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  1. Threads now autolock after a year of no replies

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  2. Amazon is giving away a $40 gift card if you subscribe to Microsoft 365

    Those third-party distributors are typically gray market.
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  3. Mouse life and quality poll

    That’s what she said.
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  4. Mouse life and quality poll

    You haven't lived if you haven't abused buttons 😛
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  5. Threads now autolock after a year of no replies

    Glad the sanity prevailed 1 year is very very reasonable.
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  6. Stranded Deep is free to claim on the Epic Games Store today

    That looks great
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  7. Google disables astrophotography with ultra-wide lenses on Pixel 5 and 4a 5G

    So, technically speaking they fixed a bug
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  8. Mouse life and quality poll

    Where are the poll options for people that don't have issues with the mouse as i've had my mouse longer than 5 years and it still works perfectly? Logitech Performance MX, no issues apart from the short battery life.
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  9. Upgraded to 12 Pro Max from 8 Plus

    ... and I LOVE IT!!! 😁 oh and best part? 256 GB storage!
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  10. I have a Mi9 with MIUI v12.3(Xiaomi.eu v20.12.9) and Launcher 10. I'm not a fan of AOD, but went ahead and turned it on to check for you. For your first question, you can do a "custom". It requires you to set an image, but I was able to set a completely transparent one. "Clock position" has a "none" option and you can also turn off battery meter. That leaves you with notifications only. I got a notification for Skype, then one for FB, so, I suppose that works. I'm not sure what you are expecting, but it's displaying an icon under where time/date/batterymeter normally is, not full text of the notification like on the lock screen. There's no separate "AOD notification" app info settings that I can see like lockscreen to control how detailed it is. AKA, you know an app has said something, I would have to go to my regular lock screen to see what it is. The closed beta of MIUI v12.5 just came out, so I've got some small hope us xiaomi.eu users are going to be able to grab it Thursday night. I might double check then to see if they've offered more app info settings or always on display config. Thank you. Check if Telegram, Instagram, or Google Messages app show notifications. Because Xiaomi had whitelisted only the most popular apps earlier. Don't have Telegram. Don't have Google Messages. Instagram had shown up right before I turned AOD back off. Oh ok so it looks like they finally fixed it in MIUI 12 or 12.5. All notifications now seem to show instead of just select apps. Seems fairly recent fix: https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/fsulty/miui_alwaysondisplay_finally_shows_all/ (less than a year)
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  11. Mouse life and quality poll

    I've thrown away so many mice because of the janky button issue. I only found out earlier this year that they can be easily repaired. What happens is the metal contact oxidizes. They can be disassembled and cleaned. My previous mouse was a generic office workstation mouse. Probably at least 10 years old but it wasn't used for that long, I pulled it from a box of junk some years back. I got a Microsoft Wireless Desktop 900 last December.
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  12. Mouse life and quality poll

    I use Logitech M570 Trackball and the only issue is that at some point he left click starts doing the double click. I could probably change the switch but after 5+ years the cost of use is so low I want to keep them in business.
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  13. I have a Mi9 with MIUI v12.3(Xiaomi.eu v20.12.9) and Launcher 10. I'm not a fan of AOD, but went ahead and turned it on to check for you. For your first question, you can do a "custom". It requires you to set an image, but I was able to set a completely transparent one. "Clock position" has a "none" option and you can also turn off battery meter. That leaves you with notifications only. I got a notification for Skype, then one for FB, so, I suppose that works. I'm not sure what you are expecting, but it's displaying an icon under where time/date/batterymeter normally is, not full text of the notification like on the lock screen. There's no separate "AOD notification" app info settings that I can see like lockscreen to control how detailed it is. AKA, you know an app has said something, I would have to go to my regular lock screen to see what it is. The closed beta of MIUI v12.5 just came out, so I've got some small hope us xiaomi.eu users are going to be able to grab it Thursday night. I might double check then to see if they've offered more app info settings or always on display config.
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  14. what a confusing mess 2021, they need to replace the whole windows team, including management and people at the top this is very bad and doesn't inspire confidence for windows 10x and its future
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  15. 13.6% is pretty bad if you compare it to 72% for iOS 14 which was released in September.
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  16. A look back at the best laptops of 2020

    And it is one of the rare apps that has the least localization problems. Microsoft sells to 200 countries after all. And still discussing the merits and demerits of a platform doesn't make me a troll (although it wasn't you who called me by that name.)
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  17. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55474228 Sigh
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  18. Breonna Taylor statue smashed in California weeks after installation

    Bigots gonna bigot...
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  19. LG will unveil its first QNED TVs at CES 2021, featuring mini LED

    No thanks. Will wait for Micro LED to replace my OLED
    1 point
  20. UK mobile networks won't re-introduce EU roaming charges

    It is possible this was one of the points in the UK-EU trade deal, there was a lot that went in UK's favor Nope. The EU posted some propaganda "reading material" on the 26th claiming the UK would lose free roaming as it wasn't in the deal. It was obviously complete rubbish as most the carriers operate in multiple countries so it's no skin off their back to give it for free. If one removed it while the others didn't they would bleed customers like crazy. Also Vodafone and Three for example give you roaming in 70-80 countries. Remind me how many countries are in the EU? It hasn't and never will have anything to do with the EU. I mean yeah, of course the EU does not want countries to leave. One leaves and many can follow. Just like it is illegal to leave the US lol.
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  21. A look back at the best laptops of 2020

    It's not that easy. The devil is in details. Things like apps that won't print on A5 papers, because they were never designed for it. Poor translations. Apps translated to RTL languages that also write math from right to left! Apps that don't let you use DMY dates in citations because the citation style is, I don't know, Chicago or MLA. Developers who resort to analogies you don't understand. They say, "Who likes his breakfast cold?" and you respond, "Duh! Everyone!" Apple is not an international-minded company. Microsoft is, but have you seen Windows 10? (Sure, it has come a long way... And yet...) Of course, none of this is true. What a weird troll. Are you sure about that? Yes, I’m very sure about it being a weird troll. First it was macOS that was Imperial-Centric (it’s not) then it was the apps that were. All the while not mentioning a specific, reproducible instance with a specific app. That’s a troll.
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  22. Do you recall what it was like using Vodafone UK in the EU pre EU roaming charges? Yes, you'd visit France for a weekend away holiday. And a month later your phone bill turns up and you have to file for bankruptcy.
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  23. Surface Pro X with both SQ1 and SQ2 processors get new firmware updates

    I got fed up with Hello and just turned it off, since I was having to enter my pin every time, anyway
    1 point
  24. Upgraded to 12 Pro Max from 8 Plus

    Congrats!
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  25. Upgraded to 12 Pro Max from 8 Plus

    tis a nice upgrade indeed!
    1 point
  26. Upgraded to 12 Pro Max from 8 Plus

    WOOT!
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  27. UK mobile networks won't re-introduce EU roaming charges

    Roaming charges was a swizz anyway, just a money making scam since it is the same companies running the networks over there that are running the networks here.
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  28. "Also, the phone's box comes without a charger, but you can buy a bundle that includes that charger at no additional cost." Yeah, but at least for now you can get it for free. This makes more sense as an environmental effort, you can reduce how much space your box takes if you don't need it, but the charger is free if you do. We still have to see how it works in other countries, though.
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  29. The web is becoming an annoying garbagefest

    What boggles my mind are the sites that STILL think people want auto play videos. Do they really think people say "WOW, an video that started playing all by itself as I was trying to read the article on the page, it really helped me get engaged in the article." for me personally, it makes me want to never return to their site!
    1 point
  30. The web is becoming an annoying garbagefest

    The salt is real. I guess I struck a nerve, LOL.
    1 point
  31. The web is becoming an annoying garbagefest

    Damn.. look at the verge compared to neowin, Verge Neowin
    1 point
  32. The web is becoming an annoying garbagefest

    It is minimal here and when it happens usually an Editor was asleep at the wheel and we end up having to edit the headline properly, unlike some other sites it isn't a Neowin policy to be misleading with our news coverage.
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  33. You got me there.
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  34. The web is becoming an annoying garbagefest

    You know, some of that clickbait is here....
    1 point
  35. "The display on the Mi 11 is also top-notch" It has a top left punch hole, not a top notch.
    1 point
  36. Microsoft has a big 2021 planned for Windows and Surface

    Yeah let's just take all supported software, dump it all and create a new thing with 0 software for it and require software developers to recode half of their apps from scratch. Sometimes I really wonder if people actually think about the ideas they have because this has hands down got to be one of the dumbest suggestions I've ever seen in regards to windows. If it ain't broke, don't break it. It's not about the all or nothing approaches like you're suggesting (backwards compatibility vs starting from scratch). There needs to be a balance of transparent backwards compatibility (Rosetta) and a CLEAR direction for new software, but the benifits of removing all that backwards compatibility can't be over looked. Less clunky system, faster, more efficient, less issues with upgrades into the future, easier to overhaul UI, etc. We need Windows 10X to do this.
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  37. Here are the 100 bestselling Steam games of 2020

    Good to see Cyberpunk 2077 on the list, very well deserved.
    1 point
  38. Microsoft has a big 2021 planned for Windows and Surface

    I'm just waiting on a Pro with AMD chips, or a Pro X with a chip that's at least comparable to the M1 in performance/battery. I'd also love an OLED screen, but not much hopes on that one.
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  39. Here are the five biggest tech disappointments of 2020

    6: iphone 12 (renewed old iphones)
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  40. macOS update situation?

    I don't have any updates pending so I can't take a screenshot right now of how it looks like in 10.12 (High Sierra, current version) but I did find a picture of how it looks like in the upcoming 10.13 (Mojave) beta, which is very similar.
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  41. Nothing to introduce

    Nothing
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