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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
  18. 2 points
  19. New QUIET computer build.

    Back in 2014 I purchased a bare bone Brix i7 4770R system as my couch computer. It's a cute looking thing. It runs all 4 of my computers monitors like a champ. When it's idle and not doing very much work he's very quiet, you can't even tell he's turned on. But when he is doing CPU intensive tasks, he's LOUD AS F**CK! I've been looking for something quieter. Last year at the "It's $5" store where on Saturday and Sunday's everything you find is $5, I found 2 brand new (or maybe returned) Core i5 7600 CPU's. Then I bought a motherboard for it and slapped 32GB of DDR ram in it, and then put my GTX 770 into it. Yes I know the card is old but I don't game THAT heavy and when I do it's only 1080p. Last week I did an encoding test between my leaf blower (Brix) and this other computer I built. The i5 7600 won the encoding test by a full 1.5 mins (Was not being helped by the GPU). So I thought, it can be my new couch computer. So I went and purchased a Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Air Cooler, I wanted this this to be a quiet as humanly possible. I also purchased a Samsung (MZ-V7S1T0B/AM) 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB. (As Neobond mentioned on Facebook, it may have been wise to wait til black Friday .. oops) Got windows installed and did a prime95 load test to see how quiet I made the PC. SUCCESS!! In comparison this is what my Brix Pro sounds like running the exact same test.
    1 point
  20. Wow those prices blow.
    1 point
  21. One product of theirs I’m not supportive of... got enough space junk as it is, and these things interfere with astronomy work as well
    1 point
  22. Fedora 33 launches with updated GNOME and BTRFS

    I tested out BTRFS many years ago on arch and remember there being a very big warning on support forums about silently running out of space due to the snapshot feature i.e. by the time you notice it's too late... I can't remember the full details of it anyway, anyone here used it and if so, how does it perform?
    1 point
  23. 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
  24. 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.
    1 point
  25. 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
  26. Uncharted (2021)

    Yeah, I mentioned that he needs to bulk up a bit in my opinion. But now you mention "gruff" it's made me think: I can't imagine Holland imitating Nolan North's voice for Drake. I think his pitch is too high, even for a young Drake.
    1 point
  27. 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. You are talking to a brick wall with that one.
    1 point
  28. 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
  29. I guess the check cleared.
    1 point
  30. 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
  31. NASA finds water on the Moon's sunlit surface

    Aliens.
    1 point
  32. FL Studio 20.7.3 Build 1987

    Yup, I remember when it was still called Fruity Loops
    1 point
  33. OnePlus getting desperate now ...
    1 point
  34. 1 point
  35. Drakan: Order of the Flame Legacy of Kain Blood Heretic/Hexen (Rune, but we got that this year. Woo!)
    1 point
  36. Command and Conquer Star Trek Elite Force... Portal
    1 point
  37. Infiltration (was an Unreal Tournament mod) Wing Commander Lemmings
    1 point
  38. Instagram changes nudity policy after backlash

    I think we will need to see the photos to judge for ourselves . . Let's not be too hasty . .
    1 point
  39. Instagram changes nudity policy after backlash

    I didn't realise it differentiated. I tried sharing a TV show about a tribe in Africa and Facebook took the link down because of nipples lol.
    1 point
  40. I have Lenovo's Smart Clock. It's a neat little clock but I only paid either $40 or $50 for it. It seems to go on sale a lot.
    1 point
  41. The Surface Duo is already $200 off at the Microsoft Store

    LOL, M$ early adopter always makes me laugh. This thing was D.O.A
    1 point
  42. 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
  43. Trump should be required to use DNA to login. That guy is 87% McDonald's and 13% orange. Tell me another entity with that makeup?
    1 point
  44. 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
  45. This wont help to stop spread any information. It is censorship, same as in China. It fits to help sell product - vaccine. Simple marketing of fear. And slow destruction of democracy. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about as a citizen of post-communist country. Censorship is not above freedom of speech in democracy.
    1 point
  46. Most of you guys are ... beyond words. Just lining up.
    1 point
  47. Misinformation according to whom?
    1 point
  48. I'm loving how all these companies are starting to grow a pair. Get rid of the mentally unstable people who think things like microchips are in vaccines. Well done Google and Facebook for the last couple of days.
    1 point
  49. The official Assassin's Creed movie trailer is live

    Agreed... Why every damn new movie have to have rap music? Come on.
    1 point
  50. The official Assassin's Creed movie trailer is live

    Kanye ruined it for me.
    1 point