other streaming service by far.
    2 points
  19. so how long before someone makes windows 10 installable on apple's arm PCs.
    2 points
  20. I have a feeling they're going to see a lot of cancellations. What a rip off.
    2 points
  21. $64.99.... MONTHLY?! 🤣🤣🤣
    2 points
  22. Facebook will have its hate speech controls audited

    Anything you say other people don't like or it goes against policies these companies have for their Culture politics can be identified as hate speech. Trust me, just avoid it all together and mind your own business. That juice ain't worth the squeeze and if you do get in position to express your opinion just say I do not understand anything and play dumb.
    2 points
  23. Facebook will have its hate speech controls audited

    To Facebook EVERYTHING is either hate speech or racism. They are like the North Korea of the social networks. If you say something they don't like even if it's just a stupid comment they either kill you (vanish your account) or jail you for a long time. There is just no more freedom of speech in that site.
    2 points
  24. Sound Blaster Z / Zx / ZxR Modded Driver for Windows 10

    In Windows 10 build 1803, Microsoft made some kernel changes related to hardware timers that broke a lot of device drivers and caused high latency on many systems (especially on older motherboards). Ever since then, Sound Blaster Z / Zx / ZxR series are plagued with issues such as audio stuttering, crackling, popping, and sudden channel swapping. It's been 2 years and Creative Labs hasn't done enough to fix these issues. And therefore, I'd like to introduce a modified driver based on the official software release from September 2019 and Windows Update driver release from January 2020. This release is intended to solve issues and will not bring any new features. Instructions: Temporarily disable driver signature enforcement (hold down the SHIFT key while you click on the Restart button in the start menu, select Troubleshoot, Advanced options, Startup Settings, press on the Restart button, wait for the Startup Settings screen to appear and then press on 7), extract the SFX anywhere you want, and then run setup.exe as administrator. Downloads: Mirror #1 | Mirror #2 | Mirror #3
    2 points
  25. Linus did a video recently on the Liqid LQD4500, pcie 4, 8 nvme slots so you can have 32TB of storage at ~30GiB/s
    2 points
  26. Will be nice to have an Android wear watch that doesn't preform like ass. But a lot of that also has to do with a lot of watches that have 500MB of ram.
    2 points
  27. you will justify anything that microsoft does but if the same is done by a competitor you will trash talk them. please geta.... how such a person ever was chosen as 'mvc' is one of the great mysteries of our time.
    2 points
  28. Good. Mostly get junk on WhatsApp anyways.
    2 points
  29. Xbox Live head Dan McCulloch is leaving Microsoft

    Looks like a boilerplate American resignation announcement. The template form is like this: Saying you are living, you've made a lot of friends, it was a great opportunity, and finally, you are moving on the next best thing. Even Richard Garriott's fake resignation announcement had such a form. Only it was fake and he sued NCsoft over it. Lots of stuff follows some pre-set templet and you just fill in some blanks. Doesn't matter much in the end, 15 years is a pretty good run at a company. And there's not much left to do around Xbox Live, they've added Game Pass, and xCloud is set and on the way, job done for now.
    2 points
  30. Firefox 78.0.1 [Update]

    Yes, Neowin seem to do this all the time. IIRC the final binaries were released on the FTP once in the past and then pulled at the let minute due to an issue. That's some of the things I find problematic with scouring the FTP servers as an example. I'm not totally against the use of Mozilla's FTP servers for perhaps downloading Nightly Camino browser builds(when that browser was around) or to download Firefox before anyone else has it. It's just that Neowin isn't a hidden secret place on the internet and your average Joe might just stumble upon this article saying that something is released in the headline and the goes off to the races with the links and all. It's all good except when Mozilla pulls an update because of - whatever reason; perhaps security or not having fixed the appearance on the contextual menus on macOS. edit: I just think I went automatic in my rant.. not intended Agreed, i've posted comments in the past on Firefox release threads due to this. It seems to be primarily Firefox that Neowin do this with and not other software, it's strange.
    2 points
  31. Firefox 78.0.1 [Update]

    Yes, Neowin seem to do this all the time. IIRC the final binaries were released on the FTP once in the past and then pulled at the let minute due to an issue. That's some of the things I find problematic with scouring the FTP servers as an example. I'm not totally against the use of Mozilla's FTP servers for perhaps downloading Nightly Camino browser builds(when that browser was around) or to download Firefox before anyone else has it. It's just that Neowin isn't a hidden secret place on the internet and your average Joe might just stumble upon this article saying that something is released in the headline and the goes off to the races with the links and all. It's all good except when Mozilla pulls an update because of - whatever reason; perhaps security or not having fixed the appearance on the contextual menus on macOS. edit: I just think I went automatic in my rant.. not intended
    2 points
  32. Firefox 78.0.1 [Update]

    Firefox 78 is not out. Not officially via any public download streams. I don't think it's proper to have these announcements made when there's not a release. It might appear on their FTP server, but for the everyday-man/woman/hen/mermaid/bebop that's not the case. The next headline will probably be "Firefox 78.0.1 is released for download and you can get it now - it's available yo!"
    2 points
  33. If the data is only stored locally, and never set to any Microsoft owned or influenced web address, then there really is no privacy problem with this function.
    2 points
  34. If you simply go through this as intended, you are given the option for Edge *not* to import your data. But apparently, those people who kill the on-boarding process via Task Manager are ending up with Edge in an unintended state, and thus experience the "privacy violations". It's like pulling the power plug on your PC to prevent Windows from finishing an automatic update, and then complaining that "Windows updates trashed my PC". Karma.
    2 points
  35. Neowin.net Minecraft Server (Old Server)

    yep it's letting me connect now. not sure what was up earlier. Server is updated now and Nether reset. I'll see if any plugins need updated tomorrow. Let us know if there are any issues with the server folks
    2 points
  36. It makes the user experience faster and more pleasant! (c) sh1tty product manager
    2 points
  37. So it imports the data before you agree and deletes it when you say no? That's pretty ridiculous logic there.
    2 points
  38. One extra GPU core unlocked, but I've been reading that the CPU has 4 cores disabled and the remaining cores clocked down. With all of that, it hits around the same as the i5 6500k that I'm typing this out on, and that's not too shabby at all
    2 points
  39. Really? This again? It was no headphone jack now no charger. No headphone jack went away very quickly and everyone else followed. No charger will do the same for the same reasons. It would be interesting to look at spy's anti apple comment history but I cant be bothered. Just because everyone else followed doesn't mean Apple did the right thing.
    2 points
  40. Microsoft has paused ads on Facebook and Instagram

    What ads? i never see this shiat. Ublock is a mofo.
    2 points
  41. Give Apple time to create new faux benchmarks that will make them look good. i don't recall a major company who doesn't indulge in publishing faux data to make them look good. there;s nothing wrong, it's refreshing to see the second largest desktop company ackowledge(indirectly) the need for non-intel chips in desktop space, and direct its efforts to promote the alternate ARM platform. hopefully, with sufficient support and investment, it will gain traction among users, developers and enterprises, and even if it turns out a small a chunck, it will at least see progress in chip tech and give competition to intel.
    2 points
  42. Geekbench scores are useless. That said, whatever Craig Fedirighi said sounds like utter horse now. But it's alpha, let's give em 5 more years to see where it goes.
    2 points
  43. Misleading/clickbait title. Should have said clearly in the title that automatic backup is being opted out of by default, but manual enabling remains an option
    1 point
  44. Microsoft might announce the Xbox Series S in August

    I'm so mixed about this, looking it from the developer's perspective. If this means that the console will be supported for many years to come, wouldn't this create a lot of trouble for developers to support a much inferior console? They will already have some trouble designing experiences cross-platform this generation (as the PS5 has an architecture that insta-inject assets into the GPU potentially removing those strange world design decisions that made players walk or move longer to load the assets, whereas the Series X doesn't, even with its Velocity Architecture). Now with a lower TFLOPs count this means that they can't just go as wild as they could and now have to support this inferior version.
    1 point
  45. Microsoft has paused ads on Facebook and Instagram

    Yeah how dare Microsoft not want its ads appearing next to pure hate. How dare they!!!!! Pure hate? An odd comment to make. Are you referring to Trump's ignorance or something else?
    1 point
  46. Google Play Store could once again show app update notifications

    they did allow it to be toggled on/off in the Play Store settings before which is why I never understood why they just removed them all together.
    1 point
  47. Indian government bans 59 Chinese apps because of diplomatic tensions

    I never understood why so many people use any of the UC crap.
    1 point
  48. Feel worthy upgrade for my i7 5930, but then again might as well milk the cpu for few more upgrade cycles hard to justify upgrading full pc , unless motherboard are dead first then , I would go for it then Let save $$$ 😝 i may endup with i7 15900 ( sily naming )
    1 point
  49. The retail stores were a leftover from the Ballmer era, and they never made much sense other than a way to boost the Surface line. The Surface line doesn't need the retail support anymore, so the main goal behind the stores, IMO, is over. Digital retail is winning the day, it's clear to see. I disagree. I've gone through a few Surface Pros and always got Microsoft Complete coverage on them. A few issues I've had over the years, I could easily drop by my Microsoft Store, get quickly assisted without having to schedule an appointment, and was served my choice of either one of their sodas they had to offer or bottled water. I got a replacement Surface Pro each visit. Since I don't live in a flagship market, I imagine I'll have to deal with packaging and shipping the device for repairs, waiting days/weeks to hopefully get a replacement or have it repaired, and that's just a lot of time to not be able to use what should be a primary computing device. Or I could just get a Mac and have a similar (maybe not as great) experience if repairs are needed, or deal with Best Buy's/Costco's so-so system for repairs. Microsoft Stores weren't just places to sell stuff. They were useful for repairs, servicing, classes, demoing, and other stuff that their third party retail vendors have never been as competent at. There's a reason why they started Microsoft Stores to begin with, but they've killed a lot of consumers products/services over the decade, so it's not a wonder why the Stores weren't doing so well.
    1 point
  50. Internet Download Manager (IDM) 6.37 Build 16

    IDM 6.37 Build 16 is out.
    1 point