https://www.neowin.net/forum/discover/Neowin - All ActivityenWell in terms of bang-for-the-buck anything higher than 2TB SSD tends to be mostly a waste of money currently (and I think one could even argue 1TB is sufficient for many even for those who like to play games etc). hell, not all that long ago 'bang-for-the-buck' was more towards 500GB to maybe 1TB, but since prices have came down further, 1TB and 2TB SSD's are looking more appealing. although I would lean towards 1TB tops (maybe even 500GB for some people), especially given what I mention below, and save the $. p.s. if you ask me, as a general rule... it's pretty much about finding a balance between speed/storage capacity and in that regard I would say most people are better off with say a 500GB or 1TB SSD (maybe 2TB SSD MAX!) and put the saved money there towards a regular hard drive. this way you get the best of both worlds. even if a person is on a laptop and is harder to upgrade their internal storage, they are probably better off just getting some form of external hard drive setup etc.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 08:12:02 +0000Of course they want that, so more information can be gathered about the person and they can advertise more specificallyFri, 02 Jun 2023 07:44:18 +0000TIL Vimeo has TV apps. TIL Vimeo is shutting down their TV apps.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:24:31 +0000No actual specs anywhere?Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:17:30 +0000So if I ask for some coding help, how would my location help?Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:59:50 +0000System76 unveils the Galago Pro ultraportable laptop starting at $999 by Paul Hill System76, an OEM that’s focused on open-source computing, has announced the availability of the refreshed Galago Pro ultraportable laptop. The Galago Pro includes the latest 13th Gen Intel H-class CPUs, integrated Intel graphics, and a 144Hz screen. The company is pitching the Galago Pro to developers, students, and professionals who need a powerful computer but are always on the move. System76 believes this laptop will be a “top contender” in the ultraportable laptop market and the price reflects that, starting at $999. “The Galago Pro moving to H class CPU is a pretty big move,” said Benjamin Shpurker, Product Manager. “H class without NVIDIA has been desired for quite a while! So we're thrilled to be able to offer this.” The full specifications of the Galago Pro are as follows: Operating System Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Firmware System76 Open Firmware (coreboot, EDK2, System76 Firmware Apps) System76 Open Source Embedded Controller Firmware Processor 13th Gen Intel® Core i5-13500H: Up to 4.7 GHz - 18MB Cache - 4 P-Cores - 8 E-Cores 13th Gen Intel® Core i7-13700H: Up to 5.0 GHz - 24MB Cache - 6 P-Cores - 8 E-Cores Display 14.1″ 1920×1080 FHD, Matte Finish, 144Hz Graphics Intel® Iris Xe Graphics Memory Up to 64GB dual-channel DDR4 @ 3200MHz Storage 1 × M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe. Up to 4TB total. Expansion 1 × Thunderbolt™ 4, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, SD Card Reader Input Multitouch Clickpad, Backlit Chiclet US QWERTY Keyboard Networking Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 Video Ports HDMI, Thunderbolt 4 Audio Stereo Speakers, 1× Headphone/Microphone Combo Camera 720p HD Webcam Security Kensington® Lock Battery Li-Ion - 53 Wh Charger 90 Watts, AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz, DC-out 19V, 4.74A 90W+ USB Type-C Charging Compatible Dimensions 12.79″ × 8.86″ × 0.72″ (32.49 × 22.50 × 1.82cm) Weight 3.2 lbs (1.45kg) Base weight. Varies on configuration. Model galp7 Some other interesting aspects of the Galago Pro are its glare-resistant display and the inclusion of customizable keyboard LEDs via the System76 Keyboard Configurator app. The company also said it will help you extend the life of your new Galago Pro by providing repair guides, replacement parts, lifetime support, and firmware updates. To design and buy a Galago Pro from System76, just head over to the company’s website and press Design + Buy.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:48:02 +0000I like Microsoft software but Edge... I switched from it 1month ago after using it since the release of Edgium. I really tried but I just couldn't take it anymore. If they stayed to the fast good browser they released 2 years ago its marketshare would be at least in 15% now. They decided to bloat it in every update, I had to fight with new policies in every update, they added that huge distracting bing button. People want a browser not a bloatware that also happens to open webpages. No matter if I would never use Chrome, even Google gets that. Edge's marketshare will stay in less that 10% or even go lower. They never learn...Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:53:35 +0000This is a new feature. Bard did not previously know your location unless you told it. Asking for location to provide more accurate results is counted as a new feature? I guess the word 'feature' has different meaning for us then. Definitely a slow news day.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:51:51 +0000I wonder how popular Vimeo is now. It was going to be the next YouTube a few years back but it didn't quite get there and just seemed to wither away.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:45:28 +0000This is a new feature. Bard did not previously know your location unless you told it.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:42:12 +0000Well of course it does. How else can it be accurate with it's results without knowing your location. Nearly all services, including Windows itself, has location turned on for a reason. Slow tech news day I guess.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:39:10 +0000Vimeo to shut down all of its TV streaming apps later this month by Aditya Tiwari The video hosting service Vimeo announced that its TV apps will be discontinued later this month on June 27. Vimeo said it will shut down its streaming apps across all supported platforms, including Android TV, Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV. These apps will be removed from the respective app stores and Vimeo will no longer push any security updates or provide technical support for its TV apps. According to a support document spotted by Engadget, the latest change doesn't apply to "branded apps available to Vimeo OTT enterprise sellers." Vimeo is displaying on-screen notifications on users' TV screens informing them about the upcoming shutdown. Vimeo's streaming apps for TV were launched back in 2016, around the time when the company positioned itself as a rival to YouTube. But over the years, Vimeo transformed itself into a business-focused streaming platform. "Today, Vimeo is much more than a viewing destination. It's an all-in-one video experience platform giving creative professionals, businesses, and organizations everything they need to make and market amazing, impactful videos," Vimeo said explaining why it's pulling the plug on its TV apps. Nevertheless, the shutdown of the Vimeo TV apps isn't the end of the road. Users can still cast their Vimeo content on the big screen with the help of its Android and iPhone apps. Vimeo said it retires legacy products that are no longer in line with its standards, adding that casting via its mobile apps can provide a "better ongoing experience" to the viewers. To cast their favorite videos on compatible TVs, users can simply look for the Chromecast or AirPlay icon in the Vimeo apps for Android and iOS. As of now, Vimeo doesn't support casting videos from a Chrome web browser but users can AirPlay Vimeo content from the Safari browser on Apple devices. Via EngadgetFri, 02 Jun 2023 05:38:02 +0000At 500 it seems like a nice piece of kit, depends if they improve tracking (like PSVR2 did). Shame it's still Facebook and the price will be 800 Euros in Europe!Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:13:50 +0000Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:12:06 +0000Actually, with the move to UEFI, a lot of that era is now gone unless you boot with legacy support enabled (aka bios emulation), modern x86_64's with UEFI start up directly in 64-bit long mode, no more A16 Keyboard cludge to get into 32bit mode.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:01:56 +0000Google Bard now requests your actual location for better answers by Paul Hill Google has pushed out another update for its generative AI chatbot, Bard. This time, it has added the ability for users to allow access to their location so that Bard can use this and provide more relevant results. One popular Google Search query is “What time does X close?”, you’ll typically see the searched-for business in your Search results with a list of closing times. You can now do this in Bard with the location update and it will give you the closing times of the local stores you asked about. Google didn’t really expand too much on what else the precise location would enable you to do, but Bard itself says you can get location-specific information on places like coffee shops and restaurants, get directions from your current location, find events that are happening near you, and get local weather information. Having tested the weather forecast, Neowin can report that it works well but there is a small grievance. In the UK, where a hodgepodge of imperial and metric measurements are used, the main unit for measuring the temperature is Celsius. Despite knowing that the query was coming from the UK, Bard still decided to put out its response in Fahrenheit, a quick clarification swiftly resolves this though. To see which location Google Bard has for you, just look in the bottom-left corner and you should see a blue dot if you’ve given permission for it to use your location, followed by your town or city. You can also press update location if it’s now out of date due to travelling. OpenAI took an early lead in the generative AI race but while it still gets updates, its knowledge is still stuck in 2021 and it cannot do as much now as Bard, such as accessing your location or grabbing relevant pictures from the web and inserting them into your query results (at least on the free tier). We are still early on with regards to the maturity of these generative AI projects so we should see a lot more new features arriving over time. It’s so early that Google still refers to Bard as an experiment.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:00:03 +0000What, if anything, was wrong with a white background? What is this obsession with having everything in "dark mode?" Good for you if you're not bothered by white backgrounds. Dark mode is great for people like me who get migraines and light sensitivity. It's easier on the eyes.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:36:35 +0000Send a copy of Windows 11 on that mission also, and it will be sure to keep anyone out there, laughing at us all from a great distance.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:30:03 +0000EhFri, 02 Jun 2023 04:21:39 +0000Apple to send the original 12-inch MacBook into retirement on June 30 by Aditya Tiwari Apple is expected to expand its list of obsolete products with the addition of the original 12-inch MacBook. That's according to an internal memo seen by MacRumors and Apple is expected to pull the plug on the discontinued MacBook on June 30. The 12-inch MacBook was announced back in March 2015 with a starting price of $1,299. It was discontinued in April 2016 when Apple released the next generation of the laptop. The MacBook was powered by an Intel Core M dual-core processor coupled with 8GB LPDDR3 RAM and up to 512GB of storage onboard. The 12-inch MacBook was in the news for having just two ports on the entire machine: a 3.5mm audio jack, and a multi-functional USB-C port with support for USB 3.1 Gen 1, HDMI, VGA, and DisplayPort 1.2. However, this also meant users had to purchase a separate USB-C adapter for added connectivity options. It is the first laptop from Apple to feature the USB-C port and also the first MacBook to ship without MagSafe charging at the time. It was later in 2021 when Apple's M-series MacBook Pro laptops were released with a MagSafe 3 charging connector. The 2015 MacBook was among the lightest laptops on the market weighing just 2.03 pounds. With its 39.7 Wh battery, the device offered up to 30 days of standby time and around 9 hours of web browsing. Apple marks a product obsolete seven years after discontinuing its sales on the market. Service providers can't order repair parts for such devices and they are no longer eligible for hardware repairs at Apple Stores and Apple-authorized service centers. Apple also added the original iPad Air to its list of obsolete products last month. The 12-inch MacBook was refreshed twice, first in April 2016 and then again in June 2017, it was discontinued in 2019. Therefore, its last generation which is yet to be marked vintage is still eligible for service and hardware repairs. Source: MacRumorsFri, 02 Jun 2023 04:20:03 +0000To enable this feature of merging tabs and dragging out tabs, vivetool tweak is ViVeTool.exe /enable /id:39661369Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:17:39 +0000ClippyFri, 02 Jun 2023 04:09:19 +0000NASA calls on the public to send their names on its Europa Clipper mission by Paul Hill Every now and again, NASA gets ready to launch a major mission into space and sometimes offers the public a chance to get their name sent into space. The organization has opened up another opportunity such as this. You now have the opportunity to send your name on NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission, which is set to land on Jupiter's second Galilean moon, Europa, in 2030. People’s names will accompany a poem called “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” by US Poet Laureate Ada Limón. They will be stencilled onto a microchip and head off on the journey in October 2024. If you’re interested in including your name, you must add it to NASA’s website by December 31. Since the programme was announced on the evening of June 1, 2,767 people have added their names. The majority of these submissions are from the United States but names from all the continents have started coming in too. Within the United States, most signatures have come from California, Texas, Florida, and New York. "'Message in a Bottle' is the perfect convergence of science, art, and technology, and we are excited to share with the world the opportunity to be a part of Europa Clipper's journey," said Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "I just love the thought that our names will be travelling across our solar system aboard the radiation-tolerant spacecraft that seeks to unlock the secrets of Jupiter's frozen moon." As mentioned, NASA has held similar programmes for its Artemis I mission to the moon and for several missions to Mars. While anyone is free to add their name, NASA will definitely be hoping that it piques the interest of children who may be more interested to pursue a job in the sciences as a result. In addition to adding your name, the website provides a world map that displays the locations where signatures are being added from. You can also find a live feed of the Clipper clean room to see work going on.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:44:03 +0000With all the bad press about W11, my bet is most people can't see any reason to upgrade until they have to. The majority of computer users just want something that works, not to tweak, tinker and run the latest and greatest.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:23:35 +0000Microsoft has signed deal with CoreWeave for AI computing power, say sources by Paul Hill Microsoft has signed a deal with CoreWeave, a provider of AI computing power, that could be worth billions of dollars over a number of years. The news was disclosed by sources familiar with the matter, to CNBC. While Microsoft and CoreWeave have failed to confirm the information, the sources told CNBC that the deal was made to ensure that OpenAI’s ChatGPT had enough computing power going forward. Through a partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI currently uses Microsoft Azure infrastructure to run ChatGPT, which is resource intensive. It seems that the agreement was made earlier this year. In recent weeks, we’ve seen the price of NVIDIA’s shares rocket up as investors anticipate higher earnings for the company on the back of generative AI services like ChatGPT. CoreWeave offers cloud computing services also powered by NVIDIA hardware. The revelation about this deal comes just one day after CoreWeave announced that it had secured $200 million in a Series B funding extension, bringing the round’s total to $421 million. The $200 million was invested by Magnetar Capital. According to CoreWeave, the funding is helping it fill a gap in the market that legacy cloud computing providers are struggling to fill. “By combining easy access to high-powered GPUs for training AI models with fast and flexible infrastructure and by focusing on a specific type of compute, CoreWeave continues to differentiate itself from other companies in the space,” said Ernie Rogers, Magnetar’s chief operating officer. “Magnetar believes CoreWeave sits in a sweet spot for enabling world-class results across a number of industries. We are proud to have been the lead investor for CoreWeave’s Series B funding round and its extension.” Now that knowledge of this agreement is public, it could add even more fuel to NVIDIA’s stock price as it suggests the company could see even more demand for its products as CoreWeave seeks to provide resources for Microsoft and OpenAI. Source: CNBCFri, 02 Jun 2023 02:58:03 +0000