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Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
stadii and 8 others reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
Signal made a good point though.9 points -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
sava700 and 7 others reacted to Astra.Xtreme for a topic
How many people were banned for provoking the riots in Minneapolis and other cities around the country?8 points -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
+witbyt and 7 others reacted to Zinomian for a topic
Private system....and his words have weight and because of his position manage to somehow incite idiots. They believe his words. Because of that, he needed to be removed. Also, as the article stated, what he did, clearly violated their rules. Case closed.8 points -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
dead.cell and 7 others reacted to fishnet37222 for a topic
They never should have banned him in the first place. If people didn't want to read what he had to say, they could just block him.8 points -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
matthiew and 6 others reacted to Steven P. for a topic
I hate Facebook with a passion. Neowin's pages are still blocked from posting (since April 23rd) and Facebook business support are completely useless, not once in all that time have I been told WHY the pages were blocked from posting, other than some message about "temporarily limiting posting" (when all we do there is repost our news feed, just like we do on Twitter @NeowinFeed) meanwhile I get unhelpful updates like these: Hi Steven, Thank you so much for your patience! We're still working on looking into this and resolving the issue for you, please be assured that we understand how urgent this issue is and we're treating it as such. We're doing everything we can to get this resolved as soon as possible, and thoroughly for you! I'll be in touch as soon as I have an update, apologies for the delay. I hope you have an amazing day, take care! Thanks, **Redacted** Concierge | Facebook Support7 points -
New Windows 10 concept shows us a new Start menu and flyouts
farmeunit and 4 others reacted to George P for a topic
Concepts tend to look good till the actual coders turn around and tell you this doesn't work or you can't do this or it won't work right. Or the user groups that companies bring in to test some changes don't like it so the whole thing is scrapped.5 points -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
matthiew and 4 others reacted to Steven P. for a topic
For a product that is supposed to connect people, they are almost impossible to contact to resolve issues like what I posted above. Ten years ago they deleted our page twice and only did something about it when Neowin got a lot of news coverage about their inaction, despite saying they would be more careful next time, they went and did it again soon after. https://www.neowin.net/news/fa...atement-on-fanpage-removal/ Facebook doesn't care about its users.5 points -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
Sadelwo and 4 others reacted to allwynd01 for a topic
If it wasn't true facebook wouldn't have ban them.5 points -
Microsoft Defender bug creates "thousands" of files in the boot drive, fix rolling out now
MS Bob 11 and 3 others reacted to kazerrrt for a topic
hahahahaha, and the circus continues!4 points -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
dead.cell and 3 others reacted to mip for a topic
Private system....and his words have weight and because of his position manage to somehow incite idiots. They believe his words. Because of that, he needed to be removed. Also, as the article stated, what he did, clearly violated their rules. Case closed. They have not banned Congress Woman Maxine Waters. A double standard in which is also their right as a private entity. Stay on topic please, whataboutism doesn't work here. Just because you don't like it does not make it off-topic or whataboutism. There's certainly an argument to be made for the banning of Trump over the riots, but that argument falls apart for them if they are not going to hold the same standard to others doing the same thing. They ought to either apply the standard consistently, or not at all.4 points -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
wingliston and 3 others reacted to Atlantico for a topic
I mean ok, Facebook bans some guy - but claiming an "oversight board", created and funded by the very same Facebook, doesn't actually give that decision any more or less legitimacy. In the end, it's nothing more than a arbitrary decision made by a giant corporation. https://newfastuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/N3MrZrA.png4 points -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
dead.cell and 3 others reacted to xrobwx71 for a topic
Private system....and his words have weight and because of his position manage to somehow incite idiots. They believe his words. Because of that, he needed to be removed. Also, as the article stated, what he did, clearly violated their rules. Case closed. They have not banned Congress Woman Maxine Waters. A double standard in which is also their right as a private entity.4 points -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
dead.cell and 3 others reacted to Navan for a topic
Excellent.4 points -
New Windows 10 concept shows us a new Start menu and flyouts
Tuskd and 2 others reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
I Like the ModernFlyouts sound flyout better.3 points -
Alleged slides containing all details of Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-H leak
wingliston and 2 others reacted to Suurin_ for a topic
Well duh there's no ARM cores, how are you going to run x86_64 CISC instructions on an ARM CPU? Your post makes no sense. I am really not understanding this push for ARM on literally everything. Because Apple made a good implementation of their own design, suddenly its ARM ALL THE THINGS. My first assumption is battery life... but not all folks need long lasting batteries, especially if their mobile CPU is consuming 65W! Then comes the heat argument, which I don't know if a proper ARM CPU can play normal games yet like x86, especially packaged in a way where it ambiently cools. I love ARM a lot but let's be realistic, it's got a LONG ways to go against x86 still.3 points -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
Jumping Jacinta and 2 others reacted to +witbyt for a topic
Private system....and his words have weight and because of his position manage to somehow incite idiots. They believe his words. Because of that, he needed to be removed. Also, as the article stated, what he did, clearly violated their rules. Case closed. They have not banned Congress Woman Maxine Waters. A double standard in which is also their right as a private entity. Stay on topic please, whataboutism doesn't work here.3 points -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
aphanic and 2 others reacted to Peter van Dam for a topic
Yes that is a big problem, but the same is happening with the news outlets that makes it even harder to understand the real truth. If you take the coverage of the AstraZenica vaccine for example, at least here in the Netherlands. All day you hear subjects like "Again something wrong with that vaccin"-like subjects, with influencers discussing how dangerous that vaccin MIGHT be. Sure they mention it's safe, but with headlines like that every single day, can make anyone question it's safety. I had to convince my parents it was safe. So it's not just people on Facebook that look up things like is it safe, and get shown a lot of misinformation and get stuck into that idea.3 points -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
MS Bob 11 and 2 others reacted to +DonC for a topic
I'm kind of with you on this and the Signal demo was pretty much an example of where your personally identifiable data stayed within Facebook. This is how their ad platform works. The problem is that most people don't know how tailored the adverts they see are and it's a shock when they see things like the above where the information they had put into Facebook (presumerably to share with their friends, colleagues, etc.) and their behaviour was used to target them.3 points -
Stardock announces DeskScapes 11, Beta available right now
mehta708 and 2 others reacted to MS Bob 11 for a topic
I remember getting a license of this and then requesting a feature to only animate it when the FULL desktop showed (all windows minimized) but stop the animation if a window was majorly covering the desktop even if not fully maximized. Not only did no one from Stardock bother to reply in their forums but I was attacked by a vicious unfriendly community for "having a sense of entitlement". 😳😳 Very awful experience.3 points -
Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy S8 and S8+
PeterTHX and 2 others reacted to Dutchie64 for a topic
You seriously asking where the greed is at Apple?3 points -
Microsoft delivers oxygen, ventilators, and more to support India's COVID-19 response
SecretAgentMan and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
in before someone spins this as a fake pandemic or that MS has nefarious intentions.2 points -
Alleged slides containing all details of Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-H leak
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to n_K for a topic
Killer is the name of the company actually, they released the first CPU offloaded network card for games which sold for a very high price if I remember rightly (having all the server chipset manufacturers do it years before them for a fraction of the price)2 points -
Alleged slides containing all details of Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-H leak
wingliston and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Well duh there's no ARM cores, how are you going to run x86_64 CISC instructions on an ARM CPU? Your post makes no sense. I am really not understanding this push for ARM on literally everything. Because Apple made a good implementation of their own design, suddenly its ARM ALL THE THINGS.2 points -
Alleged slides containing all details of Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-H leak
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to n_K for a topic
Well duh there's no ARM cores, how are you going to run x86_64 CISC instructions on an ARM CPU? Your post makes no sense.2 points -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
dead.cell and one other reacted to BigBoy for a topic
https://www.apple.com/lae/priv...e_of_Your_Data-Jan_2021.pdf Still pretty accurate, IMO. Yes, it is somewhat geared toward being able to highlight specific iOS features, but that does not make it inaccurate in itself.2 points -
Chromebooks saw 275% growth in 1Q21 according to Canalys
adrynalyne and one other reacted to allwynd01 for a topic
It's just Linux, man. You can install some low resource Linux distro like Xubuntu and get the same, if not better results.2 points -
YouTube unveils new way to shop through connected TV ads from your phone
fishnet37222 and one other reacted to ZipZapRap for a topic
You can't shop from ads, if you never see ads https://media1.tenor.com/image...9f1fc9e859adab0c6/tenor.gif2 points -
The Official Random Video Thread
+primortal and one other reacted to Jim K for a topic
The donkey...2 points -
Stardock announces DeskScapes 11, Beta available right now
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to excalpius for a topic
Yup, agreed 100%. Meanwhile, WPE can turn itself off entirely (freeing up VRAM, etc.) if you run a program or it can pause any/all monitors if you maximize a window or fullscreen an app, etc. etc. at your choice. You can create ordered or randomized playlists per monitor, using stills, programs, weblets, videos, or WPE created scenes (of which there are tens of thousand now, all free), run the videos off of disk or cached in RAM, 32-bit or 64-bit, etc. etc. etc.2 points -
Stardock announces DeskScapes 11, Beta available right now
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to PsYcHoKiLLa for a topic
Meh, Wallpaper Engine is way more stable, way cheaper and won't rely on an outdated video format2 points -
Stardock announces DeskScapes 11, Beta available right now
Malisk and one other reacted to excalpius for a topic
Too little, too late. Another Stardock application neglected for so long that other vendors have filled the gap with superior products at better prices updated with new features and backgrounds daily. In this case, Wallpaper Engine on Steam for $4.2 points -
Reddit is currently facing an outage, mobile and desktop versions affected [Update]
spikey_richie and one other reacted to Steven P. for a topic
COME IN, WE'RE OPEN! 🤓2 points -
Microsoft is fully removing Flash from Windows 10 in July
Unplugged and one other reacted to kazerrrt for a topic
flash was great, adobe should have open sourced it instead of killing it it allowed people to bypass app stores on mobiles, a tech ahead of its time actionscript was a wonderful language (kotlin and swift reminds me of that) hopefully WASM delivers, but so far Microsoft decided to bloat their implementation with blazor, not good.. rust maybe? meh the language sucks2 points -
Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage
FloatingFatMan and one other reacted to +primortal for a topic
I'll see myself out after saying this 😛 She keeps that house and he get the Windows.2 points -
Epic offered to make Sony 'look like heroes' in exchange for enabling crossplay in Fortnite
Meduso and one other reacted to Mobius Enigma for a topic
So they still need 'cash' and their arm broken to do what is right for their own customers? Nice, Sony. /s2 points -
New Windows 10 concept shows us a new Start menu and flyouts
Sir Topham Hatt reacted to JustonCheney for a topic
Sweet! Thanks for pointing this out! Here is the link for future users. https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9MT60QV066RP1 point -
Alleged slides containing all details of Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-H leak
Suurin_ reacted to George P for a topic
Well duh there's no ARM cores, how are you going to run x86_64 CISC instructions on an ARM CPU? Your post makes no sense. I am really not understanding this push for ARM on literally everything. Because Apple made a good implementation of their own design, suddenly its ARM ALL THE THINGS. My first assumption is battery life... but not all folks need long lasting batteries, especially if their mobile CPU is consuming 65W! Then comes the heat argument, which I don't know if a proper ARM CPU can play normal games yet like x86, especially packaged in a way where it ambiently cools. I love ARM a lot but let's be realistic, it's got a LONG ways to go against x86 still. Yeah-- for that I can see. Battery and heat, its not going to be beat. We know Intel has its own spin on ARM with their smaller Atom cores on the way with 12th gen. They might not be able to match pure ARM on battery life and heat but if they get close enough while keeping the performance advantage then I'd call it a win. I will be on the lookout for that information! I've got an itch to get a new tablet this year since my last one (running a celeron N4100) really didn't cut it out on the performance I was looking for. Currently thinking of the X12 Detachable (which also has an easily replaceable battery!) But if Intel has even better on the way than the 1180G7, I may wait and see what that Atom core is. I just saw this posted not too long ago. https://www.pcgamer.com/intels...takes-a-vital-step-forward/1 point -
Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel
adrynalyne reacted to cork1958 for a topic
I always tend to wander back to Brave but even I will admit Microsoft is adding some nice features with the Chromium based Edge Not sure what it is about Brave or Vivaldi, but I just can't get into those browsers. I try to get into Vivaldi, but I just wind up removing it after a bit, for some reason. I’m the same way. I’m trying to give Vivaldi another shot though. LOL I just installed Brave to try it out again.1 point -
Facebook's Oversight Board says it was right to suspend Trump
Nogib reacted to seeprime for a topic
Facebook still makes money from reposted political memes from both sides of the political spectrum. I rarely see useful information from friends and family on it any more. It's incredible how it has become a means of sowing fear and hate and still presents itself as a useful thing. As long as my family occasionally uses it to post updates on health or happenings, I'll check it daily. Over time, it's devolved into a necessary evil that someday needs to die off, since Zucks crew have no real interest in controlling the politically sculpted astroturfed memes that too many are eager to repost.1 point -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
Skyfrog reacted to cork1958 for a topic
I hear that! My sister in law's phone is always going ballistic when she's here. She doesn't even really look at what was said and just swipes it away. Ask her why she has the people that are CONSTANTLY posting as friends and she has no reasonable reply. I had an account on there for about a month and only had 8 friends. All were family including above mentioned sister in law. Saw so much stupid crap on there I couldn't find how to delete my account fast enough! I can see how FB could be a good thing, but not with how it is now a days.1 point -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
cork1958 reacted to Skyfrog for a topic
Facebook seems like it would be exhausting to me. Your whole family and all of your friends constantly sending you messages, photos and memes, wanting to chat and waiting for you to reply and like and subscribe or whatever else you do on that thing. No thanks, I'll pass.1 point -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
dead.cell reacted to 0sit0 for a topic
I had an issue with my account (username was very popular and a lot of people thought it was "theirs" so they kept asking for reset emails). One day I was locked out and was never able to get back in. Sent them my driver's license to try to get it fixed but never heard back. Then the whole fiasco with Cambridge analytica happened (and many data breaches after) and I gave up on it. Thought about creating a new account but I'm glad I didn't. Don't miss it one bit.1 point -
Signal tries to show how much data Facebook collects, gets banned from the platform instead
MS Bob 11 reacted to Peter van Dam for a topic
I don't get the hate against Facebook itself. Facebook isn't selling my data or giving it away. It gives advertisers a tool to really specify who should see their ad. Only Facebook knows who those people are. Now compare this to any other company. For example, the local store with a discount card, that promised not to share my info, GAVE my email adres and balance to Facebook. Hospitals, even very specific about my condition share my email address, name and birth info to Survey holders and services like mass mailers without consent. Or any other website with 300+ options to disable not to send my data to other companies. So I rather have 1 service that knows everything about me, but keeps it private than having over 300 companies building profiles about me.1 point -
Epic offered to make Sony 'look like heroes' in exchange for enabling crossplay in Fortnite
derpityderp reacted to dead.cell for a topic
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. It's just business, not multinationals. Also not that particularly dirty - just Sony protecting their walled garden, same as Apple or anyone else with substantial market position. "It's just business, not multinationals" No, I reject that. Most, not all, local businesses focus on a combination of making a reasonable profit and supporting the local community. To suggest local business and multi-nationals are the same is simply incorrect. lol or you're a bit naive... That isn't to say there aren't local business that do support their local community but you reallllly need to understand what's being done to help the community, and what's being done just for PR purposes. The last company I was at utilized delivery pharmacies, moving scripts around which they're not supposed to do, operating in a for-profit manner at non-profit status to get dirt cheap pricing while pushing medications onto their customers. They made stupid money until they got caught, then opted to burn the pharmacy down because setting up a new one was cheaper than paying the half-million+ they owed. In the process, pharmacists can/may have gotten blacklisted but they didn't give two craps. But then they'd run some bogus ass charity campaign, making sandwiches for the hungry, or donating food... using what the employees brought in, or the employees time, to create positive PR for themselves at low cost so they can add it to their news blurbs for the website. Again, not all business is that dirty... The company I work for now is miles better than the last, but that doesn't change how I feel about how business operates... or really the innate greed within people... and I haven't even scratched the surface of all the crappy behaviors I've seen over the years, and I'm not that old lol.1 point -
Microsoft is fully removing Flash from Windows 10 in July
+Dick Montage reacted to Skyfrog for a topic
I'm not sure I have much faith in any tech course that is still using Flash.1 point -
Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta channel
Tuskd reacted to Nick H. for a topic
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.1 point -
Epic offered to make Sony 'look like heroes' in exchange for enabling crossplay in Fortnite
quikmantx reacted to KooKiz for a topic
"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.1 point -
Sony announces partnership with Discord to bring service to PlayStation Network
matthiew reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
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?1 point -
Amazon introduces new Fire HD 10 with more RAM and a thinner design [Update]
LieboOSBA reacted to indospot for a topic
Even the 2019 model already had USB Type-C.1 point -
Amazon introduces new Fire HD 10 with more RAM and a thinner design [Update]
LieboOSBA reacted to chaos mage for a topic
According to the product pages, USB-C.1 point