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  1. Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy S8 and S8+

    My parents bought a Dell computer in 2007. It came with Windows Vista. It still runs today with Windows 10. And if it didn't, I could install Linux on it. She uses it for banking and email, and there's no reason to replace it. Four years of software support is pathetic. I don't want to hear another word from these companies about the environment, when they create mountains of e-waste out of functional hardware. Apple in particular loves to greenwash themselves, and it's extremely distasteful.
    6 points
  2. Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy S8 and S8+

    It's about time that politics step in, and demand a certain amount of updates & support. Same for right of reparability, swappable batteries and more of these shenanigans. If your phone is 150 bucks or 900, a minimum of two OS updates and 4 years of security updates after that should be made mandatory. Hardware has become so good, it makes no sense to swap it every 2-3 years. Unfortunately profits will go above e-waste and such. At some point one has to force it by law. But that will be a pipe dream I guess..
    5 points
  3. "As you know, many companies are exploring this idea and not a single one can explain how cross-play improves the PlayStation business. " That one is on us. If we were smart enough to boycott a brand when they don't provide this kind of feature, the point would be a no-brainer.
    5 points
  4. So they still need 'cash' and their arm broken to do what is right for their own customers? Nice, Sony. /s
    5 points
  5. COME IN, WE'RE OPEN! 🤓
    4 points
  6. Not just the gaming industry. All multi-nationals are dirty by definition as they put profit before people. I have no alternative that wouldn't include tearing the world down and rebuilding it but I repeat, as it stands today all multi-national companies are filth and are actively working against the best interest of the normal everyday person. Rant over, now breathe and go to my happy place.
    4 points
  7. The one good thing about this case is that we're getting all of these inside looks at the dirty business side of the gaming industry.
    4 points
  8. Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage

    CNN Not something I would have predicted....
    3 points
  9. Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage

    I'll see myself out after saying this 😛 She keeps that house and he get the Windows.
    3 points
  10. Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy S8 and S8+

    This is absolutely absurd and unconscionable. I am typing this on an S8+ that is perfectly and 100% working, but now has to become ewaste so that Samsung and Google shareholders can get slightly richer. It is absolutely disgusting.
    3 points
  11. The PlayStation has some of the strongest fan loyalty out there, it's kind of crazy. All you have to do is look online at the people trying to justify Sonys price hike to $70 for this gen as being a good thing to get a idea.
    3 points
  12. Hopefully, Sony didn't make it an inclusive partnership, cause that would suck for us Xbox Series X owners. Since discord is hell bent on staying independent from what's been talked about, they'd be silly to take a single Sony investment and lock their service to just the PS Network. They'll want to make deals with Xbox and others and get it integrated as much as they can all over, or it won't grow outside of the PC space. Certain companies might have a culture that allows them to be bought by Sony. It might be because they are Playstation fans and hate Xbox. A business isn't into hating another business unless they're heated rivals in the same market. Discord isn't competing with Sony and MS or Nintendo. If anything, I'd say on the PC they're direct competition is Steam. To an extent at least. They're much better off getting their service into every platform out there so it can grow outside of the core "gamer" market it's labeled as being for right now. Team Speak is another "Discord clone". You do realize TS is much older than Discord and Slack, right?
    3 points
  13. Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel

    Been using the Dev version of Edge on Mint since it came out and haven't had a single issue with it. It's been good enough that I won't even bother switching to this version. I will switch when stable release does finally get released. I know most Linux users are against putting Edge on their systems but luckily for me, I'm not like most users! Everyone is always for choice and I like this choice over all the other Chrome based browsers. FWIW though, Firefox is my preferred browser.
    2 points
  14. Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel

    I could also imagine that there is a subset of Linux users that use the OS because they want to move away from Microsoft products. I don't know if that would be a large group or not, but it would make the interest in a Linux version of Edge even smaller. With that said, I appreciate that Microsoft are making their tools available for the Linux community, even if I wouldn't use Edge myself - nothing against Microsoft, I just prefer Firefox at the moment.
    2 points
  15. Hopefully, Sony didn't make it an inclusive partnership, cause that would suck for us Xbox Series X owners. Since discord is hell bent on staying independent from what's been talked about, they'd be silly to take a single Sony investment and lock their service to just the PS Network. They'll want to make deals with Xbox and others and get it integrated as much as they can all over, or it won't grow outside of the PC space. Certain companies might have a culture that allows them to be bought by Sony. It might be because they are Playstation fans and hate Xbox. A business isn't into hating another business unless they're heated rivals in the same market. Discord isn't competing with Sony and MS or Nintendo. If anything, I'd say on the PC they're direct competition is Steam. To an extent at least. They're much better off getting their service into every platform out there so it can grow outside of the core "gamer" market it's labeled as being for right now. Team Speak is another "Discord clone". What? TeamSpeak is 20 years old, how it is a Discord clone?
    2 points
  16. Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage

    They both deserve a pat on the back for what they achieved together. They have made the world a better place with their billion plus dollars they have invested in to worthy causes. Like you Steven I wish them both well and hope their fine work continues. Edit: I now understand it is in the tens of billions donated to worthy causes. This is just staggering, why aren't these two humanitarians being honoured in some way!
    2 points
  17. Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage

    I agree there. Ah well best wishes to them and theirs.
    2 points
  18. Dell Latitude 7320 review: The ultimate work from home laptop

    $2,149 "ultimate work from home" laptop with 4-core processor and 256GB SSD? Hard pass!
    2 points
  19. Stardock announces DeskScapes 11, Beta available right now

    Meh, Wallpaper Engine is way more stable, way cheaper and won't rely on an outdated video format
    1 point
  20. Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel

    they have no excuse, chrome is available on linux and speaking of linux, android runs linux, same for chromeos What does Android using the Linux kernel have to do with anything? Android using the Linux kernel is as useful as Samsung using the Linux kernel in their TVs. No userspace access (aka able to run Linux programs or root) is not very useful at all. I think he believes that Android is Linux, when its actually a Java based OS using a Linux kernel. don't say what i never said maybe start to use proper words instead of saying "linux" support, what linux? see your comment, even you seems to be confused The only one that seems to be confused is you. I have no idea what you are even trying to say in your second sentence there.
    1 point
  21. Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel

    What shows the little commitment that Microsoft has for this browser on Linux? The sluggish speed at which they seem to be developing it, actually. If they would be really interested, they would have a stable version by now. You do realize how long it took them to get a Stable build of Edgium on Windows, right? What was it, around a year??
    1 point
  22. Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel

    they have no excuse, chrome is available on linux and speaking of linux, android runs linux, same for chromeos They don't need an excuse, it's their browser and they develop it for whatever platform they want, at whatever speed they want, for whatever reasons they have. Period.
    1 point
  23. Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel

    they have no excuse, chrome is available on linux and speaking of linux, android runs linux, same for chromeos What does Android using the Linux kernel have to do with anything? Android using the Linux kernel is as useful as Samsung using the Linux kernel in their TVs. No userspace access (aka able to run Linux programs or root) is not very useful at all. I think he believes that Android is Linux, when its actually a Java based OS using a Linux kernel.
    1 point
  24. Dell Latitude 7320 review: The ultimate work from home laptop

    Yeah, there is nothing WFH friendly about this laptop.
    1 point
  25. Dell Latitude 7320 review: The ultimate work from home laptop

    Con - no numpad.
    1 point
  26. Microsoft is fully removing Flash from Windows 10 in July

    me too, I had forgotten it was just made as an optional recommended update. now they're switching it to a required update finally Yes; Adobe actually killed Flash on January 12, 2021. Chromium Edge, Google Chrome, and Firefox all received patches to effectively kill it back in January. I would imagine this particular cumulative update simply kills it within Internet Explorer.
    1 point
  27. Hopefully, Sony didn't make it an inclusive partnership, cause that would suck for us Xbox Series X owners. Since discord is hell bent on staying independent from what's been talked about, they'd be silly to take a single Sony investment and lock their service to just the PS Network. They'll want to make deals with Xbox and others and get it integrated as much as they can all over, or it won't grow outside of the PC space. Certain companies might have a culture that allows them to be bought by Sony. It might be because they are Playstation fans and hate Xbox. A business isn't into hating another business unless they're heated rivals in the same market. Discord isn't competing with Sony and MS or Nintendo. If anything, I'd say on the PC they're direct competition is Steam. To an extent at least. They're much better off getting their service into every platform out there so it can grow outside of the core "gamer" market it's labeled as being for right now. Team Speak is another "Discord clone". What? TeamSpeak is 20 years old, how it is a Discord clone? I'm aware. I'm talking about the new UI with version 3. That's why I quoted. Even TS5 doesn't look anything like Discord or Slack
    1 point
  28. Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy S8 and S8+

    Well, s8 got 4 years so 🤷‍♀️ It was good an all, but it was definitely getting long in the tooth. Had one till october last year and performance was meh at that point.
    1 point
  29. Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy S8 and S8+

    You seriously asking where the greed is at Apple?
    1 point
  30. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS moves to paid Extended Support Maintenance

    Lol the whole invincible Windows XP thing did cross my mind I was stuck on 14.04 for one of my Android Roms I maintain, until recently. I converted it to Docker👍 I'm curious, why do you need to stay on such an old version to maintain the rom? It's not that uncommon. I have a Fedora 8 VM that I still use to compile some projects. I *could* find a way to get old toolchains working on modern versions of Red Hat but that's time and effort.
    1 point
  31. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    I know they aren't going to launch if everything isn't optimal but my god if Space X don't get a launch on May 4th then they're missing out on a fantastic opportunity!
    1 point
  32. Apple hires former Googler Samy Bengio to head AI research unit

    Apparently he's the brother of Yoshua Bengio (one of the fathers of machine learning)...
    1 point
  33. Almost 100 games now support FPS Boost on Xbox Series X|S

    Bethesda (as much as I love them) crash. It's just the way it is. I'm glad you're getting up enjoy the game as 60fps now, it makes an incredible difference! I'm about to embark on a journey with AC3 remastered.
    1 point
  34. Hopefully, Sony didn't make it an inclusive partnership, cause that would suck for us Xbox Series X owners. Since discord is hell bent on staying independent from what's been talked about, they'd be silly to take a single Sony investment and lock their service to just the PS Network. They'll want to make deals with Xbox and others and get it integrated as much as they can all over, or it won't grow outside of the PC space. Certain companies might have a culture that allows them to be bought by Sony. It might be because they are Playstation fans and hate Xbox. A business isn't into hating another business unless they're heated rivals in the same market. Discord isn't competing with Sony and MS or Nintendo. If anything, I'd say on the PC they're direct competition is Steam. To an extent at least. They're much better off getting their service into every platform out there so it can grow outside of the core "gamer" market it's labeled as being for right now.
    1 point
  35. Invincible (Prime)

    Things will only get more crazy after this. I can't wait.
    1 point
  36. Hopefully, Sony didn't make it an inclusive partnership, cause that would suck for us Xbox Series X owners. Since discord is hell bent on staying independent from what's been talked about, they'd be silly to take a single Sony investment and lock their service to just the PS Network. They'll want to make deals with Xbox and others and get it integrated as much as they can all over, or it won't grow outside of the PC space.
    1 point
  37. A new Hellhound from PowerColor is coming, this time in white

    Sounds awesome. Too bad we won't be able to get that, either...
    1 point
  38. a partnership sounds a lot better than a full buyout/acquisition for sure. hopefully MS makes a similar partnership offer now instead of a buyout offer. would be neat to see Discord truly become the central cross-platform communication tool for gamers.
    1 point
  39. The review has been updated with pictures of the front.
    1 point
  40. Verizon is selling off Yahoo! and AOL for $5 billion

    Even a blind person could've seen this coming! I'll admit, I do still use Yahoo mail, but it's only a scrap mail service now. Used to be my main mail in the late 90's early 00's. yeah I used Yahoo mail for a short time in the early 00's myself but stopped pretty quickly when it got over run with spam even though I rarely used the email on anything and I thought it was ridiculous that they wanted to charge for IMAP support (I was like 12 or 13 when I used yahoo mail so wasn't exactly in a position to pay for that ###### even if I wanted to lol). I hated POP3 even back then.
    1 point
  41. Verizon is selling off Yahoo! and AOL for $5 billion

    I never understood the Yahoo/AOL buy out to begin with. Saw this coming from the beginning. Yahoo and AOL had been useless and dying for years before Verizon bought them up and nothing has changed.
    1 point
  42. Invincible (Prime)

    Really liked it
    1 point
  43. DHCP reserving on the router, also on the Wifi clone device?

    I managed to fix it, it seems somehow the Powerline network suddenly stopped working, so what I think happened is that the extender was broadcasting an identical SSID for 2.4 and 5GHz Wifi networks that was causing a conflict (maybe?) I can't really be sure, because the extender is upstairs and most of my equipment is downstairs. The printer "successfully" connected to my 2.4GHz wifi but still only got a 169 IP address when it should be in the 192.168.178.x range. I just ended up completely resetting the Powerline network and starting from scratch, and now it works: You are right about DHCP reserve only being configured from the router, there isn't even an option to setup DHCP on the extender, so something else was clearly going on. I wouldn't bother with it if it weren't for my Nest Protect upstairs which kept going offline without the extender network.
    1 point
  44. Invincible (Prime)

    Season finale was great and Amazon has greenlit 2 more seasons. Wish there was a date for season 2.
    1 point
  45. Microsoft details the improvements made to Teams in April

    Do they even acknowledge how bloated it is or even plan on addressing it? 400MB-1GB RAM usage is nuts.
    1 point
  46. Microsoft details the improvements made to Teams in April

    That's the biggest letdown of Teams chat. And the stupid replay that you can do it on mobile is just lame. I use my desktop for everything and will not switch to mobile while we are in a session just to quote what someone has said Biggest letdown is you can't disable URL previews which take up almost the whole damn screen the biggest letdown is it uses 600MB for just running in the background. I have developer windows 10 pc and it takes 2-3 seconds to switch between chats. think about this there is no easy way to copy or download an image someone sends you in teams. it makes it worse when you cannot forward it. try copying the image by right-clicking. it will let you copy and you would think you can paste to paint or any other applications. nope doesn't work. such a POS application. I usually sit at 900MB-1GB. It’s an absolute hog. we used Jabber before and that wasn’t perfect but man i actually miss it. It doesn’t help that they went full retard and used Electron instead of building a proper app.
    1 point
  47. Microsoft details the improvements made to Teams in April

    That's the biggest letdown of Teams chat. And the stupid replay that you can do it on mobile is just lame. I use my desktop for everything and will not switch to mobile while we are in a session just to quote what someone has said Biggest letdown is you can't disable URL previews which take up almost the whole damn screen the biggest letdown is it uses 600MB for just running in the background. I have developer windows 10 pc and it takes 2-3 seconds to switch between chats. think about this there is no easy way to copy or download an image someone sends you in teams. it makes it worse when you cannot forward it. try copying the image by right-clicking. it will let you copy and you would think you can paste to paint or any other applications. nope doesn't work. such a POS application. It’s definitely a garbage bloated app, but 2-3 second window changes sounds like a turd of a machine.
    1 point
  48. Windows 10 is now on over 1.3 billion active devices

    How is that relevant? Yes, the BP oil spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico.
    1 point
  49. Butterfly Keyboard says hi.
    1 point
  50. teams is the best work place app ever.
    1 point