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    Apple Execs Face Jail in France after Lawsuit over Slowing Down iPhones

    "Apple’s fix appears to be throttling the CPU to prevent the phone from randomly shutting down". Apple was addressing an issue with older phones with older batteries, so I see no problem here, other than they should've notified the users affected with a popup. "It believes Apple could be liable...
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    Group of AI's Produces Death Metal Album

    Wisdom Trippin' somewhat sounded like some crap I've heard at local bars; just toss in some unrecognizable growling and lyrics. I kind of liked Inhusk. I'm not a Black/Technical metal guy, though, Death/Gore/Grind Metal is more my thing.
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    Venezuela Announces New Cryptocurrency

    Funniest thing I've read in a while. Like anyone would buy into anything this scumbag has any control over.
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    Wi-Fi Network Named “Bomb on Board” Causes Flight to Be Diverted

    Kind of funny, but then your flight makes an extra stop and an extra 2 hours are added to it. Not worth the chuckle, IMO.
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    YouTube Terminates Exploitive Kids Channel ToyFreaks

    "In another, he sneaks into the bathroom and dumps a bucket of frogs in the tub while the girls are bathing in order to scare them." - Now that's pretty damn funny. Shame I never heard of these guys.
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    Google’s Advocacy of HTTPS a Soaring Success

    Ar least Let's Encrypt is mentioned in the article. It's due to its adoption that these results were achieved.
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    Facebook Is Now Testing Paywalls for Articles

    INB4 facebook embeds a crypto miner on its mobile and web pages.
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    World Will Need “Carbon Sucking” Technology by 2030s, Scientists Warn

    Step 1: Manufacture problem. Step 2: Cause panic due to problem. Step 3: Sell solution. Step 4: PROFIT! There's no ???? step because this is too obvious. Brazil is more worried about real problems, like the insane murder rate, stagnating economy and scum politicians(all left of center)...
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    AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe RAID 0 Demonstrated

    +1 on not a whole lot of difference, game-wise. I went from an msata to a 960pro for boot and games and while the system does run faster, I wouldn't be screaming from the rooftops over it. Move files around or buy a new game on Steam at it's REALLY fast, but for everyday stuff? Not so much.
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    Roku Skyrockets on Opening Day of Trading, Jumps More than 50%

    A sign of the times, weird times, that companies can lose millions for consecutive years and still have booming stock.
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    Mozilla Releases Firefox 56, the Last before Quantum

    I use chrome but I'll give the Quantum beta a shot. Sending tabs is a cool feature, but the screenshot thing reminds me not a lot of people know this: Hit prtscrn on the keyboard, run mspaint and paste to it. Cut stuff, save file as jpg I think ctrl-prtscrn does just the active window. I use...
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    Glass-Bodied iPhone 8 Shatters Repeatedly in Drop Tests

    The note8 didn't look much better, to me. +1 on "why the fuck do we need glass phones?" Not that I'd ever buy a top of the line phone. Using a Zenfone 2 laser (quad core, 2gb ram) which works great for mail, browsing, Skype and freelancer app.
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    E-Cigarettes with Nicotine Can Damage Your Heart with Just One Puff

    Fedora-wearing basement-dwellers give gaping a bad image, that's all. That said, if I smoked pot, I'd vape it instead. I only do all the other drugs, though.
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    Real Life Dark Souls Takes it Too Far

    I wouldn't have gotten it, except I bought DS3 a bit ago and ragequit after at the first boss, though it looks impressive. I guess I need to die another 5000 times so I get used to the controls...
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    Billions of Bluetooth Devices Could Get Hit by This Attack

    At least we still have our headphone jacks, for now.
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    Razer's Blade Pro Gaming Laptop Can Now Be Had for $1,700 Less

    I'm pretty happy with the laptop's quality. It feels solid and isn't flashy. I was pretty surprised at how nice it sounds, too, which isn't something I was expecting at all. Cooling-wise it sucks ass with only one heatsink for the processor, so I can only get 4.5GHZ out of it(all cores), though...
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    Razer's Blade Pro Gaming Laptop Can Now Be Had for $1,700 Less

    I spent about $4500 on my Clevo laptop, but that's with a 7700k (k was $20 more, so why not), a 1080, 4k screen, 1tb 960pro and a 1tb SSD with 64GB 2666 DDR4. IMO, Razer is overpriced. Edit: As far as why: humidity kills desktops here in Brazil and I need the mobility. I don't want to be stuck...
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    China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verification for Online Commenting

    Oppressive governments all over the world, and retards, stand up and applaud.
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    Why 802.11ax Is the Next Big Thing in Wi-Fi

    Drat. Hopefully something reliable is in place before I make the move, or I'll just wait on 10Gbe. It's nothing mission-critical, so it can wait. Thanks for the first-hand info on this. Appreciate it.
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    Why 802.11ax Is the Next Big Thing in Wi-Fi

    The plan is to get an ad switch and bond the two gig links to go with a bonded pair on the NAS. The assumption being that the bonded connection behaved as a single pipe. GigE did seem to take off pretty quick and I concur with the "wires are ugly" thing being shortsighted. A combination of...
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    Why 802.11ax Is the Next Big Thing in Wi-Fi

    Once I get a new NAS, I'm gonna bond the gig ports on my laptop and go for 2G. Looked at 10G pricing for a TB3 adapter and WOW, so, perhaps in a few years.
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    Why 802.11ax Is the Next Big Thing in Wi-Fi

    Saw your post after I had written mine, but my level of skepticism hasn't changed. If this thing ends up having balls, then it'll replace my wired connection, if not, I'm still happy.
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    Why 802.11ax Is the Next Big Thing in Wi-Fi

    Solution to CPU speed stagnation: MOAR CORES! Solution to wireless speed issues: MOAR ANTENNAS!1!1111 I keep my laptop wired because AC doesn't cut it. Not holding my breath for AX.
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    FaceApp Forced to Pull “Racist” Filters That Allow “Digital Blackface”

    I'm more partial to "Still looking for a handout", which has held up pretty well over so many years.
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    Carbon Black Denies Its IT Security Guard System Leaks Customer Info

    They do have a point, that it defaults to off and people are warned, so I don't see the problem. Enable it if you don't care.
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    Fidget Spinner Simulator Has New Vape DLC

    Now the spinnerfags can avoid repetitive stress damage and real world ridicule by just spinning their virtual toy. Going to send the dev $1 for the laugh.
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    ASRock: Coffee Lake CPUs Not Compatible with Z270 Motherboards

    Tired of Intel pulling this crap, not that I have any use for yet more cores.
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    BBC Begins Broadcasting eSports, but Ignorant Old Farts Aren’t Happy

    I love playing games, but I'd rather watch paint dry than watch "esports". I guess if you suck at gaming, you can now armchair quarterback these nerds while they play.
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    Congress Remains Suspicious of Kaspersky Labs

    A bit of pot and kettle, yeah, and while the government has the right to buy from whatever vendors it wants, mud-slinging just because "Russia" is pretty shitty.
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    Paralyzed Streamer Kicks Ass at PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Using Only His Mouth

    That's awesome. If he can play FPSs, he can certainly enjoy tactical games like XCOM2 and Mordheim, too. I bet his girlfriend doesn't complain, either!
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    Google Testing Auto-Play Videos In Search Results

    I currently don't use any ad blocking software, but if I come across this crap I'll find something to block this behaviour.
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    Update From Twitter On It's Politically Correct Crackdown

    I got a 30 day suspension on FB for a post on my own timeline, friends only, that had the word "faggot" in it. Now I only use it to message friends, until they implement the same word filter in chat. Once I have some time, I'm going to strip the account down to nothing. If I can't use the...
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    Zombies Trailer for Call of Duty: WWII

    Grammer Nazi here chiming in on "more darker". That said, I thought "Meh, it'll suck", but yeah, that trailer looks awesomely dark.
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    UK Plans Age Verification for Porn Websites

    I'm sure none of those kids will write down their parents' CC info and keep it "handy". lol Glad to hear the British have solved all of their socio-economic problems and are now tackling internet porn.
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    The Top 5 Worst Motherboards of All Time

    No mention of Abit"s early jumper-free boards? Granted, they were innovating, but at the beginning, those pieces of shit kept losing their setup and resetting the CPU settings to default. Lots of returns on that one, when they even left the shop. I loved the idea of jumper-free setup, but being...
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    Robot Realization Leads to Skynet Suicide

    The Twitter comments are pretty funny, save for the morons spouting Clinton/Trump crap. Give it a rest a have a laugh, douchebags.
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    Water Bears Will Be the Last Survivors on Earth

    "Planet of the Waterbears" - Meteor strike, then these little guys get thrown off earth and some end up landing some place with water and alien plant matter they can eat. Fast-forward a hundred milion years and they're a thriving civilization!
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    MPC-HC Is Officially Dead

    Long time mpc user here. Sad to see it go. Perhaps it could go commercial? I'd toss $20-$25 in for a "registered copy". Gonna give potplayer a try, just to see how it runs.
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