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  1. The U.S. government has revoked more Huawei licenses

    Not to worry. On Wednesday, Biden/Harris will undo everything. Can't keep ticking of their masters in China. $$$$$
    3 points
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  3. Shuttle launches Barebone XPC slim DA320 Ryzen Mini-PC

    It's $200 and likely used for digital signage, kiosks, etc.. Probably not worried about swapping CPUs later, etc.. Probably cut a deal to clear stock and get cheaper pricing.
    2 points
  4. Uber will give Brits a free trip to vaccination centres

    You do you...
    2 points
  5. The biggest problem of Chinese 5G is clearly about spy. More countries start to use Chinese 5G, less countries U.S. will be able to spy in future. Angela Merkel, Ban Ki-moon, Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi probably know more details as they are all victims.
    2 points
  6. Google to limit Chrome sync API following audit

    There is a lot wrong with what Google is doing here and what they did. The API itself is worthy of many discussions, and then there is how Google allowed the data to be stored from the API, then there is how Google allowed unmonitored data to be stored in the visible portion of their user data block, and finally why Google will only allow their own product to touch Google authentication in this context and the profile/sync data the API provides, which was originally for being used similar to how it is being used - except by non-Google companies, even with the user giving them permission. So there is security, monopolistic behavior, poor API design, Chrome leveraging, and Google walking back access to data even if the user wants to be able to use it with another product. Google is still just as anti-competitive and ###### as ever. Consumers can't sway them, and even government threat can't sway them. It is going to come down to privacy and digitally specific laws to get them to stop doing questionable, evil crap that harms consumer, governments, and global markets they meddle in.
    2 points
  7. Inpaint 9.0

    A photo retouching app that does one thing but the Demo version won't let you even save a picture? Why not just purchase a Trial version of any other photo-editing software out there and use it, plus all its other features?
    2 points
  8. Uber will give Brits a free trip to vaccination centres

    You do you... I will, I prefer to use local taxi companies, where the drivers are vetted. You have no idea who the Uber drivers are, they are not vetted and could be an axe murderer for all I know. Uber will put local taxi companies out of business, thankfully they are not here, and I don't think they will come here or any other taxi company like them. It is bad enough we get cabs here for another city not so far away. You have no idea who the taxi driver is either. Guess what? The Uber driver doesn't know who I am either. LOL BTW Uber drivers go thru a background check. I am pretty sure drivers are more likely to be assaulted than the rider.
    1 point
  9. Uber will give Brits a free trip to vaccination centres

    You do you... I will, I prefer to use local taxi companies, where the drivers are vetted. You have no idea who the Uber drivers are, they are not vetted and could be an axe murderer for all I know. Uber will put local taxi companies out of business, thankfully they are not here, and I don't think they will come here or any other taxi company like them. It is bad enough we get cabs here for another city not so far away. How exactly do they "vet" them? Uber drivers also undergo a background check.
    1 point
  10. Windows server 2019 and active directory

    The question doesn't make much sense, or is too broad. You need to know what you're trying to achieve if you want to learn how to do it. Create a user? Add an object? Set a password expiration? EDIT: Ok, just saw your second post. That makes a bit more sense, I guess you could look in to how to perform those steps to start with.
    1 point
  11. Huawei is refreshing its AppGallery with a new UI

    Looks like the play store.
    1 point
  12. Not here they won't as there is no Uber here and even if there were I would not use them even if for free.
    1 point
  13. Uber will give Brits a free trip to vaccination centres

    Ha ha! My grandma received a notice that she was able to get her vaccination but it was in Birmingham (she's just outside). She said it would be too far by public transport and I suggested that she could take an Uber. If she hadn't been told in another letter that she could get the vaccine closer to home she would now have another reason to try them! That's great of Uber to make such an offer, although 4,000 codes could disappear really quickly. But I guess you are talking about £60,000 of lost income with that gesture.
    1 point
  14. Brazilian government allows Huawei to take part in 5G auction

    You might think cheap equipment is the only thing that will happen, but look at Africa, how they're pretty much colonies of China now with no way out. Do you ever post anything factual? Actually, the part about China's activities in Africa is correct. China has heavily invested in African countries buying mines, farming land and natural resources and they have been doing so for more than a decade. Several of these countries have become reliant on Chinese investment to prop up what is often a struggling economy. They are not anything like Chinese colonies though. Only if "colony" in your mind is strictly about a bunch of Englishmen and Frenchmen sticking a flag in the desert and forcing the natives to go to Europe and fight Germans in WW1, sure. But China lending money to an increasing and ultimately impossible interest, claiming all valuable resources in the ground and leaving them bare, and building towns and shopping malls with only Chinese people in them, is pretty much a colony by 21st century standards.
    1 point
  15. Qualcomm's answer to Apple's M1 could be the SC8280

    And then you showed up and did that very thing. Do you know what an article is? (That's rhetorical, that means don't answer) Did I say you were an article? (That's rhetorical, that means don't answer) Did he say that you said that he was an article? (That's rhetorical, that means don't answer)
    1 point
  16. Polish government eyeing free speech social media law

    Abortion is intrinsically evil, so naturally one should oppose it if the person has any semblance of basic right vs wrong. because those who don't respect life at it's most innocent stage, which is in a mothers womb, tend to go off the rails in other moral areas to. that's why the left is so messed up nowadays as once life becomes disposable in a mothers womb, they tend to support a lot of other immoral things to. it's like they get their way with one immoral thing and move onto the next, where does it end? (but it's not surprising as the left see's morality as subjective, where as those on the right typically see morality as objective which is based around Jesus Christ and He's clearly against abortion. those who disagree here have a distorted view of morality) what the left essentially does is put a persons "choice" higher than a persons right-to-life when, when obviously, it should be the other way around. hell, look at how each political party labels the abortion issue... pro-life vs pro-choice. one tells the issue like it truly is (i.e. pro-life (everyone should have a basic right-to-life)), while the other (i.e. pro-choice) sugar-coats a immoral/evil act under the guise of a "choice". the left basically makes it easier for people to kill their own child, how can that possibly be a good thing? the left always tries to claim those on the right are denying their "rights" when it's just them pushing for more and more moral decline. those against abortion are not communists. the left is definitely more inline with communism than the right is as they want more and more control over the common person unlike those on the right. but many are very blind in today's world where what's generally been good for ages is now bad and what's generally been bad for ages is now good. 'Isaiah 5 : 20' sums up many in today's world. Out of interest, do you have any reference to Jesus saying he is against abortion? If you're gonna claim someone is clearly against something, you better have some reference point to back that up. What is your basis for saying they tend to go off the rails in other moral areas too, because someone supports the right of abortion? What makes this more than just an assumption on your end? Do you even know why people take abortions? Or have you just made assumptions about that too? Do you realize the kid would not have got a good life in the vast majority of cases where abortions happen – it could be killed after birth, along with its mother; or it would have parents that couldn't care for them; or they would lose their mother at birth and the kid and their siblings would grow up orphans? No one wants to have an abortion, most people who go through it doesn't do it easily. People who see things in black and white like you do, those are the ones that generally cannot make morally good choices. Because the world isn't black and white, choices you make are not black and white – if you had to sacrifice your life to save one of your kids, but that would leave your other children starving, what would you do? How do you make the right choice in such a situation? You, who want children to suffer and call that good, you are the one who fits the description of that verse.
    1 point
  17. Moto G Stylus (2021) review: Where have you gone, Moto?

    You like phones that are awkward to hold? LOL I do not want to go back to wider phones.
    1 point
  18. I still need to play Alan Wake 😅
    1 point
  19. Xiaomi responds to Department of Defense's investment ban

    Trump is desperately trying to help his beloved apple
    1 point
  20. Brazilian government allows Huawei to take part in 5G auction

    You might think cheap equipment is the only thing that will happen, but look at Africa, how they're pretty much colonies of China now with no way out. Do you ever post anything factual? Actually, the part about China's activities in Africa is correct. China has heavily invested in African countries buying mines, farming land and natural resources and they have been doing so for more than a decade. Several of these countries have become reliant on Chinese investment to prop up what is often a struggling economy. They are not anything like Chinese colonies though.
    1 point
  21. Inkscape 1.0.2

    The best free alternative to illustrator. Of those few things that are worthy of supporting them.
    1 point
  22. Moto G Stylus (2021) review: Where have you gone, Moto?

    I actually like it. Having a long narrow phone allows me the see more content while having a phone that is comfortable to hold with 1 hand. I use. 21:9 screen on my phone
    1 point
  23. Moto G Stylus (2021) review: Where have you gone, Moto?

    That was eons ago in smartphone years and a fairly well known fact in tech circles imo (similar to how Thinkpad is also a Lenovo brand). I would agree to it if this article was published in a general news site, but this is Neowin.
    1 point
  24. Enacfire E90 Wireless Earbuds review: True bang for your buck

    Ah I think Sennheiser has spoiled me because after the CX 400BT earbuds everything else pales in comparison. I really do appreciate the bass of the Enacfire earbuds, but as I said it tends to get grainy as you turn the volume higher. It's good but not excellent, at least not for me. To each his/her own mate, I'm glad you're satisfied with your product that's what matters at the end of the day 😁 I'm going to be reviewing the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro pretty soon so stay tuned 😉 Ahh, the Sennheiser. I've heard a lot of good things about those and from the people that reviewed them, I suspect they are right. I could see how you might find anything in MY price range as inadequate. The Liberty Air2 is the most expensive phones I own. They sound good but the ear fatigue is tremendous. If you feel like slumming a bit longer, I also love the EarFun Free Pro. Now it has controls for ANC for what its worth but the sound is outstanding to my virgin Sennheiser ears. I am still interested in your opinion just the same.
    1 point
  25. Qualcomm's answer to Apple's M1 could be the SC8280

    Why are you including MS? They are a software company. MS has it's own hardware unit (Surface, Xbox, accessories, a.s.o) and they are rumored that will design their own custom AMR SOC. Is the last statement is true or not, we will see. Yeah but there is a big difference here. Apple is a hardware company that also does software. They build hardware in house. Microsoft is a software company that also does hardware. They source it. It is one of the reasons I'm saying they won't catch up with Apple anytime soon. I expect they will release perhaps a decent competitor to the chromebook in a year or so, but not the M1 or anything that follows it anytime soon. Its really not on MS to catch up though, its not an area they have ever taken on themselves. MS doesn't need to catch up, CPU manufacturers do.
    1 point
  26. Inpaint 9.0

    good god just use Gimp it's bleeding free forever
    1 point
  27. Moto G Stylus (2021) review: Where have you gone, Moto?

    What happened to Moto? They don't exist anymore as they were bought by Lenovo. LOL I feel that should be mentioned in Moto articles for those that may not know.
    1 point
  28. Brazilian government allows Huawei to take part in 5G auction

    You might think cheap equipment is the only thing that will happen, but look at Africa, how they're pretty much colonies of China now with no way out. So they switched from Bechtel and other US and European companies to Chinese ones because the latter offered better terms; seems capitalism at its finest to me.
    1 point
  29. Enacfire E90 Wireless Earbuds review: True bang for your buck

    Ah I think Sennheiser has spoiled me because after the CX 400BT earbuds everything else pales in comparison. I really do appreciate the bass of the Enacfire earbuds, but as I said it tends to get grainy as you turn the volume higher. It's good but not excellent, at least not for me. To each his/her own mate, I'm glad you're satisfied with your product that's what matters at the end of the day 😁 I'm going to be reviewing the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro pretty soon so stay tuned 😉
    1 point
  30. Inpaint 9.0

    $20 a year.. No thanks..
    1 point
  31. You must be like Flossy Carter with this Max Volume test. He's always testing at Max Volume. I don't ever get distortion. I own a pair and they are the some of the best earbuds you could get. I like these more than my Soundcore Liberty Air 2's which cost me twice the price. The thing about these is they are loud. And if you are a bass head as I am, you are in luck with these. My question is, how in the world can you even listen to them at high volume and why do it? My ONLY bugaboo with these is the way you have to flip them backward to put them in the charging case. It is damn near impossible to do in the dark. I would give these 8.5 Easy.
    1 point
  32. You might think cheap equipment is the only thing that will happen, but look at Africa, how they're pretty much colonies of China now with no way out. Do you ever post anything factual? I've not seen any. He's a big fan of conspiracy theory though.
    1 point
  33. Are you from Brazil? No but I am a fan of Huawei. Yeah, it's great what they're doing, spying on other countries and helping the Chinese government put Uighurs in concentration camps, how can you not be a fan? You got proof? I've not seen it. Show me the proof.
    1 point
  34. Skagen Jorn Hybrid HR smartwatch unboxing and first impressions

    Not a problem with this watch. I own the Collider HR for over a year and it's an excellent watch with over 2 weeks of battery life from a single charge and charges from 0 to 100% in an hour. I'm tracking all my exercises from outdoor biking, running, hiking to my stationary bike and rowing machine in the winter. IMO not much they need to improve. It does everything it was made for very well.
    1 point
  35. Are you from Brazil? No but I am a fan of Huawei. Yeah, it's great what they're doing, spying on other countries and helping the Chinese government put Uighurs in concentration camps, how can you not be a fan? Any proof of that? In the UK, the UK government did all the spying. Having worked for T-Mobile in the past (now EE), the amount of government servers in our server rooms was an eye opener. The government had a direct live feed of every phone call, SMS, email & data sent over the network. The data was only supposed to be viewable with the approval of a magistrate, but the Government & police only make token applications to make it look like they were following the law. I could tell you far more about what the UK Government does by proxy for the US Government with users data, but that's a story for another day. But everything you've ever done online or over a telephone is logged & archived. It's also surprising that government data collection goes as far back as the late 1940's. And UK & US intelligence agencies have been taking advantage of memory/firmware vulnerabilities to syphon data off for decades. Even your printer isn't safe. Yet people have been brainwashed to believe that China & Russia are the problem. The US & UK have surveillance operations running out of Russia & China by the way. Looks good for finger pointing when traces are uncovered. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55634388 I love how all the companies mentioned in the article essentially state they regret the language ended up in their patent documents, however they really do not deny or condemn the actual act of identifying a specific race or ethnicity for any purpose whatsoever. It’s like the adage, your only sorry that you got caught.
    1 point
  36. Enacfire E90 Wireless Earbuds review: True bang for your buck

    Looks like AirPods Pro with manufacturing defects.
    1 point
  37. Brazilian government allows Huawei to take part in 5G auction

    You might think cheap equipment is the only thing that will happen, but look at Africa, how they're pretty much colonies of China now with no way out. Do you ever post anything factual?
    1 point
  38. Brazilian government allows Huawei to take part in 5G auction

    Are you from Brazil? No but I am a fan of Huawei. Yeah, it's great what they're doing, spying on other countries and helping the Chinese government put Uighurs in concentration camps, how can you not be a fan? Any proof of that? In the UK, the UK government did all the spying. Having worked for T-Mobile in the past (now EE), the amount of government servers in our server rooms was an eye opener. The government had a direct live feed of every phone call, SMS, email & data sent over the network. The data was only supposed to be viewable with the approval of a magistrate, but the Government & police only make token applications to make it look like they were following the law. I could tell you far more about what the UK Government does by proxy for the US Government with users data, but that's a story for another day. But everything you've ever done online or over a telephone is logged & archived. It's also surprising that government data collection goes as far back as the late 1940's. And UK & US intelligence agencies have been taking advantage of memory/firmware vulnerabilities to syphon data off for decades. Even your printer isn't safe. Yet people have been brainwashed to believe that China & Russia are the problem. The US & UK have surveillance operations running out of Russia & China by the way. Looks good for finger pointing when traces are uncovered. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55634388 Google, a US firm, were doing, far, far, far worse with their Wi-Fi snooping and a multitude of other illegal forms of data collection that has been verirfied by Google itself and they got nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Wonder who was benefitting from this data collection?? Any tech companies have all kinds of patents, it doesn't mean they are actively using them all. Again, nothing to do with 5g though. Anyone working in telecomms will be updating the firmware on their infrastructure regularly to patch vulnerabilities. And if data was being leaked back to China or any other location, it would be extremely obvious to see where network traffic is heading to! I've yet to see a single report from a telecom company accusing Huawei of stealing data or facilitating an actual leak.
    1 point
  39. Brazilian government allows Huawei to take part in 5G auction

    Are you from Brazil? No but I am a fan of Huawei. Yeah, it's great what they're doing, spying on other countries and helping the Chinese government put Uighurs in concentration camps, how can you not be a fan? Any proof of that? In the UK, the UK government did all the spying. Having worked for T-Mobile in the past (now EE), the amount of government servers in our server rooms was an eye opener. The government had a direct live feed of every phone call, SMS, email & data sent over the network. The data was only supposed to be viewable with the approval of a magistrate, but the Government & police only make token applications to make it look like they were following the law. I could tell you far more about what the UK Government does by proxy for the US Government with users data, but that's a story for another day. But everything you've ever done online or over a telephone is logged & archived. It's also surprising that government data collection goes as far back as the late 1940's. And UK & US intelligence agencies have been taking advantage of memory/firmware vulnerabilities to syphon data off for decades. Even your printer isn't safe. Yet people have been brainwashed to believe that China & Russia are the problem. The US & UK have surveillance operations running out of Russia & China by the way. Looks good for finger pointing when traces are uncovered.
    1 point
  40. Great news right there.
    1 point
  41. Qualcomm's answer to Apple's M1 could be the SC8280

    They need to start appearing in 300 Euro (with 8GB of RAM and a real SSD) machines. Nobody is buying 1k+ Windows machines unless they are gaming or business (XPS, Latitude, Elitebook, Thinkpad) looks at my spx You and 8 other owners.
    1 point
  42. Polish government eyeing free speech social media law

    Laws of land >>>> some community rules of social media. If you're a PLATFORM, be one, don't try to be a media and edit according to your political correctness.
    1 point
  43. Polish government eyeing free speech social media law

    I'd love this to be followed by the rest of the world. Social Media companies have become digital plagues/
    1 point
  44. Signal confirms service outage, restoration efforts underway

    Should be considered anti-competitive. I don't know for sure they're even related, just seems a little odd that: 1) Facebook supposedly starts censoring posts mentioning Signal. 2) Whatsapp postpones its policy change by 3 months. 3) Signal goes down on the same day. Just seems like somebody would like new Signal users to get annoyed, hear about the postponement and coming running back to Whatsapp.
    1 point
  45. Signal confirms service outage, restoration efforts underway

    What are you talking about? Telegram does NOT use the Signal protocol. It's uses MTProto which is neither a standard nor totally open sourced (aka proprietary). WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol and RCS soon will when it supports E2E. To add, using the Signal protocol has nothing to do with the Signal service (except using the same encryption scheme).
    1 point
  46. Translation : We're waiting until the uproar dies down and nobodies paying attention.
    1 point
  47. Signal confirms service outage, restoration efforts underway

    Who knew that Google, Apple, Twitter, and Facebook are trying to get rid of competition
    1 point
  48. Wonder what adding more "ports" means. Adding more USB-C ports doesn't mean there will be less dongles. However, adding possibly HDMI, maybe a 2.5Gbps ethernet (slim/origami type), and an SD slot does. All which other vendors have done while keeping their laptops slim. The Macbook Pro line has grown heavy enough you're not gaining anything by making is slimmer. Make it a thicc boy and slap some ports in there. *Slaps laptop* THIS BABY HAS ALL THE PORTS.
    1 point
  49. It only took them 5 years to realize nobody wanted that. Just release a touchscreen MacBook
    1 point
  50. New U.S. executive order bans transactions with eight Chinese apps

    What? You've cleaned the thread and allowed the Creepy Joe remark to stand but deleted my post on Trump lusting after his teenage daughter. You're ok with sexual slander against Biden but against factual and provable historic statements from Trump? I'm calling you out over this clear and obvious bias. Either be fair and delete them all or don't delete any. It isn't your job to play favourites.
    1 point