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  1. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    Microsoft should ask Apple to submit every show and every movie into a separate app in order to be able to properly represent the age rating of every show.
    10 points
  2. It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

    They're also making a native ARM64 version of Teams to, so there's that. These are nice and they're really just stop gaps until you get more native ARM64 versions of apps. If you don't get one, then you hope each new version of the SoC can boost performance to where even the emulated apps run good so that people don't notice much, if any, difference. Makes me wonder if the future SQ2 could aid with speeding up emulation with some custom hardware bits?
    5 points
  3. It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

    about time. I bet Apple had MS shaking in their boots after the seemingly better looking x86/x64 emulation on their ARM reveal.
    4 points
  4. Here are the new emojis coming in iOS 14.2

    Only 2 gender variations for brides? What happened with other 60 genders???
    4 points
  5. Google adds six Stadia Pro games for October 2020

    Dear god, just bring it behind the shed already...
    4 points
  6. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    🤣 That would be funny. These other guys here did not get the sarcasm. lol
    3 points
  7. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    But video streaming apps on iOS don't force developers to submit each show individually. It's kind of silly how they have one policy for streaming music/tv/movies and another one for games. I mean they're in both markets but I'm guessing they have/make more off of Arcade growing than Apple TV. So they're giving game streaming the middle finger, basically.
    3 points
  8. Pixel 5 leaks in live images hours ahead of official reveal

    The back looks like an uglier iPhone (as if the original wasn't ugly enough).
    3 points
  9. Google announces the new Chromecast with Google TV

    The real story is that apparently there are 6,500 streaming apps
    2 points
  10. It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

    what they really need is native ARM64 version of Visual Studio & VS code, with all first party apps ported to ARM64 asap. Apple pledged native ARM64 variants of all their first party apps at (arm macOS) launch, so that's an impressive progress and instills confidence among everyone on how much they're ready to invest into it. MS has just ported Windows to ARM64, but the only first party apps are the UWP ones or the electron based ones. A native Visual Studio would've helped encourage a lot of developers on board. Additionally Window's selling point was always a lot of hardware options and an open platform. WinARM has always stuck to high end machines, which prevents adoption by fans/devs who are scared to invest in this(esp since their disasters with WinRT and WinPhone). A raspberry pi 4 image, or an affordable ARM mini-PC(like Asus chrome box) could help adoption.
    2 points
  11. For me, SMART has been the most useful monitoring system. That said, I have found when SSDs go, they are gone. Its not a gradual thing to monitor.
    2 points
  12. Skype 8.65 brings "raise hand" and plenty of improvements to Insiders

    Yeah, its getting closer. They are just putting the nails in the coffin one by one
    2 points
  13. Pixel 5 leaks in live images hours ahead of official reveal

    With all these leaks, these events are just a waste of money. We get to see the phone with many more details from the leaks than we get to see them from the event. In just a couple of hours, we will see MKBHD with a new video: "I've been using this phone for the past week or so"
    2 points
  14. The LG Wing is coming to Verizon next month, costs $999.99

    A few hundred above my budget, I would never spend that much on a phone, even if I had a load of money.
    2 points
  15. Here are the new emojis coming in iOS 14.2

    LOL! Maybe Apple decided to follow science. One can hope.
    2 points
  16. Gateway Solo PII 300 Jan 1999

    Some say it's needed for time travel, sadly the main components stopped working with the Y2K bug
    1 point
  17. Gateway Solo PII 300 Jan 1999

    What are you going to use it for? Home defense?
    1 point
  18. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    But video streaming apps on iOS don't force developers to submit each show individually. And that is the point. I don't quite understand. So Apple lets other developers publish video streaming services as they please, and Microsoft has usually done the same. If Microsoft wanted to start a video streaming service and put it on iOS, they could do that without a problem. Why should they stop Apple from making their service available in the same way? But Microsoft at least gets 30% of the TV+ subscription fee, right?
    1 point
  19. It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

    what they really need is native ARM64 version of Visual Studio & VS code, with all first party apps ported to ARM64 asap. Apple pledged native ARM64 variants of all their first party apps at (arm macOS) launch, so that's an impressive progress and instills confidence among everyone on how much they're ready to invest into it. MS has just ported Windows to ARM64, but the only first party apps are the UWP ones or the electron based ones. A native Visual Studio would've helped encourage a lot of developers on board. Additionally Window's selling point was always a lot of hardware options and an open platform. WinARM has always stuck to high end machines, which prevents adoption by fans/devs who are scared to invest in this(esp since their disasters with WinRT and WinPhone). A raspberry pi 4 image, or an affordable ARM mini-PC(like Asus chrome box) could help adoption. https://twitter.com/joaomoreno/status/1266005299661545474" rel="external nofollow">https://twitter.com/joaomoreno/status/1266005299661545474 VS Code has been available for WoA since May. Good luck with full VS though, if they've gone this long not making an x64 version it's doubtful they'll do an ARM version. I hopped on here and you had already said what I was thinking. 😁 Been waiting forever for an x64 Visual Studio.
    1 point
  20. It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

    what they really need is native ARM64 version of Visual Studio & VS code, with all first party apps ported to ARM64 asap. Apple pledged native ARM64 variants of all their first party apps at (arm macOS) launch, so that's an impressive progress and instills confidence among everyone on how much they're ready to invest into it. MS has just ported Windows to ARM64, but the only first party apps are the UWP ones or the electron based ones. A native Visual Studio would've helped encourage a lot of developers on board. Additionally Window's selling point was always a lot of hardware options and an open platform. WinARM has always stuck to high end machines, which prevents adoption by fans/devs who are scared to invest in this(esp since their disasters with WinRT and WinPhone). A raspberry pi 4 image, or an affordable ARM mini-PC(like Asus chrome box) could help adoption. https://twitter.com/joaomoreno/status/1266005299661545474 VS Code has been available for WoA since May. Good luck with full VS though, if they've gone this long not making an x64 version it's doubtful they'll do an ARM version.
    1 point
  21. IDC: Gaming PCs and monitors to benefit from COVID-19

    Yeah a lot of gaming periphials sold out in my area this year cuz of it... had to resort to ordering some of them online
    1 point
  22. Google announces the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 with no surprises

    The price alone makes this a better buy than the previous price points where they fell short in terms of features compared to pretty much every other manufacturer. Would actually be interested in it, if I decided to go back to Android.
    1 point
  23. "Other enhancements include improvements to video rendering on the desktop that reduce CPU and GPU load, up to 40% improvement in battery consumption in the background on iOS" How crap must the code have been prior to this update to be able to get a 40% reduction in power consumption, that's not a small number.
    1 point
  24. Have you never heard of Skype of Business? Before Teams, Skype and/or Lync was Microsofts solution. Skype for business != skype, nothing remotely similar about them, completely incompatible software and protocol.
    1 point
  25. I would be surprised if it was only HDD/SDD Smart monitoring, as Windows identifies and monitors several metrics for identifying HDD/SDD errors and corruption. This is also a good change, as it was insane that Windows could notice problems, and try to fix and work around them in impressive ways - so much that users and even admins often don't notice anything, even on huge hardware or Windows software arrays, let alone day to day stuff. And yet, Windows wouldn't say anything to end users beyond entries in the Event Viewer, even as a drive was slipping into death.
    1 point
  26. Twitch now lets streamers use licensed music without worrying over DMCA claims

    In all this time, it is freaking amazing that YouTube hasn't just done a similar deal. (They have to spend more on DMCA BS and detection that a liberal licensing deal would cost.)
    1 point
  27. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    Well, this might be a good thing for consumers. Instead of spending $150-200 on a ###### media box, consumers could consider spending $299 for a new Xbox Series S capable of better upscaling and audio along with next generation gaming, and 512GB of storage. Or even grab an Xbox One S for $199 as available. However, it would be funny to see Microsoft do something crazy to Apple with this, but knowing Microsoft, they will do the right thing for consumers and not bitchslap Apple like they deserve. Oh, I had heard that this was a tangential deal between Apple and Microsoft, and there was going to be an xCloud App for Apple TV. Which apparently won't be happening anytime soon, unless Apple makes a 'special' deal for Microsoft. Ha
    1 point
  28. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    Why? Only interactive content is required to do that on iOS. Again with this distinction. There are movies and videos on services that are interactive, you know, like a freaking game.
    1 point
  29. It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

    Hopefully that will also speed up the move away from 32-bit apps altogether.
    1 point
  30. Nice to see this feature coming to Messages. However, It's still not clear to me whether RCS on Android devices is interoperable. For example, between Google Messages, Samsung Messages, etc.
    1 point
  31. Cross-platform messaging introduced for Messenger and Instagram

    hopefully they'll add whatsapp soon, so I can finally uninstall that half client
    1 point
  32. Have you never heard of Skype of Business? Before Teams, Skype and/or Lync was Microsofts solution.
    1 point
  33. Skype 8.65 brings "raise hand" and plenty of improvements to Insiders

    Thought Skype was dead...
    1 point
  34. Raise hand on skype? People used skype for work meetings? Bizarre
    1 point
  35. Here are the new emojis coming in iOS 14.2

    LOL! Maybe Apple decided to follow science. One can hope. I don't think your jab works as well as you think it does. It's two genders for brides. I'm guessing you never saw the joke...
    1 point
  36. Here are the new emojis coming in iOS 14.2

    LOL! Maybe Apple decided to follow science. One can hope. That’s a little bit Hitler to deny existence of so many people.
    1 point
  37. it shows in server OS usage it shows in benchmarks keep being lost, it helps microsoft Try learning about what you're criticizing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Windows_NT
    1 point
  38. The best SwiftKey for Android features you must know about

    To each their own. I've uses swiftkey long before MS bought it. I like it, and it works for me. I used it before MS grabbed it years ago on my Nexus 4, but could not get on with it. When I got my P10 lite, it was default, so I thought i would try again and i used it for a couple of weeks, but I just could not get on with it, I found it lagged and the layout is strange for me, I do not know why, just something about it. but as you said each to their own, it would be a strange world if we all liked the same thing. To be honest, I really do not use many features on keyboards, I do like the swipe function and that is all I use. I admit the new feature on swiftkey to allow easier positioning of the cursor sounds good. i find it difficult to put the cursor where I want it, ending up deleting the whole line of text just to go back. But other features I would not use, but I am sure some people would find them useful. i expect Gboard will come with some way of navigating around the text at some point, unless they already have and I have not seen it. Cursor control, if I'm understanding the Swiftkey feature correctly, is there for me on Gboard by default on the English (US) keyboard. Just swipe across the spacebar key (no long-press, just swipe). Let me know if it work for you and if it's what you expect Ah, I never knew that, learn something every day, thanks for that and yes it works in U.K English or what ever it is Cheers.
    1 point
  39. Nokia becomes BT's largest infrastructure partner

    Why not? I'm not particularly bothered about using it on a phone myself and will therefore wait until my phone breaks before upgrading but not opposed to using 5G. I think all the FUD surrounding 5G for some people is a bit like when people opposed have mobile masts installed in their area to provide 3G. I think my old neighbour got a petition going to stop one being put up lol, could only get 2G around there for years after and it's still not very good today. Ok, lets put it another way, I am not planning on using 5G for the foreseeable future. For a couple of reason, one is that we have no 5G here and there is no information about when it will ever come here, the other thing is that my phone is not 5G compatible and i hope to keep hold of it for as long as I can. When I do eventually buy another phone, unless 5G phones are cheap by then, I doubt very much if I will bother with one. I don't see any advantage of 5G on a phone, I am not that bothered with 4G to be honest, 3G done and does what I need it to do. Just for a test, i disabled 4G on my phone and used it for a week on 3G and it made no difference to how I use my phone at all.
    1 point
  40. Outlook.com Review

    OMG, @PGHammer, this thread is 7 years old, with the last post 5 years ago. Cut it out.
    1 point
  41. I use DDG 99% of the time, it is only if I can not get a result i will use Google, but it is very rare I do that. As for Bing, well enough said about that, apart from Amazon, please use a different search engine for the Echo units.
    1 point
  42. getting back both: the map and the data from a request via overpass-turbo.eu

    How? Read the docs that tell you how. All this covered in the openstreetmap docs but you have to actually do some work to make it happen so instead of asking us how to write code for you why don't you just experiment on your own to get the results you want?
    1 point
  43. The way even tablets and phones are going they actually probably can. I'll be surprised if there's a 32 bit version of Windows 10X. Not releasing a x86 32bit SKU, and not having WOW64 are 2 different things.
    1 point
  44. I'm sorry, what? The Windows kernel is one of the most advanced pieces of software ever written, based on much more modern ideas than Linux. Heck, for this to work Microsoft would have to write an entirely Windows-compatible layer over Linux and at that point, why not write an entire OS yourself again? Ho wait, that's what they are doing right now... with Windows.
    1 point
  45. This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Windows Kernel is probably the most advanced piece of software ever written, and it would be way easier to run linux on the windows kernel than run windows on the linux kernel. Not only that, Windows and Linux have entirely different driver models, so you would be stuck using Linux drivers...
    1 point
  46. "Eric Raymond thinks Microsoft is ready to swap out the Windows kernel for Linux" Lol.
    1 point
  47. Internet issue, need hardware solution

    What do you have to do to access this? Is it just open wifi, do you have to auth to it - if so how.. Do you have to use an app on your phone or something? Does it use some sort of captive portal to gain access... Some details of how you access said connection, will give us options to make said connection better for your location.
    1 point
  48. Firefox 81.0

    Does anyone know the joke about a browser development team that still hasn't fixed the separator line in the contextual menu or the contextual menu transparency? Q: How many developers does it take to correct their browser to look just partially better after 10 or more larger version numbers? A: Apparently none.
    1 point
  49. i agree, it is the same as my TV, it got buttons on I will never use, but as drjekel_mrhyde says, companies pay to have these buttons on the remotes, my Tv remote has rakuten Tv on, I can not see myself ever using this.
    1 point
  50. Netflix pays for it and of course a Google product will have Youtube
    1 point