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  1. Microsoft is changing the way it handles Windows release notes

    Thank you for posting your question to the Microsoft Support Community site. I understand that your issue is regarding the site. Run the following: 1. DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth 2. Sfc /scannow And reboot your system. Please mark this as an answer if it helped you. Thanks! Note: all opinions posted here are mine alone, not of Microsoft and are not endorsed or affiliated with it.
    10 points
  2. 19% IPC uplift over Zen 2, that's crazy. RIP Intel.
    7 points
  3. Microsoft's Edge browser is getting price comparisons and more

    and so, the bloat begins. I probably wouldn't even be mad if it worked in my country but Bing can't even give me results in my country to buy stuff even if I search for it. I don't hold high expectations for this. Just leave it as an extension so they can quietly kill off in a few months.
    6 points
  4. As to the "Surface killer" claim, I beg to differ. Even when I had the Eve V in my possession, I was not nearly as fond of it as my Surface The keyboard was clunky and did not stay attached to the unit, the touchscreen was erratic at times, the screen was no better than the Surface's and it didn't perform as well as they'd lead you to believe. The damned screen shattered when dropped only a couple weeks after I received the unit. My surfaces have gone through worse and have been fine. It was a disappointing purchase in all regards.
    4 points
  5. This company is a mess. Do not buy anything from them. They have had the $1,700 "surface killer" I bought from them for two years and will not send it back. They just ignore my e-mails. And if you think I am alone in this, you are dead wrong. They haven't even shipped most of the orders they took in 2016. They just kept people's money. There's been some odd shiftiness about who really owns the company (it appears to be Chinese, now) and who to blame for all this crap.
    4 points
  6. Microsoft is changing the way it handles Windows release notes

    Thank you for posting your question to the Microsoft Support Community site. I understand that your issue is regarding the site. Run the following: 1. DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth 2. Sfc /scannow And reboot your system. Please mark this as an answer if it helped you. Thanks! Note: all opinions posted here are mine alone, not of Microsoft and are not endorsed or affiliated with it. You forgot to state your MVP status
    4 points
  7. Microsoft outlines 10 app store principles in a jab at Apple

    These principles are what make the Microsoft Store so bad. It wouldn't be in this sad state if they had followed Google's and Apple's greedy principles.
    3 points
  8. Microsoft's Edge browser is getting price comparisons and more

    I have been really liking the new Edge and it's replaced Chrome on my desktop as my secondary browser. This is from a guy who has avoided Microsoft browsers for almost two decades. Saying that... This is NOT a "feature" I need built into my browser. Good grief!
    3 points
  9. Microsoft plans to unify Outlook across platforms using web technologies

    only a matter of time before they turn Windows into a glorified chrome os: an NT kernel running Edge on top, and all 'apps' are just websites with wrapper, all files stored on OneDrive, and legacy apps & games 'streamed' like Xcloud.
    3 points
  10. Pretty good prices for sure, I think anything over the 5800x for just gaming is a waste, IMO. 8/16 is good for gaming at this point and it's got a higher base clock to start with. It also matches up with the consoles better as far as core/thread counts, and those are the baseline devs will use. If you're going to be doing other work though, anything that loves more cores will benefit for sure.
    3 points
  11. Microsoft is changing the way it handles Windows release notes

    One good initial step. Now to help users, Microsoft needs to delete the entire Community support site and delete the data and burn the storage media. (As everyone here knows, it is a cesspool of goofs that provide almost no help ever.)
    3 points
  12. Intel's Rocket Lake CPUs are coming in 2021 with PCIe 4 support

    They still work great and make products people want. I love what AMDs been doing but if I had more moneys I'd probably be buying Intel.
    3 points
  13. people used to mock AMD.... they will cycle back and forth
    3 points
  14. lol at those insane prices...
    2 points
  15. The Expanse

    2 points
  16. As more and more companies start pulling their stuff off Netflix to start their own streaming companies Netflix starts increasing prices. Sounds Legit.
    2 points
  17. Netflix raises prices for its standard and premium plans in Canada

    Am I the only one tired of the enter landing page filled with Netflix Origins? Not to mention 90% of them only get 1-2 season and get killed, so no meaning of even watching them as you never get the closure.
    2 points
  18. Microsoft outlines 10 app store principles in a jab at Apple

    Wait, people distribute on Windows Store? Haven't noticed...
    2 points
  19. lol, your cherished MS is the reason why we're using slow and heavy frameworks for PWA/web apps... so much in fact that MS themselves pushed for PWA over Modern, and their fans ate it up, even on this site. While iOS and sometimes Android have efficient and keyword... popular... frameworks to build native on... Microsoft wasn't able to come up with a competitive framework to build native apps under, not without risking multiple platform reboots and complete rewrites that developers didn't want to deal with in terms of time and money... and we ended up with bloated web apps that'll never be faster than any native app because most users still rely on Windows for their workflow. I guess it's great for a universal offering, but not so much in terms of UI consistency across applications, performance.
    2 points
  20. If this works like they are saying, I could see it being very useful for me to use.
    2 points
  21. 20%? wishful thinking. More like 10% from Sky Lake which means it's about 8% uplift from the current i9 10900. We'll have to wait another 1-1/2 for intel to catch up to the 5000series. But by then AMD is coming with Zen 4 with DDR5 and PCIe5 support.
    2 points
  22. oh no, I hate this slow and heavy web frameworks trend ... bring us back native apps
    2 points
  23. Crazy that even Intel optimized games run faster on Ryzen 5950X than on the i9 and all that at much lower power of 105W compared to over 170W on the i9-10900.
    2 points
  24. Abzu was pretty cool- especially toward the end of the game. Be sure to play it on an HDR monitor/TV!
    2 points
  25. Still one of the ugliest system cases out there...
    2 points
  26. Microsoft News now has 550 million monthly readers

    I wonder how many of them are still trying to find the setting that allows them to change their news provider.
    2 points
  27. Microsoft News now has 550 million monthly readers

    That's a lot of ad revenue just by taking ..eh.."curating" content. Once upon a time, they used to produce original content.
    2 points
  28. China: U.S. ban on TikTok, WeChat is in violation of WTO rules

    No. China isn't democracy like US does. WTO doesn't care if you are or you aren't a democracy, the rules (are supposed to) work for everyone. Yeah, except everyone breaks it.
    2 points
  29. Apple rolls out Health Records feature to iPhone users in the UK and Canada

    Not really sure it is worth it. A bit of convenience vs having a tech giant having assess to you medical history. But I am sure I lot would easily be happy to forgo privacy for even a bit of convenience
    2 points
  30. This helps, but without more comprehensive laws, a huge chunk of user data is not included. It is like with Google, they show users the data they have on them, and allow them to delete and manage that data. HOWEVER, that is the data the user directly authorized Google to obtain and use. Google keeps private user data file on everyone, that is considered 'anonymized' - even though Google tags these records to users, and even in cases when it doesn't contain information like the user name (collected from Google searches and Ads for example) - a simple lookup with Google data or public records can identify the person the data belongs. Like anonymous location data, there are only a few people that live in your house and go to your work. Google does not allow users to access or manage this data, and they also don't delete it no matter what the user does.
    2 points
  31. Helstrom (Hulu)

    Looks good. All episodes (10) drop on October 16.
    1 point
  32. Microsoft outlines 10 app store principles in a jab at Apple

    I disagree - I don't think it's these principles that make the Microsoft Store bad. It's honestly the freedom on a Windows PC to install executables that make the Store not necessary. The Microsoft Store has gotten a lot better. For PC's, I'd compare the Microsoft Store to the App Store on Mac OS. I keep forgetting there's a Windows Store while using my WIndows 10 machines
    1 point
  33. I hope this doesn't affect the Win32 Outlook client because otherwise it's time to uninstall it. I cannot stand a "webbified" app on the desktop. What happens to existing Outlook plugins, rich object model, automation, nice usable Win32 controls?
    1 point
  34. Did MS finally hire some UI/UX designers?
    1 point
  35. Google begins adding HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC support in Chrome

    No, Google didn't just begin adding HTTP/3 support to Chrome, because - as the blog post actually says - they've been working on it for 5 years now, and you could already enable experimental HTTP/3 in Chrome a year ago in Canary Chrome 79. What they're doing now is instead adding support for IETF's version of the QUIC protocol, which is slightly different from their own (ie. Google's) version of the QUIC protocol (which HTTPS/3 runs over), so, they can support both.
    1 point
  36. Nor a permanent seat at the UN. There is nothing united about them. Get India in there as a permanent member. Because the US is such a bastion of integrity! 🙄
    1 point
  37. the problem is, this 'anonymous' user data is basically a gold mine, and a large chunk of the software/internet industry, and in turn the global economy, runs on this. Stopping this collection will massively hurt advertising, telemetry, search & social services, etc. which make up the majority of the internet, and giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and agencies like NSA will oppose this. I do hope we can gather enough support to stop abuse of a person's digital life- this is becoming like slavery of the 21st century, /rant Yet with all this data, why are we getting crappy services? We don't get ads that we actually want to click. Ads are still just digital versions of billboards from the physical world. We don't get that particular song/movie in our recommendation that will stick in our heads. Its the same crap everyone gets in their recommendations. We don't get the exact result we search for even when our search terms are exactly that. Its always some random popular result unless we put our terms in "" or +. We don't get post from exactly the people we connect to the most. We need to keep scrolling to find what we need. Its like my data is only used to find out what's "popular" and spread that crap to everyone else, never me. Another scenario, even if the corporations know what I like, they will still sell crap to me because the entity behind the crap has paid enough to shove it to me. Or that these corporation won't care to optimize the experience for me because that is too much effort. Or they intentionally do this so that I don't feel scared that a corporation knows so much about me. See the number of possible theories? Its exactly why I made it a point to not use/pay for any product/service from a for-profit corporation that does not benefit me well directly, tries to withhold something from me that I should know of, or requests data/info outside the scope of the transaction. I have had enough of "We will use your data to improve our Products and Services" crap. /end of rant
    1 point
  38. getting back both: the map and the data from a request via overpass-turbo.eu

    What are you talking about with your food for thought comment? Ya, I'm new here so what? You're a novice at reading instructions but not at wanting people to do your job for you. Bro, youve been using osm for how long? How many yrs?
    1 point
  39. Get an adapter for $5-10. Gotta live the dongle life with Xbox Series, eh?
    1 point
  40. I don't understand the point having Slack when a company would already have Office 365. It's a waste of money having two different service that does that same thing but you get the Office suite too. It's a good reason why our government shouldn't be run as a business. LOL While I agree with this, I did like Slack for the brief period I used it for. the interface is quite clean compared to Teams which could use some updating. The only real reason we even switched was because whatever's on Teams doesn't roll off. Realistically, Microsoft's got them by the balls. I don't see how Slack can compete with pricing when Microsoft bakes it into the Office licensing.
    1 point
  41. Intel's Rocket Lake CPUs are coming in 2021 with PCIe 4 support

    I think, though this info might be old and wrong, that they're going to mix and match nodes for 11th gen, The CPU cores might be 14nm while the newer iGPU will be 10nm, using a chiplet design. We'll find out in time though.
    1 point
  42. As an engineer I think this video was perfect. Not that I'd ever buy the product, but it gives me all I need to know about it. Minus the liquid metal claim which is a bit undescriptive.
    1 point
  43. Facebook bans QAnon representing accounts across all platforms

    So selective banning of people you disagree with is fine? When they're conspiracy nutters/hard R's... yes. Why would it not be fine?
    1 point
  44. Pin charger? Its a "No" for me dog.
    1 point
  45. I'm sure I'm not the target market for this, but I'm not dropping 3K on a laptop without a number pad (and Windows Home!).
    1 point
  46. Show us your PC Setup - Bonus points for RGB

    First build since 2007. Just waiting for the ROG 3080...
    1 point
  47. Please Advice - Windows 7 or 10?

    wow....can't believe Apple is still providing 5400 HDs. They should be eliminated everywhere.
    1 point
  48. Show us your PC Setup - Bonus points for RGB

    Update
    1 point
  49. Show us your PC Setup - Bonus points for RGB

    Not sure why I didn't reply in here yet 😛 I built my new system last year in stages Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi Intel Core i5-9600K be quiet! Pure Base 600 be quiet! Straight Power 11 550W Cryorig H7 G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-3200C16D-16GVKB (32 GB) KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super EX Samsung 970 Evo Plus 256GB (C:\Windows) Intel 660P 1TB (D:\Data) Toshiba P300 3TB SATA Samsung CRG9 (49" 5120x1440 @120Hz) FreeSync 2 Briefly had a cheap Logitech G613 keyboard but I didn't like it, went back to my Logitech K800 which broke last week, ordered a Razer Blackwidow Elite (orange switches) Logitech G502 Hero mouse The pics are from last year so once I have the Razer keyboard I will post an updated pic of my setup. I do not have a plexiglass side panel, it is on my list of things to order Lol. I guess you could call my setup Gaming on a budget 😛 I will most likely get a i9-9900K at some point (and new PSU) but I think that's a year out at minimum.
    1 point
  50. The Expanse

    They're wrapping up the arc and getting ready to tease what the next story for a possible season 4 is. Episodes are good when plot threads get tied off and you're not just doing half filler to fill in the time slot.
    1 point