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  1. "Not only that but parts that are heavily used, like the screen and keyboard, are magnetically attached and can be easily replaced by ordering new ones from Framework's website." It's not clear if it can be upgraded, but it can be replaced, so it's still modular.
    6 points
  2. Much like Windows Media Center, there is absolutely someone out there furious about this. Excuse me WMC was (actually it is still) the best DVR software out there! Anyway going back to listen music on my Zune
    6 points
  3. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    Noooo, I use this all the time, said no one ever.
    6 points
  4. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    I've been removing it with a reg key for years
    4 points
  5. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    Good. It would be nice to have the option to remove anything from the folder tree, start menu, etc. I won't complain about them killing things altogether.
    4 points
  6. Politicians need to stop looking for easy answers and stop pandering. Violent computer games are sold worldwide, millions of people play them, many/most are not out carjacking. Poverty, access to firearms, low education standards, unemployment. All thing that have a much more significant impact on crime levels. Its cowardly showmanship and insulting to their constituents to simply say: Yeah its because of Fortnite.
    4 points
  7. Good! Focus on making a good game first and foremost. Sick of the microtransaction cows being the focus of development.
    3 points
  8. I remember when they had Project Ara for modular phones which got me really excited, only to have it cancelled. Would love to see more Modular approaches to Tech coming to mass production.
    3 points
  9. Facebook Messenger is facing a massive outage [Update]

    Oh no...what will people do without Facebook!
    3 points
  10. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    I fly a drone and used it to take a really hi-res image of the converted warehouse I live in. It flies around a few times taking multiple photos at various angles. Great... So I download the photo and yeah it’s really detailed. But then also it delivers me a really detailed 3D model of the building, which Windows decided to store in this 3D Objects folder. Only time I ever used it and that was unwittingly!
    3 points
  11. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    Additionally, it should be much easier to customize the context menu. Install two or three programs and suddenly right clicking is a disaster.
    3 points
  12. It's a bit confusing, but Google TV is sort of an expanded experience built on top of Android TV. It has some different UI elements and features, but I believe Google wants to update Android TV to be more like Google TV in the future.
    3 points
  13. Google-powered TVs will let you disable smart features altogether

    An excellent option! Some people just don't want the smart part of the TV
    3 points
  14. Macro? Yes, after all the critique aimed at micro-transactions, the leadership at EA took a long hard look in the mirror. They came to realize the issue; customers want things to be bigger and better. So from now on your dropbox is priced at a full game's price.
    3 points
  15. LG is now licensing its webOS smart TV platform to other brands

    For my money, I find it the most usable of SmartTV interfaces...
    3 points
  16. Not every game needs a MP mode, specially not when it's packed with loot boxes and micro transactions.
    2 points
  17. Good. ###### multiplayer.
    2 points
  18. 2 points
  19. yeah I remember them hitting too many issues with limited throughput in the small shell limiting how much it would be able to be upgraded. Hopefully that's not as much of an issue here being as there's more room to work with for a laptop sized shell.
    2 points
  20. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    Much like Windows Media Center, there is absolutely someone out there furious about this.
    2 points
  21. Facebook Messenger is facing a massive outage [Update]

    With smoke signals.
    2 points
  22. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    I've been using a snippet of text to completely delete this folder for the last couple of years (along with OneDrive, another useless-to-me "feature").
    2 points
  23. I really dont even know where to begin but you do realize, Android is specifically open enough to root by design right? The whole idea behind Android is that its entirely open. Google doesnt purposely place blocks on this.
    2 points
  24. "it looks like TV sets that ship with Google TV as the built-in software experience will allow users to disable smart features completely. During the setup process, users can choose to configure the device as a basic TV" Now hold on just a minute there, that's jumping to one hell of a conclusion a bit fast, do you need to agree to an EULA before you can set this mode? Because if so, it's google, I can bet there will be something in there about them still being able to receive your data, if it has or finds an internet connection, for marketing and analytical purposes. Sure it might not enable "smart TV" features but let's not assume it disables all purposes until there's proof of that.
    2 points
  25. yet, Microsoft's own Surface Go 2 is stuck on 1909
    2 points
  26. I think the problem was EA trying to get them to make a game type they'd never done or actually had no real interest in doing. If Anthem was a true single player RPG like ME and their other bioware games, then who knows what things could have been? This craze for open world online games EA, Ubi and so on have a hardon now aren't doing any favors to the gaming industry IMO. On paper they sound solid when you run the numbers, loot boxes, microtransactions etc. Everyone wants to cash in on things like GTA Online. I honestly have no interest in these game types. I hope the next ME is once again a strong narrative driven RPG and not some shared online world looter. So do I. The online shared looters *can* be good when done right, it's a proven formula. However, it doesn't mean everyone should be making them. Leave those games to the studios who can do them justice and the others stick to what they are good at. BioWare was a great single player narrative focused dev, I just want them back.
    2 points
  27. I think the problem was EA trying to get them to make a game type they'd never done or actually had no real interest in doing. If Anthem was a true single player RPG like ME and their other bioware games, then who knows what things could have been? This craze for open world online games EA, Ubi and so on have a hardon now aren't doing any favors to the gaming industry IMO. On paper they sound solid when you run the numbers, loot boxes, microtransactions etc. Everyone wants to cash in on things like GTA Online. I honestly have no interest in these game types. I hope the next ME is once again a strong narrative driven RPG and not some shared online world looter.
    2 points
  28. Saw it coming, standard EA protocol. Cut and run when it gets too hard. While this is good news for ME4/DA4 it doesn't mean we are out of the woods yet. If BioWare haven't sorted out their internal issues yet we could be in trouble. Personally, I'd rather EA sell BioWare to MS, I think under their leadership they could return to their former glory. Under EA they haven't exactly done great.... although to be fair BioWare is a shamble of a company right now, the influence of EA is the least of thier worries.
    2 points
  29. HP is buying HyperX for $425 million

    another brand that HP will run to the ground... yay....
    2 points
  30. Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 21322 with a bunch of fixes

    If you are that hard up for 50mb of drive space, you have more to worry about than these Apps. Pro Tip, don't open or use them, and pretend like they don't exist. Like Magic. I agree that the disk space would be negligible. But at the same time, I've not understood why these particular tools are bundled in to the standard image. I can't imagine they are used by the majority of the userbase, or that in my years as an administrator I've ever seen anything in the 3D objects folder. That's not to say that they do not get used, but perhaps they should be "removed" from the default build, and instead included as a feature that can be enabled for those that do use them, like the RSAT currently is?
    2 points
  31. Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 21322 with a bunch of fixes

    "The 3D Objects folder will no longer be shown as a special folder in File Explorer after updating to this build." Now remove Paint 3D and all the other 3D crap.
    2 points
  32. Stardock introduces Tiles 2 with high DPI monitor support

    Mike - do you get the point of Tiles, Curtains before it, or even the Object Desktop Suite of which both are a part? It is like additional clothing - so you don't wear the same thing all the time.
    2 points
  33. no because Apple still wants your money. So Evil. It's not like Dell, HP or Newegg never want you to upgrade either. Apple is the worst.
    2 points
  34. yeah I remember them hitting too many issues with limited throughput in the small shell limiting how much it would be able to be upgraded. Hopefully that's not as much of an issue here being as there's more room to work with for a laptop sized shell. yeah I agree to that, but I actually see the Laptop segment going to a totally non-modular approach of late, my older Dell Studio 1555 was easier to take apart and I could Upgrade RAM, Drives, Change screen, Battery all by myself... The newer laptops seem to be more focused on making things thinner and lighter(or to achieve forced obsolescence) and not so easy to repair, even to the point of having Soldered RAM on board.….which is a big meh. yeah I hate the trend as well. it's a PITA to even swap out the HDD/SSD in some laptops now. If they're not soldered in then you have to completely take the thing apart including the keyboard ribbon and such. I had this happen on a Dell laptop I had a few years back; damaged the keyboard ribbon in the process and gave up swapping the drive until I decided to just replace the machine for a better laptop.
    1 point
  35. The Framework Laptop is a modular and upgradable laptop coming this summer

    This thing will make wallets modular too, bet they will sell it for 2k at least. Might be worth it if the modular items are affordable.
    1 point
  36. KaiOS teams up with Justdiggit to connect rural communities

    This is where services like Starlink can be perfect when the cost goes down.
    1 point
  37. At the driver level it did, and the 3060 has vbios support out of the box, other cards have to wait for vbios updates. And your motherboard may need a bios update from the manufacturer also, if they decide to support it.
    1 point
  38. The Framework Laptop is a modular and upgradable laptop coming this summer

    Pricing is gonna be INSANE.
    1 point
  39. I don't use Android because it's cheap, lol. I use it because I can do more with it and customize it more. Use different launchers, etc.. Not to mention the integration with Google Services which I use exensively. I've got a Samsung Active 2 and love it for the most part. It's not WearOS, though. I love being able to customize from my phone and how they work together. Last year, I tried sending a message to my girlfriend, who uses iPhone and Apple Watch, and she couldn't receive the text because her phone was at school, even that she has an LTE watch. It still sent message to phone and NOT her watch, lol. Sure, much better.... Maybe that's just a Verizon thing, but it's dumb. I receive messages on both, and if I leave one or the other, I still get all messages.
    1 point
  40. While I don't mind that the screen isn't modular - that would have been impressive, but I can't see how it would be possible - I would have liked to be able to choose a screen ratio. my guess is you choose the shell first for screen size and screen is easily swappable for damage and/or different resolution screens such as 1080p vs 4K screens
    1 point
  41. Windows 10 is getting rid of the 3D Objects folder soon

    "Explorer seems to be the one thing that everyone uses on a constant, daily basis. Yet it seems that MS has had little to do with over the years since 3.1" - because it's the most used component(s) of Windows, there's whole lot of first and thirdparty programs that depend on how it is; hence for backwards-compatibility reason, MS can only do little changes without outraging a whole lot of enterprise customers. And this applies to a whole lot of Windows components. Hopefully Windows 10X seems to be doing a lot of moves in the right direction
    1 point
  42. Facebook Messenger is facing a massive outage [Update]

    With any luck, it will stay down!
    1 point
  43. It was inevitable. Apple's shown great confidence in ARM, and has demonstrated it a capable platform for consumer PCs. Samsung, being their biggest competitor, would of course follow. And since Qualcomm really doesn't put a lot of effort into their desktop SoCs, Samsung can quickly gain a lot of traction with little effort in this market. They've already had successful Chromebooks.
    1 point
  44. Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19042.844 with tons of fixes

    Updates an issue? Seriously? Microsoft's English getting worse by the day. You don't "update" an issue; you "address" or "resolve" issues.
    1 point
  45. This was a feature for Word on desktop, actually! I think even all the way back to Word 97? But you have to find the button now and add it to a custom group/tab on the Ribbon, Microsoft hid it away. (And it doesn't seem to work now either, I just tried it. PowerPoint throws an error.) So I'm a bit surprised that they decided to bring this onto the web.
    1 point
  46. Samsung reportedly releasing an Exynos-powered Windows 10 PC this year

    Yea there really needs to be more competition in making/designing [non-apple] arm chips so that someone can emerge as a viable competitor to apple's level of performance and efficiency
    1 point
  47. LG is now licensing its webOS smart TV platform to other brands

    I like webOS, but they collect so much data. You can't use the phone app without giving it your location, and access to your photos, for example. There's just no reason for that, and if you try to lock the app out of those permissions, the app doesn't launch.
    1 point
  48. The comments on this article are just gold. I'm glad that I wrote this.
    1 point
  49. Firefox 86.0

    same here.
    1 point
  50. Razer's Kiyo Pro webcam has a better sensor and removes the ring light

    you can pick up retired pro or hobbyist cameras for cheap now that will look much better than any webcam. Canon has a great utility. Pair it with a used camera with a full frame sensor and it will look near broadcast quality (assuming you have the bandwidth).
    1 point