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  1. 30,000 Macs are at threat from mysterious malware

    but but mac has no viruses
    7 points
  2. Or you know, how about apply the same broadcast regulations to social media as Radio\TV.
    6 points
  3. Slippery slope when you start controlling/regulating free exchanges of information...
    5 points
  4. 30,000 Macs are at threat from mysterious malware

    30,000 ? It's serious indeed as that's 100% market share. /j
    5 points
  5. Anyone know what their definition of "Fake News" is?
    4 points
  6. Something needs to be done and sitting by doing nothing but complaining isn't a solution.
    4 points
  7. They need to up it to 5 years and include feature updates to be competitive with Apple.
    4 points
  8. So, they're gonna shutdown themselves?
    4 points
  9. mIRC 7.64.4889 Beta

    Inb4 "This is still a thing?" comments.
    4 points
  10. Nice contidiction. "I've never had a single issue", then "problem with top USB ports" Either you did or you didn't. Seems like you have had problems, so why state you didn't? Odd.
    4 points
  11. apple used to false advertise/claim that they couldn't get viruses and that mindset has stuck with people ever sense
    3 points
  12. Agreed. This will quickly turn in a political battle of each side trying to silence their opposition.
    3 points
  13. BBC have expert understanding of misinformation. From the TV detector van stories they ran for years to instil fear into people to pay up, to the paedophile protection they granted Jimmy Savile and the rest of the scum there.
    3 points
  14. 30,000 Macs are at threat from mysterious malware

    I'm not worried, Macs don't get malware and viruses... it's impossible, its UNIX based!....
    3 points
  15. Should call this the 'Lucky Charms' defect.
    3 points
  16. Doesn't this just strengthen epic game's case for alternative app stores? Lol...
    3 points
  17. Daft Punk announce split after 28 years

    Image via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk#/media/File:Daftpunklapremiere2010.jpg Daft Punk, who were responsible for some of the most influential dance tracks of all time, have announced their retirement after nearly 30 years. The duo broke the news in a typically-enigmatic video, titled Epilogue. In the clip, musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, dressed in their iconic robot costumes, bid each other farewell in the desert, before one of them self-destructed. The band's longtime publicist confirmed the split to the BBC. Formed in Paris in 1993, the group brought the French underground house scene into the charts with hits like One More Time, Da Funk and Around The World. Their debut album, Homework, is considered a landmark in dance music; while they scored a worldwide hit in 2013 with the retro-disco single Get Lucky, featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. The song was taken from their most recent record, Random Access Memories, which won the Grammy for album of the year in 2014. Read more https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56158867
    2 points
  18. NASA Mars 2020 Rover (build and mission thread)

    This is so cool...
    2 points
  19. Daft Punk announce split after 28 years

    Damn. I was listening to them all those 28 years since I was 13 years old.
    2 points
  20. Are you familiar with the concept of diminishing returns? Apple could provide 10 years of updates but that would not be a factor in me switching. I have personally never keep a phone over three years which is the same for most people. Do you keep your phones for five years? Saying that... I am not against OEMs providing updates longer. a lot of people would keep phones for over 3 years if they received updates. An usual need for OS updates is so apps like banking/finance apps & corporate apps(Exchange, Authenticators, etc.) are supported, device is corporate policy compliant. a 5 year old, decently specced, phone would still be capable hardware to run basic apps. a short support period is basically planned obsolescence.
    2 points
  21. Many non-savy people actually says that.
    2 points
  22. T-Mobile introduces an unlimited data plan that's actually unlimited

    Why are they allowed to market them as Unlimited when they are not?
    2 points
  23. Huawei introduces the Mate X2 with an inner folding display

    google service is not essential, there are many alternatives. Huawei already have harmony OS dont need google service. Lots of users need Google services.
    2 points
  24. Apple starts taking countermeasures against new macOS malware strain

    You thought wrong...
    2 points
  25. Why? Fake news is easy to spot if you have a shred of common sense.
    2 points
  26. I thought Macs can’t get viruses?
    2 points
  27. People are probably plugging it in wrong.
    2 points
  28. TWIRL 1: SpaceX set to launch 60 Starlink satellites this week

    Wall-E is coming true.
    2 points
  29. Sure especially when there's no one to police Apple's irrational high prices of hardware, it's all fair game. I always get annoyed when people complain over "irrationally high prices of hardware". Based on what? So, how are your Android updates going 2 years after phone was launched? Not so "irrationally overpriced" anymore? Isn't this whataboutism? Both Apple and Android flagships are irrationally priced. Period.
    2 points
  30. Sure especially when there's no one to police Apple's irrational high prices of hardware, it's all fair game. I always get annoyed when people complain over "irrationally high prices of hardware". Based on what? So, how are your Android updates going 2 years after phone was launched? Not so "irrationally overpriced" anymore? My Android phone cost almost 1/4th of what the cheapest iPhone 12 (mini in this case) costs. 4*2 = 8
    2 points
  31. Sure especially when there's no one to police Apple's irrational high prices of hardware, it's all fair game.
    2 points
  32. when "Apple will tightening the noose around iDevices with 'irrationally high prices'"?
    2 points
  33. Translation: "We are charging irrationally high price for our devices, so to compensate and make our customers believe their device investment was worth it, we are requesting that you make your apps cheaper." Doesn't Apple believe customers can choose whether these apps provide the value they are asking for or not? Aren't they the ones claiming the free market regulates itself and regulations would harm the ecosystem when they are the ones being investigated?
    2 points
  34. NASA successfully lands Perseverance rover on Mars

    And here is a great look at the rover from the sky crane. Unbelievable! https://twitter.com/NASAPersev...1362825545227018240/photo/1
    2 points
  35. UK's Supreme Court says Uber drivers are employees

    Turns out Uber isn't a new and magical business model, it's just scam that tries to circumvent established businesses which have employees. It's easy to make more money than others if their rules don't apply to you.
    2 points
  36. Need to identify a cable

    That looks like the right cable, thanks!
    1 point
  37. Watch Dogs: Legion will finally receive multiplayer on March 9

    More multiplayer crap...yay.
    1 point
  38. Is "axing" like splicing (merging 2 HDMI heads into 1 USB-C connector, in your case)? I do wonder what version of HDMI cables/ports everything is running. Isn't it up to HDMI 2.3 nowadays?! Sorry, axing as meaning tossed those and ended up replacing them with usb c to HDMI cables. One per monitor. My new setup is one 34" ultra wide LG, running full usb c (end to end). No static or pink blocks. But yes, plenty of issues with HDMI port to HDMI port.
    1 point
  39. Global smartphone sales fell 5% in 4Q20, says Gartner

    It's good because? Because it shows America is becoming great again.
    1 point
  40. What's "expensive"? Would cloud-based apps have to explain their entire business models, that they provide $100 annual subscriptions regardless of the smartphone app, like Microsoft and Adobe? Or do those large corporations get a pass while the smaller developers charging $30/year get perceived as "expensive" merely because they don't have the name-brand recognition?! The point of this issue is that Apple is ostensibly abusing its control of the apps ecosystem by dictating whether an app is justifiably priced in Apple's own opinion, not that of the team of developers earning a living building these apps. It can quickly snowball into anti-competitive behavior should an app category be targeted due to Apple's interest in the area. In the example in the article, an app tricks a user into a significantly lower looking price ($40) that’s monthly vs $100 yearly. That’s $480 vs $100, which is not a typical difference for most apps not trying to use darK patterns to get someone to pay much, much more. edit: According to the post, it’s a gambling app. https://www.kingpin.pro" rel="external nofollow">https://www.kingpin.pro Also according to the post, the app was ultimately approved after lengthy appeals process via long-winded justifications with explicit upstream data provider costs (read: APIs) which tampered Apple's original claim of "irrationally high prices." The key issue the app developer raised is price fixing when the Apple declared the prices "irrationally high" (with seemingly no knowledge about the business model). All in all, some bad apples representing Apple are giving Apple a bad rap. I don't personally believe Apple's corporate mantra is to price-fix the app store (read: lower prices == lower revenue, anyway)... but Apple must mature their guidelines to allow for better guidance without directly punishing developers for charging "too much." When thinking about it a step further, Apple would PREFER if subscriptions were indeed managed within the app store directly (rather than independent Spotify, Netflix models). But, if they OBLIGATE subscriptions to be wholly managed within their app store along with price fixing those tiers, then Apple is stuck between a rock and a hard place -- due to their app dev roots, it's clear they're manipulating the marketplace and that's all anti-competitive/anti-trust territory (regardless of the size of the territory as a whole, their corporate market value and breadth of control over the apps ecosystem within their purview dictates qualification for such analysis). There are three links. One to a story on an app named after after a drug. One to the kingpin app. And one to a 9to5Mac story. My post referred to the second link, which doesn’t seem to have been resolved?
    1 point
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  42. Microsoft, Intel and the BBC? Oh that is so funny.
    1 point
  43. Clubhouse confirms security breach, deploys new safeguards

    I’ll just wait for Facebook’s version, should be more secure and more private.
    1 point
  44. I find this super annoying in Outlook.com and always turn it off.
    1 point
  45. I have a b350 chipset board and Ryzen 7 1700 and i have had USB problems for a while. The USB 3 ports on the front of the case will not work with any USB2 devices and the USB 3 c on the back is very iffy with my hispeed SD card reader, sometimes large files just file to transfer. Not sure why it happened, but the same thing with USB 3 and USB 2 happens on my brothers computer and that is a b450 chipset.
    1 point
  46. Apple > Apple.... What.
    1 point
  47. It is, and they really need to work on performance, because emulation of x64 apps is nowhere as smooth as x86, and that isn't as good as it could be, either. I still think it'd be better if developers started compiling their apps for ARM64, but that's not something Microsoft can control; this is.
    1 point
  48. NASA successfully lands Perseverance rover on Mars

    Sigh.... Your iPhone wouldn't survive the trip to Mars due to the harsh environment out there. The radiation alone would fry the circuits in days..... But hey, stick to FB please...
    1 point
  49. NASA successfully lands Perseverance rover on Mars

    The images were sent within minutes after touchdown, using the Hazcam w/ their protective caps still on and are low res (which is why they were received so quickly).
    1 point
  50. UK's Supreme Court says Uber drivers are employees

    Common sense strikes, good!
    1 point