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  1. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    It's not a priority because most companies aren't discriminatory against gender or race... You can't force people to take jobs, and the issue is reversed when you do. It's about hiring the best candidate, and it's not the company's fault when the applicant pool isn't an equal split of diversity. As an engineer, I see this first hand. When I have people to hire, the applicants are 90% men and 75% of those are white. Nothing I can do about it, and of course everybody gets a fair chance.
    7 points
  2. Intel and Microsoft to help DARPA encryption project

    Perfect team for the job, good security track record, especially with their recent catastrophic CPU and Exchange vulnerabilities.
    4 points
  3. Huawei launches Women Developers program for Int'l Women's Day

    🤣🤣🤣
    4 points
  4. Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda has been approved by the EU

    it could be worse. It could have been EA or Epic buying them out ....
    4 points
  5. Huawei launches Women Developers program for Int'l Women's Day

    Lolll
    4 points
  6. Harman Kardon's Invoke speaker gets an update to kill Cortana

    If you have an Invoke, you can get $50 back from Microsoft for killing Cortana. Here is a video about it: https://youtu.be/yjo10KBd9e0
    3 points
  7. I'm all for equality but equity is a different matter altogether. Women and minorities should get all the same opportunities as others but unfairly stacking the deck to artificially boost one specific gender or race in a specific sector doesn't help anyone in the long run.
    3 points
  8. Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda has been approved by the EU

    Everything in our world will be owned by a handful of corporations. We're not too far now.
    3 points
  9. With all these playstation exclusives ruining the gaming experience for the majority without a Sony console it's only fair that m$ fight greed with greed lol
    3 points
  10. Time to finally get a steady stream of zenimax titles on game pass for good. Also we can finally put the whole exclusive debate to rest hopefully. My thinking is that any big new IP will be exclusive to Xbox and PC while some smaller titles will be first to Xbox and then come to others way later. If Sony can hold games like FF7 remake as a exclusive for over a year and counting, I say MS can do the same with any zenimax games.
    3 points
  11. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    That doesn't work? What is the opposite of "hire the right person irrespective of gender"? It seems like some people think that the way to get rid of sexism is to add more sexism, and the way to get rid of racism is to add more racism. If someone is applying for a software development job, it should make no difference what they have between their legs.
    2 points
  12. Because the Cortana skills servers are being put to pasture. Without the update, the wake word (Cortana) would not illicit a response and your connected services would no longer work... resulting in a bricked device. At least with the firmware update, the device is transformed into a *native* Bluetooth speaker without any chance for connection interruption by outside conditions (such as internet connectivity loss, voice commands, physically activating the top blue glow button).
    2 points
  13. I'd be surprised if your work isn't considered junk by plenty of people, too.
    2 points
  14. Intel Evo vs Apple Silicon part eight: Conclusion

    lol GREAT SATIRE let me know when i can run full excel, word, rotate the screen, attach/detach a keyboard, and use a pen to mark up some notes. Using ANY mac feels like going back in time 10 years. the hardware hasn't evolved over the last decade, it's just gotten faster. I'll stick with my surface pros, since they're literally the only devices which can do all my work. I'd rather not be one of those idiots wandering around with a mac AND an ipad to do the same job my SPX does (while costing and weighing far less). Macs are dinosaurs, derekaw. If you prefer a cheaper slower machine with not the best battery life then you should get that machine :-) Seriously, at some point soon an ARM Mac will run windows faster and for longer under emulation and on battery than any bendy, keyboard detaching tablet capable Intel-based laptop ever could. You should have stayed with the original comment.
    2 points
  15. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    While I agree that companies can only hire from the applicant pool they get, the issue is more systemic. There are fewer non-white, non-male applicants because there are fewer graduates who are qualified for the role (especially in STEM). There are fewer qualified people because they did not/cannot get the education. Can be many reasons: Poverty, Access to good and cheap healthcare, Access to good education, Lack of political representation. It can also be a number of factors that prevent people from applying even though they are qualified. Past workplace harassment, Maternity breaks, pay related issues, even a feeling of insecurity that they might stick out compared to the majority of the workplace. In such cases, it is upon the company to take the extra step to make sure everyone's welcome and that you get paid for what you work, not who you are. Remember, the world is still predominantly patriarchal and racist. More so than people are willing to admit.
    2 points
  16. Poor Cortana, she was never really good enough, no one liked her (apart from the people here who did and are about to tell me I'm so wrong)
    2 points
  17. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    Nope, equity is correct.
    2 points
  18. Huawei launches Women Developers program for Int'l Women's Day

    Checks calendar...no, not April 1st...scratches head.
    2 points
  19. When phones have more RAM than modern average desktop computer you know it's pointless and just feeds to laziness of developers. Why optimize anything when you can just throw more RAM at the problem...
    2 points
  20. PC & Laptop to the same monitor

    Hello, You could get a KVM switch and plug both the desktop computer and the Thunderbolt 3 dock into it, so they can share the same keyboard, mouse and monitor. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    2 points
  21. Intel Evo vs Apple Silicon part eight: Conclusion

    Spot-on! That or have someone (more) knowledgable about Apple products do the review/comparison. Sadly, they don't exist. Apple's policy puts a lot of emphasis on forming fan followings. You are either with Apple or not. There is no gray area, no impartial people. Yea...I'm really not sure what people want from me here. I feel like if I'm not saying that Apple Silicon isn't God's gift to the computing industry and is better than everything else in every possible way, then clearly I must be biased. As I mentioned, my overall finding was that I loved using the MacBook Pro, but felt that it was a real shame that there were too many limitations to ever consider it as a daily driver. So for something that I can't consider as a daily driver, I'm supposed to be praising it? The conclusion is to wait until the next generation when Apple has this stuff worked out, and that's somehow not good enough. Honestly, I was offered this hardware again, no matter who it's from, I wouldn't accept the project. It's not worth reading comments who aren't even remotely interested in discussing the differences between the products, but instead just want to bash you for not being an Apple fanboy, and it's not worth being accused of being paid off by Intel. Although it's easy to tell who has no clue what's going on by seeing people accuse writers of being paid off.
    2 points
  22. Twitter is working on an "Undo" button for tweets

    Just delete the tweet and redo it?
    2 points
  23. So they made Artifact Classic, then Artifact Foundry, and now they stopped short of making a third one? Classic Valve.
    2 points
  24. Who uses chrome? Firefox is where it is at.
    2 points
  25. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    "Nothing I can do about it, and of course everybody gets a fair chance" You believe a white male growing up in middle class America and a poor brown/black child growing up in poorly funded educational systems receive equal chances to learn and develop a skillset as outlined in this article? He's pretty clearly saying he gives every applicant a fair chance. Your response led me to reread his post. You are correct, I misinterpreted it. Cheers 👍
    1 point
  26. Mac OS Desktops: 1Q 2021

    1 point
  27. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    Doesn't it? "BM refers to businesses that prioritise gender equity as ‘First Movers’ in its report and according to the findings, these businesses reported stronger financial performance, were more innovative, and recorded stronger customer employee and satisfaction." Programs like STEM which start at younger levels to get more girls into those fields are fine, I'm all for it and it helps in the long run. But say you have a program that says you have to have xx% females working at your business at all times, regardless of if that forces you to not hire a better male counterpart. It's those types of equity programs that sound good on paper but end up going counter to equality which is what everyone can agree on.
    1 point
  28. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    While I agree that companies can only hire from the applicant pool they get, the issue is more systemic. There are fewer non-white, non-male applicants because there are fewer graduates who are qualified for the role (especially in STEM). There are fewer qualified people because they did not/cannot get the education. Can be many reasons: Poverty, Access to good and cheap healthcare, Access to good education, Lack of political representation. It can also be a number of factors that prevent people from applying even though they are qualified. Past workplace harassment, Maternity breaks, pay related issues, even a feeling of insecurity that they might stick out compared to the majority of the workplace. In such cases, it is upon the company to take the extra step to make sure everyone's welcome and that you get paid for what you work, not who you are. Remember, the world is still predominantly patriarchal and racist. More so than people are willing to admit. Sounds like an education system problem. Not sure why we'd expect the backend of hiring qualified employees to fix that. BTW, you forgot mentioning the most important factor. People's actual interest in a particular career. No amount of "equity" initiaves would get more women to want to become plumbers and replace toilets or get more men to want to become kindergarten teachers. We can't pretend personal preferences isn't the biggest factor.
    1 point
  29. Too much. This goes against incentivizing devs to code more efficient, compact non-bloated games and apps.
    1 point
  30. We all know the story on Cortana. The death of Cortana for consumers has been thoroughly dissected many times. Fact of which we all know, Cortana died for consumers when WM died. It has nothing to do with the quality or lack of quality of Cortana on desktop. Just my opinion but I'm not convinced Cortana on desktop would have been popular either way. It still feels weird talking to a laptop. It feels weird talking to any traditional device, even phones, when I can do the same in a couple of taps or swipes. Amazon were right when they released the Echo. You need a device that you cannot easily see but still be ubiquitous. No wonder they were able to basically create a market out of thin air.
    1 point
  31. Yeah, that's a given. Windows Phone tanked big time, taking Cortana with it. The voice assistant race is over with Google Assistant and Alexa taking the spoils. Siri, Bixby and others are also-rans that fight over what's left.
    1 point
  32. IBM study: Gender equity isn't a top priority for business

    According to Google What's the Difference? Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities. ... Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome. http://hudgeandgudge.com/comic...ality-vs-equity-vs-reality/
    1 point
  33. Intel and Microsoft to help DARPA encryption project

    Not sure if the name was intentional, but this will deprive some bad actors of an opportunity to intercept data while un-encrypted. It fits.
    1 point
  34. I fired up my ancient Huawei Ascend P7 for the lolz to see how it's back on Android after being on iPhone for some 2+ years and it's pretty dope when you're again using a phone that can lie flat on the desk and not wobble all over the place as you're using it. I later had Xiaomi Mi5 that also had basically flush cameras and it was awesome. All new phones have these gigantic camera arrays off center that makes them wobble like crazy and I absolutely hate this dumb trend.
    1 point
  35. Local Windows 10 Photo Manager

    Bro, there are tons of apps out there, it is just a matter of finding one that works well. Frankly, for digital management and organization of your photos, you could download and use Adobe Bridge. It is free and super stable. There are dozens of articles out there with different suggestions for what you're looking for. I would say that posting this question in a forum is the most time-consuming and tedious way of going about that, as opposed to just doing some searches on Google or YouTube.
    1 point
  36. PC & Laptop to the same monitor

    Ah, that's possible. Come to think of it I'm not sure the last time I had a desktop - I bought a gaming rig a few months back but haven't been able to set it up yet.
    1 point
  37. RescueZilla - Acronis Alternative for Linux

    I dumped Windows a long time ago. Got sick and tired of the constant security problems and Microsoft's insistence on putting ads on Windows 10 and turning it into an advertising machine. I don't miss Windows one bit, but I did miss Acronis True Image so I was looking for an alternative and I came across this wonderful Acronis clone called RescueZilla, which is a GUI version of the command-line only CloneZilla. It works like a charm, with a friendly, easy to use interface, so if you are looking for an Acronis alternative that works just as good as its Windows counterpart, here you go. Enjoy. https://rescuezilla.com/
    1 point
  38. PC & Laptop to the same monitor

    Yeah, it's very easy to do. Not sure what your problem is..
    1 point
  39. Intel Evo vs Apple Silicon part eight: Conclusion

    lol GREAT SATIRE let me know when i can run full excel, word, rotate the screen, attach/detach a keyboard, and use a pen to mark up some notes. Using ANY mac feels like going back in time 10 years. the hardware hasn't evolved over the last decade, it's just gotten faster. I'll stick with my surface pros, since they're literally the only devices which can do all my work. I'd rather not be one of those idiots wandering around with a mac AND an ipad to do the same job my SPX does (while costing and weighing far less). Macs are dinosaurs, derekaw. Thanks, Obviously you should have the machine that’s right for you.
    1 point
  40. Intel Evo vs Apple Silicon part eight: Conclusion

    ^This!!!! Rich, there’s nothing personal in the criticisms from many. We can, however, see through this as a PR piece and that sadly you were used by Intel to do it. Whether you knew that or not before taking this review on, is another topic for discussion but many of us already have a dim view of Intel and it’s shady tactics so you started this review on the back foot. Sadly, Intel has used reviewers like you as both the attack vector (for them) but also the frontline soldier. You’re the one that cops the criticism even though it should be to Intel. my only advice in future is to be really careful about taking on these reviews going forward, because your audience can sniff out a PR exercise easily and many of us don’t take kindly to that. I say this as someone with almost zero interest in getting a Mac, so the outcome of this vs contest means nothing to me. It’s more about the manipulation in my books
    1 point
  41. Ventoy 1.0.37

    Oh man, this is awesome!
    1 point
  42. Pop In questions

    can you not select the floating video with the uBlock element picker tool? that should work I believe unless they use a dynamic code that changes every load. obvious disclaimer of we don't condone adblock on Neowin but it's your prerogative on other sites
    1 point
  43. About bloody time!
    1 point
  44. Intel Evo vs Apple Silicon part eight: Conclusion

    lol GREAT SATIRE let me know when i can run full excel, word, rotate the screen, attach/detach a keyboard, and use a pen to mark up some notes. Using ANY mac feels like going back in time 10 years. the hardware hasn't evolved over the last decade, it's just gotten faster. I'll stick with my surface pros, since they're literally the only devices which can do all my work. I'd rather not be one of those idiots wandering around with a mac AND an ipad to do the same job my SPX does (while costing and weighing far less). Macs are dinosaurs, derekaw.
    1 point
  45. Ventoy 1.0.37

    This is solid for those who want simple, especially on Linux.
    1 point
  46. Jack Dorsey is selling Twitter's first tweet as an NFT

    What stops anyone from creating another service to sell the same tweet?
    1 point
  47. McAfee and his advisor indicted over cryptocurrency fraud

    "Pump and dump scheme".... I mean, I don't mean to be dismissive, but isn't that pretty much what investment is? Buy low, sell high? It's no different then the ###### people do on wall street to make a killing. It's douchey, sure... But it's not out of the ordinary type behavior in the business world. Would they be charging this guy if he bought high and sold low? No. So why go after this? Literally everyone who has invested in digital currency is looking to pump and dump (unless they got in when the price was at its bottom, cuz damn, they rich asf now :-p )... People only care about this because it's the rich guy getting richer, and not the poor guy coming up in the world. Nobody cares what that guy does cuz he appears more deserving to the 99%... It's only when the 1% does this that the world is up in arms... All I'm sayin is, if you're gonna stand for something, you better be willing to apply that standard to everyone, and not just the people you think aren't deserving of that wealth.
    1 point
  48. Surface Laptop 1 and 2 get new firmware and driver updates

    Addresses security updates and improves system stability. same sentence copypasted over 7 times Having such extremely dumbed down release notes is a true shame of IT security at Msft. Why bother writing release notes at this quality level anyway?
    1 point
  49. Google says it will stop tracking you on the web via ads next year

    It's very relevant because if they proceeded to do the opposite of what they said then, how would you believe they would suddenly live up to their word today? In fact, even if they live up to their word to the letter of what they said, it won't change the fact that they're still tracking you in every facet possible which makes the statement already inherently disingenuous.
    1 point
  50. Need an Icon converter

    I've been very happy with Axialis IconWorkshop over the years. I don't know the capabilities however of the free IconGenerator if you are looking to not spend any money.
    1 point