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  1. CD Projekt suffers a cyberattack compromising internal systems

    There is no end to their streak of bad luck yet, is there? I feel sorry for the IT staff. This is about the worst kind of news any member of that department could wake up to - especially when the company itself is already stuck deep in the mud everywhere else.
    12 points
  2. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    And even at that price - thanks but no thanks. Read the reviews. What a disappointing thing to do : waiting for MS to release a good smartphone. Surface took at least till gen3 to get decent... You think that MS will release due gen2 or just dump it??
    6 points
  3. Intel sues engineer that went to Microsoft for allegedly stealing intel

    Wow, he stole the whole company?
    5 points
  4. Start10 1.96

    Or you could call it "choice"
    4 points
  5. If it costs nothing, that will be innovation!
    4 points
  6. The screenshots feel weird, squircles combined with regular circles and inconsistent corner radiuses for the various elements.
    4 points
  7. Steam and PlayStation 5 are officially coming to China

    I bet this game will never come to China: https://store.steampowered.com/app/319400/Disney_Winnie_the_Pooh/
    4 points
  8. Start10 1.96

    Maybe someone has been using computers since that era and just prefers the look? Its not like W8-W10 has improved anything about the menu beyond being more touch friendly. Tossing out modern hardware/software compatibility, general stability, you can install/run programs, surf the information superhighway, process words, code, listen to music and game. All the fundamentals are there. So other than stability (MS is working on that one), looks, cloud crap, touch crap and modern HW/SW compatibility, what huge leaps in usability have we witnessed since 98? There hasn't been much change because the basic formula works and the interface between man and computer hasn't changed a lot. VR/AR and neuro will likely bring about the real change once everything matures.
    3 points
  9. "Hey, what are those in your ear?" "Oh, they're nothing..." "No, they look like pretty sweet earbuds!" "Yeah, they're Nothing..." "Dude, why the attitude? I'm only asking where you got them from!"
    3 points
  10. Camera is using the camera; no ######!
    3 points
  11. And Android 13 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/...8f07f05.jpg?w=600&h=713
    3 points
  12. Looks superbland. Google and UI....
    3 points
  13. Give me a break. Compatibility with those platforms was NEVER advertised. And chances are if you care about the enhancements that much you don't have those chipsets.
    3 points
  14. Firefox 85.0.2 [Update]

    v85.0.2 is out.
    3 points
  15. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    All they had to do was listen and make a surface phone.
    3 points
  16. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    yet still not recommended by it's biggest fan, Zac Bowden. Sounds like there are still way too many bugs, and Microsoft not providing good community engagement on the device. If true, I wouldn't buy it either (eh, Android, I wouldn't buy it anyway...)
    3 points
  17. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    Fire sale has begun!
    3 points
  18. Neat. I think I'm about ready to ditch the Google stuff and try out Alexa.
    2 points
  19. Google Fi's VPN is exiting beta and coming to iPhone

    Why would you want to route ALL your traffic through Google servers lol? You may just tell all your private stuff right here in this comment section then...
    2 points
  20. what's wrong with consistency across known platforms? iOS has copied plenty from Android too if that's your argument ...
    2 points
  21. "I'm gonna reinvent Innovation. We're gonna remove barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future." Ooooh, wonder what amazing innovation they are gonna drop... "I present to you: Earbuds"
    2 points
  22. For me the only thing I started to hate about Android is the runaround you get now with notification preferences split between the app itself and within Android notification settings, and one app could have 20 notifications for every little thing that isn't even described in a way that most people can understand. Oh and some apps just reset the preferences with an update, so you're forever editing ****ing notifications. It is like they saw Facebooks multiple pages of settings and thought "hey now that's a great idea!" 🙄
    2 points
  23. Steam and PlayStation 5 are officially coming to China

    Because it's their country.
    2 points
  24. so instead of competing and improving they are still screwing its customers.... intel being intel....
    2 points
  25. iOS 14.5 update might let you pick a default music player

    That's entirely app fault, not Apple's fault. A lot of apps stubbornly insist on either built-in browser or Safari. That's just lazy development. Even before default browser selection was a thing, many good app devs allowed you to set any browser as default within that app.
    2 points
  26. iOS 14.5 update might let you pick a default music player

    They should've never killed the Zune name to begin with. Their whole campaign in burning it down for Xbox Music then Groove just never made sense to me, especially given the recognition the Zune name had earned.
    2 points
  27. Fitbit adds blood glucose tracking to its app

    Thought the same thing. Meh now.
    2 points
  28. Fitbit adds blood glucose tracking to its app

    Oh, I thought they developed some noninvasive method to measure blood glucose level.
    2 points
  29. iOS 14.5 update might let you pick a default music player

    Wow! First the option of a keyboard than a browser and now whatever ever music player you want to use as the default. What's next? Unlocking the bootloader? LOL
    2 points
  30. They typically price their products pretty competitively. It's just a matter of being able to get them.
    2 points
  31. It's hard to believe step one is to ban an account and delete everything without any warning or communication with the user.
    2 points
  32. Waste space should be at toolbar that can be hidden or unbidden
    2 points
  33. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    you choose to limit yourself to such a small screen. only in the current ADD world people would want to constantly browse internet while watching something else - it is totally not healthy - but yet over stimulation is what our brain brave now. It's the same principle of using 2 monitors as display, something that has been possible for at least 25 years (I myself started 20 years ago). So your point has no relevance. Regarding the small screen, you'll be surprised by even adults that prefer to work with something at hand that has a small screen.
    1 point
  34. Every time I open a program, it closes, but still remains in memory

    Just missed it, had to go offline. While it's the more complex solution, it's most likely the best way to get a positive resolution to the issues you've been having. When SFC isn't even running, that's a good indication that something is seriously messed up.
    1 point
  35. Rust Foundation formed to manage namesake language

    https://crates.io/ https://lib.rs/ While it's impressive what we got, and many many new projects are using Rust, we still have near 35 years of C++ libraries which are heavily dependant today!
    1 point
  36. Start10 1.96

    I use because Windows 10 start menu is a major downgrade. My desktop computer is not a smartphone.
    1 point
  37. Hey, I founded nothing ages ago, and I have trademarks and copyrights on nothing. I think someone owes me money for nothing.
    1 point
  38. Soon you won't be able to tell where iOS starts and Android ends lol
    1 point
  39. Looks like a devbuild of an Android skin.
    1 point
  40. Front Page News link missing in the forums.

    That's when you click on "Front Page News" rather than clicking on the article title, right? If you click on the article title it still takes you to the article. The FPN forum has been removed, and the forums in general are having a clean and polish.
    1 point
  41. iOS 14.5 update might let you pick a default music player

    Official sideloading? Ability to put icons whenever I want them?
    1 point
  42. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    Bingo! Giving users a new technology or even UX concept that they don't realize they will like is one thing. NOT giving users the basic functionally or features or meeting the needs of users is just ######ing stupid. Just the crap Camera alone should have gotten someone at Microsoft punched in the dingding. Its sad too, as the book formfactor is really good and works really well.
    1 point
  43. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    Ya, I was surprised, he and Brad Sams seem to have come away with similar opinions to mine. If the software team had 'gotten' to finish their work without another another framework shift in the middle, it would be a much better device. They didn't though. They should have keep revising the hardware and just waited. The other problem is still Android. A lot of things that were planned to be implemented across the Duo and Neo devices couldn't work, as things too easily broke, were slow, or required a lot of lifting to get the same functionality on the Duo with Android. These issues also contributed to the framework change decisions in the cross platform UI concepts just released. Microsoft needs to let this device fade away, and then do it 'right' - with Microsoft/Nokia era cameras mid and high performance versions of the device, and having the OS features nailed down. They would also be far better off running Android on NT and getting the advantages of the performance and security. ** ** This is more viable than one would expect. With WM10 out of the picture, I don't think people realize how slow Android has become in comparison. There is NO REASON that running full Windows 10 ARM on a Lumia 950 should be 'lighter' and faster than Android running on that SoC or a couple of years newer SoC. But it is faster, and it is still a bit sad Microsoft rolled over and let the idiots have crap, but here we are.
    1 point
  44. ...and be lost in the sea of regular android phones? Their intention was right with this device, the execution was pathetic.
    1 point
  45. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    lol, it's an Android phone....
    1 point
  46. Microsoft's Surface Duo is $400 off at Best Buy and Amazon

    MS just give up on mobile phone market, people are too entrenched in there current eco system, be it apple and android, they should put more effort into the surface line up, I have a surface 3 and its still going strong today, MS teams is a god send tbh, yes its still a bit rough, but this has meant my work space is now virtual and I can keep in contact with work, home and friends all from the office if needs be.
    1 point
  47. iOS 14.5 update might let you pick a default music player

    Too bad MS dropped out with Groove, otherwise I would have that as my default on my iPhone.
    1 point
  48. Microsoft has this handy feature for their emails called aliases. Thinking you can change the alias and retain the email? Too ######en back the alias IS your email address and lose access to it if you change it. No warning period, nothing, when you contact support you cannot regain it even if you provide a bunch of informatikn proving you owned the account and made a mistake not even 5 minutes prior. No remorse. Their excuse is customer safety. BS beyond any imagination. I feel for the developer.
    1 point
  49. Brave New World where some algorithms collect information about you and other bans you based on it and no one can explain why.
    1 point
  50. Intel Evo vs Apple Silicon part four: Hardware compatibility

    I love my M1 Mac Pro. I went into this with my eyes wide open and I know what’s possible from this computer. I am a very excited Mac user. At some point these intel comparisons will be completely useless and meaningless because we all know where this is headed and it should be very clear later this year. WHAT?!?! THE BIGGEST APPLE FAN ON NEOWIN LIKES HIS MAC GUIZE!!!!!
    1 point