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  1. Google adds a VPN to Google One plans with 2TB or more

    Yeah, pretty sure I'll be using a VPN from someone whose business isn't collecting your data.
    5 points
  2. just make it an option/uninstallable app - not everyone cares about or needs gaming features. what would be great is a creative professional targeted features, like how seamless macOS is to use for media production, designing, etc. and gawd, please update to something from that ancient junk that is ntfs.
    4 points
  3. Neowin trackers and 3rd party cookies

    It's not an assumption. It is how it was before the RWI forum was created. With the way it is right now you don't have to visit that sub-forum if you don't want to, and you can even go a step further and set it up so that those threads don't appear in your minispy. Everyone wins.
    3 points
  4. Microsoft announces the Xbox Series X fridge with next-gen cooling

    If it were 1:1 scale it would be the same size as the console.
    3 points
  5. Netflix increases prices for standard and premium subscriptions in the U.S.

    Yup. as soon as it hits $20 I will cut it. All the good content is always 1 season and then stops. There is no value, no closure.
    2 points
  6. Google adds a VPN to Google One plans with 2TB or more

    Came here to say just this! LOL
    2 points
  7. fun fact I was doing this with xbox one and kinect ... but kinect, ms, cortana baaad they spy on you!!! how things changes
    2 points
  8. Trump campaign website briefly defaced by hackers

    this whole presidency is a scam lol If this presidency is a scam, then it is a darn good scam because my retirement is skyrocketing! Uh huh, sure. Uh huh, you probably don't even have a retirement package. My retirement was barely moving and lost some during the previous administration. If that's true, and if that's the only thing that matters to you, then yeah! Awesome! Bit of a shame about all those dead people... But woohoo retirement! What a rediculous statement to say. Of course, my retirement matters to me. What other people does is not a concern of mine since I cannot control what they do and think. My decision is solely mine, and it is the same for them. If they don't have a retirement plan, that's not my fault. In addition, I don't force my polical beliefs to anyone. I only stated that with this administration my retirement went up! It's ridiculous to concern yourself with a presidency that is allowing far too many people die being a greater concern than how much money is in a single persons retirement? I'm such a nasty person, what a nasty proposition. I'm so negative.
    2 points
  9. UK's numerous contact tracing apps to become interoperable

    People either need to enter a code they get after a positive test into the app or, if they order a test through the app and test positive, they are automatically added to the database. As far as your office example goes, do you really think your employer won't be notifying you if someone in the office tests positive? Well if anyone is taking time off for sickness related to fever and cough then they won't be let be asked to get a test. My office was an example of how I can closely interact with people without triggering an app notification. It was not because I am consern about my coworkers getting sick and not telling me. But the same thing can be at any place I attend - app will not notify if you do not keep within close for over 15 min.. and you need far less to get the virus. So I think the app really is not very effective way and never will be. Will it be helpful to some? To get tested before they are sick... I don't know - and frankly I don't think anyone will. When I installed it I though it would report any close contact you had for over 1 minute if they are sick. But that would overload the testing centers and freak a lot of people The app obviously has its limitations. It doesn't turn your phone into a Star Trek tricorder. It's a helpful tool in instances where normal track and trace procedures don't apply/won't work (public transport and the like) but it isn't a silver bullet. And if you don't like it, don't install it. Incidentally, the app records exposure over the course of the day, so walking away after 5 minutes and walking back then walking away after 5 minutes again etc wouldn't mean the app would reset each time and you'd never get notified. If you spent 15+ minutes over the course of the day near that person you'd still get notified. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54250736
    2 points
  10. Some Edge Canary users can finally enable history and open tabs' sync

    bought damn time
    2 points
  11. Trump campaign website briefly defaced by hackers

    this whole presidency is a scam lol If this presidency is a scam, then it is a darn good scam because my retirement is skyrocketing! Uh huh, sure.
    2 points
  12. Microsoft says Xbox Series X and S will leverage "full" RDNA 2 capabilities

    PS5's GPU is based on RDNA2, but doesn't have all of the features. The GPU also has some additional features not found in RDNA2 - the road to PS5 video published back in March mentioned this - its at around the 25 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8LyNIT9sg With regards to the comment about the PS5 having reduced compression/more CPU overhead. The PS5 has custom I/O hardware (again, talked about in the above video). Part of that custom I/O chip is hardware level decompression of Kraken format data from the SSD - its mentioned in the video that the decompressor Sony use is the equivilent of 9 Zen 2 cores to decompress the datastream, the decompression hardware has a theoretical maximum output of 22GB a second of originally kraken compressed data. I really can't say it enough but that road to PS5 video contains a goldmine of info about the hardware in the PS5. Microsoft and Sony both know what they are doing this gen and both consoles are pretty awesome pieces of hardware.
    2 points
  13. AMD introduces the Radeon RX 6000 series of GPUs

    Impressive. Funny Side Note: Several of the 'key' technologies AMD is using and has tech reviewers salivating are from Microsoft. AMD is loving the work Microsoft has been doing and handing back to them. I hope they are generous with the cost to Microsoft. The Ryzen Mobile 4xxx series got a massive boost from Microsoft changes and instruction optimizations, which is why we see the 4000 mobile CPUs technically beating their desktop counterparts. The upcoming 5000 also employs key hardware design and instruction optimizations from Microsoft, which if the numbers hold, seem to be an Intel stomper. (Which makes me wonder if Intel yet regrets being such dicks to Microsoft for the past 30 years.) The one GPU feature that makes this a bit funny, is the Infinity Cache. This is exactly what the Xbox One did to improve memory bandwidth, making most operations (when used) faster than the PS4, even with the slower GDDR5 general RAM pool. AMD's silicon and features look really strong, and having accelerated ray tracing enabled in every CU could be a massive screw you to NVidia. I am anxious to see this in operation, especially with 3D design and rendering software where NVidia has been kicking butt. This is a good time for competition and new technologies and performance, something the CPU/GPU industry has not seen for over a decade now. For all the crap of 2020, maybe this is a silver lining for tech enthusiasts. Or at least something to focus on, while eating old food bank cheese and burying our loved ones. (Which I wish was more a joke, and less of a reality for many of us.)
    2 points
  14. Neowin trackers and 3rd party cookies

    Not everyone feels that way with the political topics. They are also only available to members and even then people aren't forced to read those threads. I pay for a subscription due to those topics and the funny pictures threads. I doubt I would pay just for the tech articles as Neowin doesn't offer anything that several other tech sites don't offer. The forums with the various and wide ranging topics are what makes this place worthwhile for me. Just my opinion.
    2 points
  15. Can't wait for Apple to re-invent the reverse wireless charging.
    2 points
  16. ... they have. And they're not locked down to apple accessories.
    2 points
  17. Microsoft reportedly overhauling the Windows 10 UI in 21H2

    Windows 10X itself looks like a mistake to me.
    2 points
  18. Trump campaign website briefly defaced by hackers

    You know he can't take it. That's why he walks out of interviews when pressed, calls people names that don't agree with him, fires others that don't agree with him etc., etc.
    2 points
  19. While QoQ is up, I wouldn't read much into it. I think if anything the market is going to enter a pretty flat line from here on out, might even be trending a little low like the 4% YoY shows. You can only blame the virus for so much. It'll be interesting to see where 2021 goes.
    1 point
  20. US-only, of course. Could you please save the rest of the world the trouble and indicate it so with all these deals and competitions and all?
    1 point
  21. I would be interested why buy a Surface Pro X of all things in the first place. had an sp7, but 3.5-5 hour battery life is a joke. Not a defect with mine, had 3 of them. liked the form factor, exclusively used for browsing, office, and onenote. Had a spectre x360, hated it, went and bought a spx and love it. Has Microsoft finally port Office to ARM? Yes, and it has been for quite some time. TL;DR: Office is compiled for ARM. Presents itself as a 32-bit program so third party plug-ins still work. https://www.techrepublic.com/a...t-we-learned-at-build-2018/ "Some applications -- like Microsoft Office -- can mix x86 and Arm code using CHPE (Compiled Hybrid Portable Executable) DLLs with Arm64 code but 32-bit x86 interfaces; as a result, hundreds of third-party Office add-ins that expect Office to be an x86 application will work with Office on Arm too."
    1 point
  22. Year 2030: Intel announces a *massively improved* *revolutionary performance* chips based on 14nm++++++++++++++ process.
    1 point
  23. damn, this can be a huge reason for IT to push Edge to users, and in turn improve Edge adoption. the Chromium jump was fantastic, the browsing experience feels far improved now, but the Microsoft-additions to bare-bones chromium really make it shine - i dare say even more than Google-ified Chrome. I've actually uninstalled Chrome from my work laptop, and am happy with Edge now. But i'd really wish they brought in some of the original Edge features like much in-depth Cortana and markup integrations.
    1 point
  24. Brydge's laptop-style keyboard for the Surface Pro X ships in December

    I would be interested why buy a Surface Pro X of all things in the first place. had an sp7, but 3.5-5 hour battery life is a joke. Not a defect with mine, had 3 of them. liked the form factor, exclusively used for browsing, office, and onenote. Had a spectre x360, hated it, went and bought a spx and love it.
    1 point
  25. i have no idea why anyone still plays a final fantasy game.
    1 point
  26. Nothing much to see here IMO. Intel should try to get Alder Lake out asap instead of 2H 2021 when AMD will probably be talking up Ryzen 6000 and just keep pulling ahead of them.
    1 point
  27. I've actually received better job offers in my area via Linked In than other platforms recently. Pretty interesting.
    1 point
  28. AMD introduces the Radeon RX 6000 series of GPUs

    The primary reason they use AMD is because of cost, since nobody else can deliver an APU / SoC with both CPU and GPU on the same chip. The previous Jaguar CPU's in the PS4 and Xbox One series was horribly underpowered, even the day they were launched, but it was the only option. The other option would be to choose separate CPU and GPU's, which increases costs a lot. Nvidia delivers the same for Nintendo in their Switch, but instead of being x86 based the APU/CPU part is ARM based.
    1 point
  29. AMD introduces the Radeon RX 6000 series of GPUs

    Microsoft and Sony use AMD hardware on their gaming consoles so AMD must be doing something right, don't you think?
    1 point
  30. Imaging software needed

    Hello, Have you looked into Clonezilla or Macrium Reflect? Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    1 point
  31. Ubuntu 21.04 gets the codename ‘Hirsute Hippo'

    mint is better
    1 point
  32. Microsoft reportedly overhauling the Windows 10 UI in 21H2

    Just please, fix the typography features of the Settings App. My god, sitting back and looking at any of it is just like this massive amount of different shaped text with no emphasis or sectioning to it.
    1 point
  33. I've just read that the developers have been receiving death threats over this latest delay. Some people need to take a chill pill.
    1 point
  34. Microsoft reportedly overhauling the Windows 10 UI in 21H2

    Hopefully all the UI elements will be from the 21st century this time.
    1 point
  35. Ubuntu 21.04 gets the codename ‘Hirsute Hippo'

    Lol, I mean you don't need a dictionary. Or to be more accurate in my case. "You need to be an old person that ran into this word before." LOL
    1 point
  36. Ubuntu 21.04 gets the codename ‘Hirsute Hippo'

    Correct! GNOME 3.38 is the current version and apparently so they're basically scrapping the '3.', they said that they don't want to confuse it with the upcoming GTK 4 so jumping straight to 40 lol.
    1 point
  37. AMD introduces the Radeon RX 6000 series of GPUs

    RDNA, Rage, Ryzen, XT... Fury, Death, Ryder, Brutallity, Infinity. Xs everywhere, Intel Xe, Radeon RX, RTX, xbox X, Ryzen X. I mean seriously, this is what sells now? I miss the Athlon days when PCBs were green and the only RGB I had was in my drinks bar.
    1 point
  38. AMD introduces the Radeon RX 6000 series of GPUs

    Well done! If they can deliver on...well deliverability I'd be happy to leave Team Green and not feel like I'm settling. I really want the Asus ROG Strix 3080 but I don't see that happening until 2021 right now. Just happy to have options. Just hope I can actually buy one. Literally saved up for a big GPU purchase this year and can't get my hands on anything from NVIDIA.
    1 point
  39. This is pretty cool, other companies should add this feature to their phones.
    1 point
  40. Trump campaign website briefly defaced by hackers

    Get used to it! Trump 2020! No thanks. Then you are going to be severely disappointed.
    1 point
  41. The anti-China sentiment is quite strong in India.
    1 point
  42. Microsoft reportedly overhauling the Windows 10 UI in 21H2

    Don't knock it until you see it.......... Then it's open season :-)
    1 point
  43. Microsoft reportedly overhauling the Windows 10 UI in 21H2

    So, native integration of theming, skinning, without uxtheme patches? One can dream.
    1 point
  44. Microsoft reportedly overhauling the Windows 10 UI in 21H2

    Uh..oh! UI overhaul ! When have they done that right? Windows 95 was the last time. After that they got refinements right, not overhauls. "Improvements to File Explorer, Taskbar and Start built with modern code are expected". Uh..oh. I am scared.
    1 point
  45. AMD announces record Q3 2020 earnings, revenue up 45% to $2.8 billion

    I have to disagree, I wasn't misled whatsoever, maybe it is a better understanding of business financials and operations.
    1 point
  46. The Artemis Accords

    The European Space Agency is in,
    1 point
  47. If Apple does it, Samsung will follow. That's almost always the case (except for the headphone jack, until recently)
    1 point
  48. Breonna Taylor grand juror says panel wasn't given a chance to consider homicide charges https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/us/breonna-taylor-grand-juror-ruling/index.html
    1 point
  49. tilde

    I have often heard it called "tillD", kinda like "tillduh" but the "uh" part being very short!
    1 point