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  1. Ofcom will ban UK networks from selling locked phones

    About time! One of the reasons I went with Vodafone early on it because they didn't lock their handsets, at least not when you bought them from Phones4U. More recently, I've struggled to shift old handsets as they're now network locked.
    5 points
  2. NASA finds water on the Moon's sunlit surface

    So is Nestlé gonna build a fleet of rockets to steal it?
    5 points
  3. If Apple does it, Samsung will follow. That's almost always the case (except for the headphone jack, until recently)
    4 points
  4. Can't you see how insane that view is?! Are you saying that anyone who is not a christian has no morals? Are you saying japanese, indians, arabs, korean, etc. all have no morals? That view of yours is no better than racism. Basically you think that christians have a moral high ground and all the others are lesser people. Having morals has zero to do with religion and everything to do with upbringing. You don't have to be taught about fantastical beings to be a good person.
    4 points
  5. Because the iPads we are getting given for education wipe the floor the comparatively priced laptops in terms of display quality, battery Then the app store is filled with education-centric apps e.g. anatomy models It's way more convenient then to have more ergonomic office with trackpad than switching back and forth with other devices
    4 points
  6. I think its in Microsoft's best interest to have its apps on as many platforms as possible.
    4 points
  7. And I thought the aim was to provide the cheaper internet to rural areas of under developed countries...
    3 points
  8. Ofcom will ban UK networks from selling locked phones

    You shouldn't be expected to pay to have free use of a device you've paid for in full.
    3 points
  9. I believe the manufacturing of display panels by SAMSUNG involves the use of a U.S technology somehow (a certain component maybe). This is the only explanation I could think of.
    3 points
  10. Why would a Korean company need approval from the US to supply a Chinese company
    3 points
  11. Why can't you just use a horse that has perfectly worked since the beginning of the mankind?
    3 points
  12. AMD announces record Q3 2020 earnings, revenue up 45% to $2.8 billion

    https://www.marketwatch.com/in...ials?mod=mw_quote_tab" rel="external nofollow">https://www.marketwatch.com/in...inancials?mod=mw_quote_tab" rel="external nofollow">https://www.marketwatch.com/in...financials?mod=mw_quote_tab in case you were curious. so their income growth is slowing Looking at the Quarterly Financials from that link. I don't see how you can say their income growth is slowing. Comparing June Qtr 2019 to June Qtr 2020 (which is latest reported Qtr on the Market Watch.com link provided above). 2019 Jun Qtr: Revenue = $1.53 Billion / Gross Income = $621 Million / Net Income = $35 Million 2020 Jun Qtr: Revenue = $1.93 Billion / Gross Income = $848 Million / Net Income = $157Million The facts prove they are growing Year-over-Year on all the important financial levels. So instead of spreading erroneous FUD, please research first.
    2 points
  13. Not bundling useless waste is not a bad thing. Typical assumption that everyone is like you and has tons of these things around. Here's the deal, wasteful or not, this isn't the place to shave dollars or "save the planet" I have an S20 ultra, at $1400 if it didn't come with a charger, I'm not buying it on principal.
    2 points
  14. Ofcom will ban UK networks from selling locked phones

    So glad, should have done it years ago, not that I have any intention of getting a phone on contract again if i can help it. I paid outright for my last phone and I use Smarty as my provider, cheap and cheerful and does the job.
    2 points
  15. Microsoft starts rolling out trackpad support to Office apps for iPadOS

    Because my iPad is significantly lighter than my Thinkpad, making it easier to carry around.
    2 points
  16. "This is why religion should never be allowed to have a place in governments. It is inherently biased." But the problem with that is... it's not really possible to completely separate 'church and state' like some try to do since people in general have a moral foundation formed around something and for many, at least here in the USA, it's based around Christianity so that will be at the core of basic morals which will have have a effect on laws made. personally the way I see it... the further laws get away from Christian standards the worse things will tend to get. but as society gets more secularized and Christianity declines, society as a whole gets worse. it's just a natural consequence of humanity moving away from God as when someone moves away from God, sin tends to fill that void since when people tend to make up morality as they go along(like is more typical to those on the left), morality tends to decline little-by-little as the years/decades etc pass as morality is subjective to these kinds of people instead of being based around God's objective truth and natural law etc. The last paragraph in your answer makes my point I wrote earlier. Talking about moving away from 'christian standards' (others don't matter?), 'morality & sin' (whose definition of this?) etc. is why religion shouldn't mixed with day to day life.
    2 points
  17. I take my iPad Pro with me everywhere, vs my Laptop. I don’t need laptop capabilities often enough on the go right now, and my laptop is a gaming laptop so it’s a lot less portable than the iPad and Smart Keyboard.
    2 points
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  19. It's not the end of the world. Leaves me more time to play AC: Valhalla. But these constant delays are definitively getting annoying. My patience has limits.
    1 point
  20. Breonna Taylor grand juror says Louisville police actions before her death were "criminal" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/breonna-taylor-grand-juror-louisville-police-criminal
    1 point
  21. Cleaning Gaming Computer Dust Filters

    If they are foam you can also wash them with dish soap pat dry wait 20 minutes reinstall.
    1 point
  22. T-Mobile introduces TVision, its subscription-based TV service

    This is a straight rebranding of a cable service (in fact, one that has been mentioned here on Neowin before - by me). Like all streaming services, you still need an Internet provider to use it; the bandwidth problem will therefore still be there (as it is with all streaming services). Fire and Prime Video are service-agnostic, as is Apple - and Google is headed in that direction (however, it isn't completely there yet)
    1 point
  23. I haven't played the games (I've only done the start of W3 so far) so I'm obviously not a true game fan, but I thought the first series was decent enough. My question is, what did the readers of the books think about the games and the series? Did either do the books justice? The series is closer to the books than the games, the games are sequels to the books, timeline wise, and the games made their own share of changes from the books to begin with so game fans complaining about the show making changes to the source material need to sit down. The only issue book fans, sensible ones, have with the series is the choice of doing the 3 converging timelines, and the way Garelt and Ciri meet was changed and made less impactful, though I think that was all down to time and episode constraints. It's not like netflix gave them 24 eps, you work with what you're given. that's a fair point too. And to be fair the bulk of the complaints I've heard are aesthetics like Geralt's amulet being changed to a simple medallion instead of a actual wolf head shape and such. Yeah, that's pretty much most of it, looks. They harped on the fact Triss wasn't a redhead in the show, but seem to have overlooked the fact that she only looks that way in the games. The books, from what I remember, have her closer to what she looks like in the tv series. Oh well, I don't care for these arguments. Books are books, tv shows are tv shows, and movies are movies. They don't match 1:1, that's just the nature of them. I'm fine with minor changes to better match the medium in question. And time is always the key factor. Books match better to tv series, as long as you have the time/episode counts to.
    1 point
  24. NVIDIA'S RTX 30xx Series (rumors, teases, etc)

    Reviews for the 3070FE dropped today. Nothing really surprising ... basically the performance of the much more expensive 2080ti for $500 (if you can find one).
    1 point
  25. Ofcom will ban UK networks from selling locked phones

    Well flagships are already cheaper in the US. Basically the S20FE 5G is $699 there and €749 ($885.74) in the EU. See for yourself https://www.samsung.com/nl/smartphones/galaxy-s20/buy/ think prices on usa are without taxes, because they change from state to state, on one state with 21% taxes is $846
    1 point
  26. LG introduces new self-cleaning earbuds, now with active noise cancellation

    UV come on man! how about WAX removal
    1 point
  27. Ofcom will ban UK networks from selling locked phones

    Another example of how European countries are taking the lead in the Internet and cellphone arenas. Pity, the US just can't seem to "get with the program."
    1 point
  28. lol You can continue to use your laptop while others can enjoy using their iPads with mouse support. Not everybody wants to use or own a laptop.
    1 point
  29. Why can't you just use a horse that has perfectly worked since the beginning of the mankind? Well, compared to laptop with Windows, I would say iPad is pretty much inferior to that horse you're talking about.
    1 point
  30. Skype Preview now support 100 call participants

    This thing is still alive?
    1 point
  31. LG introduces new self-cleaning earbuds, now with active noise cancellation

    Its a feature no one asked for and that no one needs and unfortunately I think lots will fall for it and think it is a great idea
    1 point
  32. What's your point? Chargers haven never came with AirPods. It's also the same for wireless earbuds offerings from Google, Samsung and Sony.
    1 point
  33. Neowin trackers and 3rd party cookies

    I think that everyone is overlooking one simple thing: anywhere you go, you are tracked by something, a cookie, a script, etc. If you don't like it, don't visit the site, I think that it is fairly simple. Neowin has been a site I have used for years, and I do not worry about being tracked, why should I? I'm not doing anything illicit or illegal, so why do I care if a site can tell what I was looking at, what are they going to do with the data, besides the fact that the amount of data that a website would receive in 24 hours would be allot! I really doubt that the website owners/operators have the time to sift through all the collected data!
    1 point
  34. When games are often 80+ gigs I could see doing it someday just to save on storage space. Hell, not having to host the entire game on your drive would be a bonus too if there was a partial streaming option.
    1 point
  35. NASA finds water on the Moon's sunlit surface

    Aliens.
    1 point
  36. Who cares this company makes garbage powered by garbage advertising Apple is doing the world a favour. I wouldn’t use this even it was available on iOS.
    1 point
  37. They've lost the plot this year. They are getting more and more like Samsung everyday. Soon, they'll have 10 phones all at different price points. It's getting silly. If they carry on like this, they'll lose customers. Maybe they should just release three phones a year. Nord, 8 and 8Pro.....although I'd be happy at just two. The nord and the pro. Far too many models and variants.
    1 point
  38. Still a punch hole screen. I thought they are working on an under-display camera for the G21.
    1 point
  39. Does it inactivate SARS-CoV-2?
    1 point
  40. Instagram changes nudity policy after backlash

    Or they could just make a NSFW tag like reddit has
    1 point
  41. Tex Murphy. I love all of the Tex Murphy games and wish they'd finish the story how they planned to. Probably would've years ago if not for Microsoft buying and killing Access. I'd be happy with remasters of UAKM, Pandora Directive and Overseer too, at least with modern controls. The stories in these games are still really good and while the FMV is clearly dated (UAKM was released on four CDs for MS-DOS), it's still got replay value, though I don't know how you could fix the FMV quality.
    1 point
  42. 1 point
  43. The Surface Duo is already $200 off at the Microsoft Store

    They have sold 18 of them so far, this discount should get at least 5 more sold.
    1 point
  44. Windows Update error 0x8008005

    My stuff is always backed up, 2 clouds, and one fireproof and water resistant external HDD, so I'm good there.
    1 point
  45. Hahahaha, the same guy guessed his password in 2016 too I guess that's more "fake news" right? Anyway you can read the full report here (using Chrome translate) https://www.vn.nl/weer-gehackt-twitter-trump/
    1 point
  46. I'm all for a consistent and unified interface, but at the end of the day it's another launcher that's a browser with an overlay and social connection I don't want.
    1 point
  47. Well if it's useless to you it must be useless to everyone so @TrueCaller nix this ASAP please.
    1 point
  48. United States DOJ sues Google for monopolistic practices

    Yeah, they aren't being sued for success. They've entered into agreements with other companies to only use Google products. That locks out the competition. For instance, in the industry (Architectural Coatings) that I'm in, it's forbidden to approach my competitor and talk price or agree to sell our products at a certain price or any other agreement that would lock out smaller companies and or gouge consumers.
    1 point
  49. Such as when the WHO said that the Coronavirus was harmless, or when a medic that was obviously censored, claimed that it wasn't simple flu (and later he died), or the other medic (that also was censored and tagged as a conspiracy theorist) that claimed that the Chinese State hid vital information and now she is a refugee in the USA. People claim that they are pro-science but they are unable to understand the core basics of science, the scientific method: hypothesis -> test -> thesis. Practically every new hypothesis is crazy until it is proved. If you deny the right to question, then you are denying the science. For example, graphene could be the source of limitless energy. It breaks many axioms. Now, if we ban it, and the whole society is as dumb as to deny a new hypothesis without testing, then we could lose a huge advance in society. Maybe it is a fake or maybe not but in case of doubt, TEST IT NOT JUST BAN IT. There are some wacko hypotheses around here but without testing, we couldn't simply deny it. ALSO Youtube is managed by hypocrites. They censor some videos because they (and most of the time, without proof of it) consider as "fake news". However, Youtube promotes and earns money from companies selling snake-oil and shady companies.
    1 point
  50. The official Assassin's Creed movie trailer is live

    Agreed... Why every damn new movie have to have rap music? Come on.
    1 point