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The option will let users adjust the intensity of each audio frequency in intervals, boosting bass, mids, or highs as they wish. This should let them better adjust for the audio hardware they’re listening on or create presets based on genres that are tuned to their preferences. The feature appears to work via a simple slider that basically any user can wrap their head around. Though there are many Windows programs and audio drivers and achieve the same result, the inclusion in the web app is significant....

According to iFixit’s report on the Surface Book 2, the news is not good. Indeed, the firm has given the product a lowly one out of 10 score. The company found that the laptop hybrid is glued into place at each access point. The best was to open the device at these points is to heat the glue slightly before using prying tools. While things get a little simpler inside, the Surface Book 2 is still complicated....

Featuring USA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi, the TV commercial pitches the Surface Duo against the athlete. Microsoft sets a series of challenges for Ohashi and the Duo to perform. It shows the Surface Duo playing a cat meme videos, drawing with the Surface Pen, and opening, closing, and flipping in its various form guises. The ad does not touch on the Duo’s clear business-centric concept and feature set. In other words, this seems to be a direct play for Microsoft to drum up more interest amongst normal consumers....

Canalys CEO Steve Brazier says Microsoft’s chief, Satya Nadella, will soon want to sunset Surface. While that seems very unlikely to us, Brazier says Nadella is a “software guy, a cloud guy”. He also says of the products, “…overall they are not making money. It doesn’t make sense for them to be in this business.” Brazier was not alone in his belief, but before that let’s look at the two points he raises....

If you are unfamiliar with iFixit, the company tests hardware to reveal how easy repairs are to make. Customers buying the Surface Pro 6 will certainly not be making repairs to the device themselves. Indeed, iFixit says the hybrid is as hard to repair as any of its predecessors. Aside from Intel’s 8th generation quad-core CPU, iFixit says the Pro 6 is almost equal to last year’s Surface Pro. In fact, the company is somewhat scathing of the product, calling it a Surface Pro + Black, referencing the new black colorway....

The news comes just days after authorities accused Telegram of violating legislation in the country. Regulator Roskomnadzor has threatened to block Telegram unless valuable information is released. Specifically, the authority says the company has so far refused to do so. The FSB is the secret service agency in Russia, a replacement for the Cold War-era KGB. In a statement released Monday, it says the messaging platform has given “terrorists the opportunity to create secret chat rooms with a high degree of encryption....

The Redmond giant set a date of later this year, but that was only half true. Microsoft crushed people’s dreams in October with a Store listing of Spring 2018, but that’s not the end of the story. It seems Microsoft’s initial release date of December 1st still holds for businesses. As noted by Neowin, the company’s partner Insight is offering it in two different variants. Both have a Core i5 7300U processor, but vary on memory and storage options....

Microsoft responded in part, saying that it plans to keep the data public and that they want to “make that data useful in lots of new ways.” However, it recently became clear that Microsoft is preventing startups from accessing public profile data, and a U.S. judge has now ruled against the practice. San Fransisco’s District Judge Edward Chen has granted a preliminary injunction against Microsoft and ordered it to remove any prevention technologies within 24 hours....

As well as the URL, Weeks pointed to a piece of information he claims is the security identifier (SID) – a unique ID created when a user creates a Windows account. For the unfamiliar, SmartScreen is an Edge service that attempts to prevent users from visiting malicious sites. It does so by checking it against a list of known scam websites. It can be disabled in settings. As pointed out by former Microsoft network, privacy, and security principle PM Eric Lawerence, the disclosure of URLs isn’t something Microsoft hides....

That said, the Facebook-owned app has increasingly expressed its desire to introduce more productivity-minded features. With that in mind, the introduction of task management this week is an important step. WhatsApp hasn’t built a task management tool from the ground up. Instead, the company has teamed with Any.do to integrate its task manager into its service. Found by Android Police, the integration allows users to set reminders and tasks on WhatsApp....

According to Reuters, the company is working with Indian startup Proto to provide the judgment, which will return ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘misleading’, or ‘disputed’. It’s also working with Dig Deeper Media and Meedan to provide tools to verify content. The messages collected during the tipline’s functioning will be used to build a database of content to better detect it in the future. It’s clear that the misinformation is a concern in the country, with Facebook recently cracking down on 712 accounts linked to Indian political groups and Pakistani military....

Attackers reportedly send SRTPC packets to target phones until it causes a buffer stack overflow. A WhatsApp spokesperson said it became aware of the issue in March and has fixed the issue in the app’s latest update. Users must be on version 2.19.51+ on iOS and 2.19.134+ on Android to be safe. The spokesperson said an unknown number of people were affected by the hack, but a number at least in the dozens would not be inaccurate....

What is a screen saver? A screen saver is a moving image that displays once your PC is idle for a while. They were invented back in the day of CRT monitors to solve a very real problem. Much like the AMOLED screens in phones today, leaving a static image on the screen for too long could cause burn-in – a ghost image that remains on the display at all times, distracting the user....

1 How to Stop, Disable, Start, and Restart a Service via Services.msc2 How to Stop and Start a Service with Net Command3 How to Stop, Start, and Disable Services with ‘Sc’ in Command Prompt4 How to Stop, Start, and Restart a Service via Task Manager5 How to Stop, Start, Disable, and Restart Services with PowerShell What is a Windows service? A service in Windows is essentially just another type of program....

1 Windows 10: Changing Time Zone2 Windows 10: Synchronizing with Atomic Clock World Time Server Problems with a wrong system time actually should be a thing of the past with Windows 10 – in theory. If your clock is still not working correctly, you can solve this with a just a few clicks. Once you have permanently synced your system´s time with an atomic clock time server, it will be super precise as long as long as you connect frequently with the internet....

1 How to activate Stereo Mix in Windows 102 How to Record Windows System Audio using Stereo Mix in Audacity3 Stereo Mix is missing – What can I do? In just five simple steps, you can record audio within Windows just as it comes out of your speakers. Windows 10 does this by looping back the output audio signal into this “Stereo Mix” virtual audio device which then can be set as input device in any application....

1 Bug fixes2 Known issues Starting with Eye Control, Microsoft has added a few features to the tool. If you are unfamiliar with Eye Control, at its core it brings Windows 10 to users who are disabled. The project was born from Microsoft’s original 2017 Hackathon event. Eye Control now supports drag and drop with a mouse, while users can also use Shift and Ctrl to combine mouse drags and clicks....

Microsoft has taken a page out of Android’s book when it comes to repairing Windows 10 apps. There’s no need to fiddle around with config files – instead you’ll find reset options right in the program files menu. The app repair function should typically be attempted first. It looks at various common reasons for app problems, checking for errors in the app’s files and replacing them with fresh ones if necessary....

Some possible causes behind System crash freezes There is a various reasons that can cause the issue such as an incompatible outdated device driver, (especially the Display driver ) corrupted system files, HDD error, Third-party application, virus malware infection, Computer or processor is overheating or any external device causing fatal error etc. 0.1 Some possible causes behind System crash freezes 1 Fix Windows 10 keeps crashing problem1.1 Boot Windows 10 Into Safe Mode1....

We have been charting the progress of third-party developers as they port Windows 10 on ARM to Lumia smartphones since 2018. Yes, this is a full version of Windows 10 running on the Lumia 950, 950 XL, and a selection of Android handsets. In the latest development for the project, the smartphones will now run Windows 10 Build 19041. If you’re unfamiliar, this is a Windows 10 20H1 preview. In other words, its an earlier version of Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004)....