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More People Should Watch The Best Sci-Fi Show on Prime Video

More People Should Watch The Best Sci-Fi Show on Prime Video

Brace yourselves. I'm about to gush about The Expanse on Prime Video. But before I do, here are some things that are extremely not that great about The Expanse.

• The acting is frequently off, sometimes flat-out bizarre.
• The dialogue is regularly stilted and unnatural.
• Despite having to do a lot of heavy lifting, the CGI can feel creaky and low budget.
• Literally every decision made by Detective Miller (played by Thomas Jane) makes zero sense.
• Thomas Jane's hat. A terrible hat. Maybe the worst TV hat ever hatted.
• See also: Thomas Jane's haircut.

Whenever I go full hog trying to convince someone to watch The Expanse, I like to get this list out of the way. I want people to know from the outset: This TV show is not perfect. In fact, depending on what you value in your television, you could even call The Expanse "bad."

I do not think The Expanse is bad.

On the contrary, I think The Expanse is very good. Often it's good in spite of its flaws. Sometimes it's enhanced by those flaws.

Set hundreds of years in the future when humans are spread out across the solar system, The Expanse is based on a series of hard sci-fi novels written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck under the pen name James S.A. Corey. It is dense with peerless universe building. It's a show about the very real perils of space travel and colonization, but also a surprisingly nuanced show that deals in interplanetary politics and class warfare. 

In one corner we have Earth and all its citizens. In the other, Mars. The humans who have colonized Mars are a military-focused, tough group of people prone to resolving conflict with force. Those still on Earth are the preening, politically savvy elite. 

The wild cards are the Belters, residents of outer planets and asteroid belts who have developed their own Creole-esque language and, alongside that, a culture completely separate from the humans on Earth and Mars. Sick of being trampled upon by the "Earthers," the Belters are threatening revolution, but lack the power or resources to truly strike back at their oppressors. 

Everything that occurs in The Expanse stems from the tensions between these three discrete groups.

The tight knit crew of the Rocinante. 

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The magic of The Expanse is how effortlessly the show flits between genres. It's hard sci-fi at all times, but in its first couple of seasons, The Expanse plays out like a murder mystery. Later, it's a show about alien technology and the arms race associated with that. Then it becomes a show about exploring strange new planets. Ultimately, The Expanse is a show about all these things, but places its uniquely crafted universe at its core, giving it a through line lesser sci-fi shows don't have.

"It's a show that's stubbornly carried by its strengths, to levels of quality it has no right attaining."

The show's aesthetic plays a similar trick. Not everyone enjoys its metallic, video-game-esque color scheme, but I like video games, so I'm a fan. The Expanse feels like how I think a Mass Effect show could feel, if that ever comes to fruition and is somehow decent. The Expanse is cool, clinical and smart -- and sometimes the wooden performances amplify that in ways that should be bad, but often feels good? In a universe that lacks warmth, dialed back, minimalist performances make sense. 

Yeah, I'm confused too. But it works.

It's a very not good hat.

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Ultimately, The Expanse is a show that will never disappoint you. Much like Dark -- for my money the best show on Netflix -- The Expanse is now fully complete and, unlike most sci-fi shows, defied the odds and finished well. Some of its six seasons are better than others, but The Expanse is incredibly consistent. You'll be shocked by how much ground it covers and how seamlessly it moves from one civilization-altering crisis to the next. 

It's funny, but almost everyone I know who watches The Expanse, including myself, loves to complain about it. They'll complain about the clunky dialogue and the strange performances, but there's nothing else like it. It's a show that's stubbornly carried by its strengths, to levels of quality it has no right attaining. You owe it to yourself to watch, if only to create your own list of things in The Expanse that annoy you.

Just make sure that list includes Thomas Jane's hat. Unforgivable.

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Facebook explains what caused its widespread outage

Facebook explains what caused its widespread outage

Facebook said late Monday that the company believes a "faulty configuration" change caused a widespread outage that lasted roughly six hours.

"Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication," Facebook's vice president of engineering and infrastructure, Santosh Janardhan, said in a blog post. "This disruption to network traffic had a cascading effect on the way our data centers communicate, bringing our services to a halt." 

Monday's outage also impacted the tools that Facebook employees use. Facebook said it hasn't found any evidence that user data was compromised during the outage. 

In a more detailed post published Tuesday, Janardhan said there was a "bug" in a tool meant to prevent mistakes like what triggered the outage from happening. Facebook encountered multiple problems, including getting access to its data centers and domain name system servers, which had become unreachable. Referred to as the phone book of the internet, DNS translates domain names like Facebook.com to numeric Internet Protocol addresses. "The total loss of DNS broke many of the internal tools we'd normally use to investigate and resolve outages like this," Janardhan said.

Facebook also had to carefully manage how quickly it brought its services back online because a sudden surge in traffic could cause a new round of crashes. "Every failure like this is an opportunity to learn and get better, and there's plenty for us to learn from this one," Janardhan said. The company is extensively reviewing what happened.

The rare outage, which also impacted other apps owned by Facebook such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, showcased how dependent people and businesses are on social media even as the company faces more scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators. The Wall Street Journal recently published a series of stories detailing how Facebook knew about the platform's problems, including its harmful impact on the mental health of teenagers. 

Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen, the whistleblower who gathered the internal documents used by the Journal, testified before Congress on Tuesday.

Monday's outage was reminiscent of other times Facebook's services went offline. For instance, Facebook experienced an outage in 2019 that lasted more than 14 hours, which the social network said was the result of a "server configuration change."

Read also: Best memes and jokes about the big Facebook outage  

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Samsung's cheaper Galaxy A phones get the spotlight at Unpacked

Samsung's cheaper Galaxy A phones get the spotlight at Unpacked

Samsung tends to use its splashy Unpacked events to show off the newest high-end gadgets in its Galaxy S, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Z families of phones. But it's the company's midrange A Series, which last year started at $110, that will take center stage at its next big product event. 

On 7 a.m. PT Wednesday, Samsung is set to host its second virtual Unpacked event of 2021. Samsung called Wednesday's event "Galaxy Awesome Unpacked" and said it will explain how it's "bringing Awesome to everyone." (Yes, capital "A" Awesome). Its first Unpacked, in mid-January, marked the introduction of Samsung's flagship phones for the year, the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra. All come with 5G, and the devices start at $800, which is $200 less than their predecessors. 

The Galaxy S may be Samsung's most high-profile flagship lineup, and the Galaxy Z foldables are its future, but neither offers the most popular devices the South Korean giant sells. That title goes to the Galaxy A, which represented more than three out of every four Samsung phones shipped around the world last year, according to Strategy Analytics. The line's quiet rise as a major contributor to sales for Samsung underscores the notion that while high-end specs and cutting-edge features are nice for attention and buzz, people still care about what they're spending on phones -- especially in these times. 

Samsung will bring more attention to the lineup than ever when it makes the Galaxy A the focus of Wednesday's Unpacked. 

When Samsung first jumped into the Android market in 2010, it was with its Galaxy S devices, which propelled the Korean company to the position of world's biggest phone vendor, a title it's held for most of the past decade. Similarly, the Galaxy Note ignited a trend for jumbo phones and the Galaxy Fold touched off a new wave of foldables.

Generating much less fanfare is the Galaxy A lineup. The phones have been viewed as devices for people who are more price-sensitive -- if anyone thought about the A Series at all. They've been sold internationally for years but didn't come to the US as a full lineup until 2020.

In the past, "every time [Samsung] rolled out the S series, even after carrier subsidies disappeared, that was what sold," Strategy Analytics analyst Ken Hyers said. "Things like the A Series or equivalent product, those were for the people who didn't have the money for a premium phone."

Last year's Galaxy A lineup included four 4G LTE phones and two 5G models. They ranged from $110 for the Galaxy A10 to $650 for the Galaxy A71 5G on Verizon's network (it's $600 at other carriers without super-fast 5G millimeter-wave connectivity). All came with some high-end features, though they weren't nearly as premium as the specs found in the Galaxy S, Note and foldables. And none came close to the price tag for Samsung's premium phones, which started at $1,000 for the Galaxy S20. Though the Galaxy A lineup may not have the flash of Samsung's high-end phones, what it does have is a lot of buyers across the world. 

In the US, where there's often a bigger market for pricey phones than in many other regions, the A Series' shipments surpassed those of the S Series, 26% to 19%, according to Strategy Analytics. In the key fourth quarter of the year, nearly half of Samsung's phone shipments in the US came from the A Series. That included models like the $180 Galaxy A11, $250 Galaxy A21 and $500 Galaxy A51 5G. 

People are increasingly choosing less expensive phones, even if they can afford the pricier models like the Galaxy S, Strategy Analytics' Hyers said. 

Today's phone market looks very different from the industry a few years ago. In the past, many consumers bought the latest and greatest on a regular two-year cadence, and Apple and Samsung made $1,000 the standard starting price for high-end phones. Now people in the US are content holding onto their phones an additional year, and when they upgrade, they're often seeking out less expensive phones. Today's mainstream devices ship with many higher-end features -- like fast processors, big screens and several camera lenses -- that consumers deem to be good enough, especially for the price. Samsung even cut the starting price of its Galaxy S lineup by $200 for this year's S21 models. 

"The price of premium products has gotten out of whack with what people think is justifiable for a smartphone," Hyers said. "And midtier phones like the A51 ... don't feel like you're making a compromise." 

Samsung declined to comment ahead of Wednesday's event. 

The new A Series

This year, Samsung is expected to introduce Galaxy A52 and A72 phones, successors to last year's A51 and A71. The devices likely will come with 4G and 5G variants right away (last year's 5G models arrived after the 4G versions) and several improvements over the older models. 

The A52 is rumored to sport a bigger battery, a better processor and more RAM, while keeping the 6.5-inch Super AMOLED display found in the A51. And the A72 is believed to feature a new camera design, with five back lenses, a first for any Samsung device. It also may become the first midrange phone with optical image stabilization to optimize shots. 

Refreshing the higher end of the A Series could have a lower boost on Samsung's unit sales than introducing newer cheap models. It's the company's least expensive Galaxy A models that have proved to be the most popular with consumers, said Mark Bachman, lead tech and telecom analyst at M Science. His firm tracks how well phone models sell. 

Looking at the first 20 weeks of sales for each device, the data analytics provider found that the budget models, like the $180 Galaxy A10e and A11 or the $250 A20 and A21, sold in higher numbers than the higher-priced $500 A51 5G and $600 A71 5G (or $650 at Verizon). US consumers bought nearly 2.5 million units of the A11 in its first five months of sales, while they purchased only about 300,000 Galaxy A51 5G units. 

"While the launch of the A52/A72 series will refresh Samsung's midrange offerings, we believe these phones will have less impact to Samsung's sales in the US when compared to their budget A series and premium priced S series handsets," Bachman said. 

Still, Samsung hasn't yet said what its new A Series devices will cost. It could lower the prices for the models, like how it cut Galaxy S pricing. 

Hitting the 'sweet spot'

Samsung highlighting its less expensive phones follows a trend found across the mobile industry. The first 5G devices on the market in 2019 cost significantly more than their 4G counterparts. Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G and Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G both retailed for $1,300. That's $400 and $200 more than the 4G variants, respectively.

But the coronavirus pandemic has forced companies to reevaluate their launch plans and drop pricing for 5G phones much more quickly than expected. In September, Samsung introduced its Galaxy S20 FE for $300 less than its S20 sibling. Then in January, Samsung said its new Galaxy S21 models would cost $200 less than their Galaxy S20 sibling from a year earlier. It's partly because component costs have fallen but also recognition that it's getting harder to convince people to shell out $1,000 for a phone.

The Galaxy S21 lineup meets "sweet spots" in the market when it comes to pricing and features, Drew Blackard, Samsung Electronics America's vice president of product management, said in an interview ahead of January's Unpacked event. And he said the lower starting point is likely here to stay. 

The Galaxy A devices are even more affordable, without having to sacrifice features like strong cameras.  

A new smartphone that won't drain your bank account may be worth the trouble of all that Unpacked fanfare after all. 

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Labor Day Sales 2022: The Best Early Deals You Can Shop Right Now

Labor Day Sales 2022: The Best Early Deals You Can Shop Right Now

We're just a week away from Labor Day and plenty of the best Labor Day sales are already underway. Arriving ahead of Black Friday, Labor Day sales give you an early opportunity to save on a range of products across major retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, Home Depot and more. 

Home appliances and furniture are some of the big-ticket items that are already seeing steep price drops and some stellar tech deals on laptops, headphones and TVs are also cropping up right now.

Below, we'll go through everything you need to know ahead of Labor Day, including this year's Labor Day date, the best early Labor Day sales to shop now and what else to expect from Labor Day 2022. 

When is Labor Day 2022?

Labor Day always falls on the first Monday of September. That means that Labor Day 2022 will be celebrated on Monday, Sept. 5. We expect most Labor Day sales will be up and running for at least the weekend preceding Labor Day and we're already seeing some go live a couple of weeks in advance. 

Early Labor Day sales live now

• Amazon: Up to 40% off Echo and Fire TV devices
• Best Buy: Save on laptops, TVs, smart home devices and appliances
• Walmart: Tech and home deals
• Target: Back to school savings on clothing, tech and school supplies
• Staples: Save on back-to-school essentials
• Home Depot: Save on power tools, furniture and home decor
• Lowe's: Summer savings on grills, appliances, tools and more
• Bed Bath & Beyond: Warehouse clearance event
• Wayfair: Up to 60% off furniture, decor and appliances
• Casper: Up to $600 off mattresses and 50% off select accessories
• Purple: Up to $300 off mattresses
• Overstock: End of summer sale with up to 70% off
• Dell: Six months of the Disney Bundle with select purchases
• Samsung: Discounts, boosted trade-ins, instant credit and more

Best Labor Day deals to shop now

Early Labor Day tech deals

Samsung

Right now, you can get as much as $900 off a Galaxy Z Fold 4 when you trade in your existing device directly at Samsung, plus you'll receive $150 in Samsung store credit to spend on accessories. Additional Samsung credit and bundle savings of up to 30% are also available when you buy your Galaxy Z Fold 4 alongside other Samsung products, like the Galaxy Watch 5, Galaxy Buds 2 Pro and Galaxy Tab S8.

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A huge variety of Amazon devices are on sale right now with as much as half off regular prices. The early Labor Day sale includes popular Fire TV Sticks, Fire tablets, Kindle e-readers, Eero mesh Wi-Fi systems and more.

Early Labor Day TV deals

Amazon

For a limited time, Amazon and Best buy are throwing a free Echo Dot (third-gen) in with select smart Fire TV purchases. Several different models are eligible for the freebie, from 24-inch HD models up to 75-inch 4K-compatible TV sets, with prices starting at just $90.

Hisense

Hisense's R6 Series TVs offer a bunch of advanced features at a low price, including a 4K resolution, HDR support, a 120Hz refresh rate and Google Assistant or Alexa controls via your existing smart speakers. Using the excellent Roku OS, you'll be able to easily access all of the streaming services you know and love, too. 

Vizio

Vizio's V-Series made its way onto our best TVs list as a runner-up budget option because it comes with Chromecast and Apple AirPlay 2 built in, which plenty of other smart TVs do not. These allow you to stream, or even mirror, content from your phone or computer. It also boasts 4K UHD picture, and an IQ active processor that enhances the quality of any non-4K content. 

Toshiba

At just $430, the Toshiba M550 is packed full of features, including AirPlay support, built-in microphones for truly hands-free control and a low latency gaming mode. It's equipped with a Regza Engine 4K for stunning UHD picture, as well as support for Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10 Plus. And with DTS Virtual: X technology, it also features powerful, immersive audio.

Early Labor Day home and garden deals

Ashley Furniture

Ashley is offering a huge array of Labor Day deals with as much as 50% off regular prices. Discounted items include furniture, mattresses, home decor and more and you can take an extra 5% off select purchases with code LDSAVINGS. 

Early Labor Day mattress deals

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Get up to $350 off Helix products during its early Labor Day mattress sale.

Use the following codes to get the discount:

• $100 off orders of $600 or more with code: LDSALE100
  
• $150 off orders of $1,250 or more with code: LDSALE150
  
• $200 off orders of $1,700 or more with code: LDSALE200
  
• $250 off orders of $2,550 or more with code: LDSALE250
• $300 off orders of $2,700 or more with code: LDSALE300
• $350 off orders of $2,950 or more with code: LDSALE350

Every order includes two free Dream pillows.

Read more about its beds in our Helix mattress review. 

Early Labor Day appliance deals

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If you want to simplify cooking, consider investing in an Instant Pot. These versatile multicookers can prepare a plethora of plates in one device, helping save you space in your kitchen. Right now Amazon has the Instant Pot Duo Plus marked down by 38%, bringing the price to just $80. This 6-quart cooker has nine different functions including pressure cook, slow cook, rice cooker, steamer, sauté pan, yogurt maker and sterilizer. It even has 15 customizable smart programs to cook ribs, soups, beans, rice, poultry, desserts and other tasty treats at the push of a button.

Molekule

If you're looking to improve the quality of air in your home, having an air purifier can help, and with Molekule's Air Mini Plus or Air Pro, you can purify the air in personal or professional spaces to keep viruses and other allergens at bay while saving as much as $200.

Labor Day health and fitness deals

Labor Day beauty and fashion deals

Which Labor Day sales are the best?

There are going to be plenty of competing sales when Labor Day 2022 rolls around (with many having launched already). Deciding which is best for you to shop will depend on what you're hoping to buy. 

Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart are generally good starting points if tech and smart home purchases are on your mind with stores like Lowes, Home Depot and Overstock being the places to begin your hunt for home and garden products. 

Don't rule out more niche retailers like B&H Photo, Dell, HP and GameStop, though, as each will likely run some form of Labor Day sale as will most of your favorite brands. We'll be sure to keep you posted on the best Labor Day sales as they crop up. 

When do Labor Day sales begin?

Though Labor Day falls on Monday, Sept. 5 this year, there's no official date that sales will kick off and many early Labor Day sales are already live. Expect others to launch in the coming days. 

Should I wait for Black Friday sales?

Labor Day sales offer some of the best savings at this time of year, sitting nicely between Memorial Day sales and Black Friday. If you need something now, particularly furniture or yard equipment, Labor Day is a great time to buy, with end-of-summer pricing applying to a lot of those types of products. 

Black Friday is the biggest sale of the year, though, and if you can afford to wait the extra couple of months you could potentially get more for your money. That being said, rumors abound of a second Prime Day sale, or "Prime Early Access Sale," slated for October, which could kick off the holiday shopping season much earlier and may mean even less time between Labor Day sales and fall sales. 

How do I prepare for Labor Day sales? 

The best thing to do between now and Labor Day 2022 is narrow down exactly what is on your shopping list this year. That way, you can identify the best retailers to start your search and avoid being distracted by the thousands of deals that will bombard you as more Labor Day sales officially kick off. 

The CNET Deals team will keep you up to date on all of the best deals between now and Labor Day, so be sure to follow the team on Twitter and sign up for the CNET Deals newsletter.

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Try This Easy Hack to Safely Clean Oven Grease From Hard-To-Reach Places

Try This Easy Hack to Safely Clean Oven Grease From Hard-To-Reach Places

This story is part of Try This, CNET's collection of simple tips to improve your life, fast.

Keeping your oven clean with just a little bit of periodic maintenance can go a long way. But since your oven door stays shut most of the time, it's all too easy to ignore the grime building up inside from the drips, spills and crumbs that get baked into the surfaces of the oven. Even if you do notice your oven needs a scrub, the task is tempting to put off: Who wants to deal with noxious cleaning chemicals or the acrid fumes when you turn on the self-cleaner setting?

But cleaning the gunk out of your oven doesn't have to be a grueling and smelly process. 

Inspired by housekeeping advice and TikTok hacks, I tried a safe and easy cleaning method on my own oven that enabled me to use basic kitchen staples in lieu of harsh chemicals.

Here's how I got my oven clean. For more tips, here's how to make a chocolate cake in a coffee mug, how to cut a cake without a knife and how to safely pit an avocado.

Which kitchen items can you use to safely clean your oven?

Though my oven hasn't endured much use, its interior was splattered with all kinds of remnants of past bakes. I didn't want to use harsh chemicals, however, to clean the stains and grease, so I tried using three items already in my kitchen: baking soda, vinegar and lemon. The trio of DIY cleaners can help remove stains, loosen grime and gently scrub off the baked-on spills and splatters.

How to clean the inside of your oven safely

Here's what I did to clean my oven with items in my kitchen:

1. Pour 3/4 cup of baking soda and 1/4 cup of water in a bowl.

First, I poured the baking soda in a bowl.

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2. Stir to form a paste.

3. Dip a sponge into the paste and wipe over the inside surfaces of your oven. I removed the racks to make it easier to reach everywhere.

4. Once you've coated the oven grime with the paste, grab a bowl that can handle some low heat. (Porcelain works.) Pour 1 cup of vinegar into the bowl. (Optional: You can add a bit of lemon juice for some good smells. (I have another good use for lemon juice a few steps down.)

5. Place the bowl at the bottom of the oven. Set your oven to low heat and let it sit for 1 hour.

I carefully set the bowl of vinegar on the bottom of the oven.

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6. Turn off your oven and wait for it to cool. Remove the bowl. Dampen your sponge and wipe the paste away to reveal a gleaming oven.

7. To help remove stains, I wiped lemon juice over discolored areas of the oven. You don't need to juice the lemon. Cut the lemon in half and wipe one half over the stains and then wipe with a clean sponge.

Wiping up for a clean oven.

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Looking for more kitchen hacks? We'll show you how to clean your kitchen in under 15 minutes. As the weather heats up, here are eight smart ways to keep cool in the kitchen. Plus, check out these six essential kitchen tools to elevate your cooking for 2022.

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Windows 10's October 2020 update is rolling out now. Here's how to download it

Windows 10's October 2020 update is rolling out now. Here's how to download it

On Tuesday, Microsoft'sWindows 10 ($144 at Amazon) October 2020 Update began rolling out for all Windows 10 users. Like most fall updates, this one (also known as Windows 10 version 20H2) is focused on refinements instead of major new features, but will include the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, and updates to the Start menu, taskbar and notifications. (If you're running Windows 7, you can still download Windows 10 free to get the update, too.)

Windows 10 is now on more than 1 billion devices  worldwide, Microsoft said in March. Now that support for Windows 7 is officially over, Microsoft is encouraging people to either upgrade their PC to Windows 10 to keep it running smoothly and securely or to buy a new computer. 

Read more: The best antivirus protection of 2020 for Windows 10 

Major refreshes to the OS come about every six months, with the most recent before this being the May 2020 Update. If you've already installed that update, the October version should only take a few minutes to download. But if you don't have the May 2020 Update installed first, it could take about 20 to 30 minutes, or longer on older hardware, according to our sister site ZDNet. 

Here's what we know about the Windows 10 October 2020 Update, and how to download it to your device once it's available for you. This story is periodically updated with current information.

Read more: Windows 10: Try these 3 new features now, here's how

When will the Windows 10 October 2020 Update be available? 

Microsoft is taking a slower rollout approach to the October 2020 Update, as it did with the May 2020 Update earlier this year. The company is throttling availability over the coming weeks to ensure a more reliable download experience -- which means the update might not be available on your device right away. Some devices may have compatibility issues at the start and won't have the option to update until Microsoft is confident that it will go smoothly, according to a blog post. 

Before the official rollout, the October 2020 Update was available for those in the Windows Insider Program in the Release Preview Channel. 

How do I download the Windows 10 October 2020 Update? 

The October 2020 Update is currently available for select devices running Windows 10, version 1903 or later who want to install the new release. To check if it's available for you, go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update, and click Check for Updates. If available, you'll see Feature update to Windows 10, version 20H2. Click Download and install. 

Once the download is complete and the update is ready to install, you'll get a notification from Microsoft so that you can choose the right time to finish the installation and reboot your computer. If you had been running the May 2020 Update, the process should only take a few minutes. 

What new features does the October 2020 Update include?

The Windows 10 October 2020 Update doesn't include a ton of massive changes from the May update, but there are a lot of smaller refinements that should make your computing experience better. According to Microsoft, these include: 

• Microsoft Edge: The update will include the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser instead of the legacy version for the first time. The new Edge browser includes a privacy feature that tries to block sites that track you online, and a feature called Collections that lets you gather information from different websites as you're doing research. 
• Start menu: A new Start menu will feature a more streamlined design, replacing the solid color backplates behind the logos in your apps list with partially transparent backgrounds, helping the icons stand out more. You can also set an accent color if you like.
• Tabs: Open all tabs in Edge in Alt + Tab, instead of just the active one in each browser window. You can also configure it to show only your last three or five tabs, or turn it off completely under Settings > System > Multitasking.
• Taskbar: Personalize your Taskbar so you can find what you're looking for faster. 
• Notifications: See where your notification is coming from by checking the app logo at the top, and dismiss it by clicking the X in the top right corner. Focus Assist notification and summary will be turned off by default. 
• Settings: Find more Control Panel features in the Settings About page under Settings > System > About. 
• 2-in-1 devices: For these device users, instead of getting a notification asking if you want to switch to tablet mode every time you detach your keyboard, it will happen by default. 

We've also explained how to use some of the best new features here.

Read more: Here's the best way to set up your new PC or laptop

Will previous versions of Windows 10 still work? 

Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 1809 (also known as the October 2018 update) for Home, Pro, Pro Education and Pro for Workstations editions in November. (Support was originally scheduled to end in May, but Microsoft delayed this due to the impact of the coronavirus.) Support for Enterprise and Education editions will last until May 2021. 

You can still use version 1809, but the loss of Microsoft support means you will no longer get important security patches or other updates. 

Version 2004 (also known as the May 2020 Update) will be supported until December 2021. 

Read more at TechRepublic: 20 pro tips to make Windows 10 work the way you want (free PDF)

Do I have to update to the October 2020 version? 

Nope. Microsoft recommends that you update, of course, but it's not mandatory -- unless you're about to hit an end-of-service date for the version you're currently running. You can find out more about the update process on ZDNet.

To see which version of Windows 10 you have, go to Settings > System > About and scroll to Windows Specifications, where you'll find the edition and version number. 

If you have version 1903 (released in May 2019) and want to keep it, you have until December before support ends. If you have version 1909 (released in November 2019), you have until May 2021 to update. And if you have version 2004 (released in May 2020), you have until December 2021 to update. 

What else?

In a May blog post, Panos Panay, Microsoft's chief product officer of Windows and devices, gave an update on the Windows 10X operating system. The OS, announced last year, was designed to work with new dual-screen Surface Neo devices, which are not yet available. However, given the changes in the world and the fact that most people are sticking to more typical laptops and two-in-one devices right now, Microsoft will move the focus of Windows 10X to single-screen devices instead, Panay wrote. 

"With Windows 10X, we designed for flexibility, and that flexibility has enabled us to pivot our focus toward single-screen Windows 10X devices that leverage the power of the cloud to help our customers work, learn and play in new ways," Panay wrote in the post. "These single-screen devices will be the first expression of Windows 10X that we deliver to our customers, and we will continue to look for the right moment, in conjunction with our OEM partners, to bring dual-screen devices to market."

For more, check out Windows 10 tips and tricks and six simple security changes all Windows 10 users need to make. 

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Facebook overpaid FTC fine by billions to shield Zuckerberg, shareholders allege

Facebook overpaid FTC fine by billions to shield Zuckerberg, shareholders allege

Facebook agreed to pay billions of dollars extra on top of an initial fine sought by the Federal Trade Commission in 2019 to protect CEO Mark Zuckerberg from personal liability related to a massive data leak probe, shareholders allege in a pair of lawsuits made public on Tuesday.

In lawsuits filed last month in Delaware's Chancery Court, two groups of shareholders cited internal discussions among Facebook's board members in alleging they authorized a $4.9 billion overpayment of the fine to shield Zuckerberg, the company's co-founder and largest stockholder, and COO Sheryl Sandberg. The lawsuits were reported earlier by Politico.

"Zuckerberg, Sandberg and other Facebook directors agreed to authorize a multi-billion settlement with the FTC as an express quid pro quo to protect Zuckerberg from being named in the FTC's complaint, made subject to personal liability, or even required to sit for a deposition," one of the suits alleged.

The FTC started investigating Facebook in 2018 after revelations surfaced that Cambridge Analytica, a UK political consultancy, accessed data from up to 87 million Facebook users without their permission. The agency's probe focused on whether Facebook violated a legal agreement it had with the US government to keep its users' data private.

Zuckerberg was named as a co-defendant in the action in a draft complaint the FTC sent to Facebook in early 2019, the partially redacted lawsuit alleges. The complaint alleges that Facebook's lawyers had determined the company faced a fine closer to $107 million but the company's board agreed to pay a $5 billion penalty in exchange for keeping Zuckerberg and Sandberg from being named in the settlement.

The lawsuit notes that on the same day the FTC settlement was announced, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it would fine Facebook $100 million as part of a settlement tied to its probe into the social network's handling of the data.

"The Board has never provided a serious check on Zuckerberg's unfettered authority," shareholders said in one of the lawsuits. "Instead, it has enabled him, defended him and paid billions of dollars from Facebook's corporate coffers to make his problems go away."

Facebook and the FTC didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

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