Not exactly the first to try it. The Aurora 7 laptop from the now defunct Expanscape had a 7" display in the right-hand palm rest as well, and was widely touted last February. We can only hope the design is cursed and takes Lenovo next.

I welcome the return to sanity.

How does this apply to them wholesale sending data to 3rd parties who are not subject to their internal policies?

That's exactly what I'm driving at. If the content and experience is better on the mobile version, assuming it's not prioritizing mobile only content, why wouldn't users want the better set of results. Push may not be the operative word. Semantics aside, Google didn't become popular because it was the default option in a browser. The fight for 'default search' status came after Google gained popularity against other large search engines.

Won't this simply push desktop users to use the mobile site, and if needs be, spoof their browser identifier?

Platforms like Steam, GoG, Desura, etc have certainly done a lot to absolve much of these issues where they can, though I've run into more than a few games that don't work with a simple click-install-run as you'd expect even ignoring backwards compatibility for older games; hence the expected jab at EA. They're not the only ones though, and games still do not age well in terms of compatibility across OS and hardware revisions (e.g. Fallout 3 and Win7). This is exactly the issue Scorpio is claiming to solve, the backwards compatibility woes, which I don't buy.

It is certainly the goal of these platforms to be for PC gaming in software what consoles are in hardware, and for the most part they do a bang-up job. If buying a game off the shelf, the success in my anecdotal experience has been even more spotty than via the platforms. VB runtime hell was replace with Visual C++ runtime and .Net framework hell, that sometimes even Steam/GoG/etc cannot overcome. Yes, it's better than 90s gaming. I wouldn't call that a high measure of success though.

A PC does not have full backwards compatibility specifically because of hardware changes.

The reason I dare say most people buy a console for games is they know any game they buy for that console will just-simply-work (unless it's from EA). If you don't mind the upgrade / incompatibility issues, you're probably already bought a PC and play your games there. Why do we need to turn console gaming into yet another version of PC gaming exactly? (other than the obvious - because we want more money)

If nothing else, they're already late to the game in the arena of merging PC and console gaming: Steam BigPicture anyone?

... Niantic today announces the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Ireland.

"Asked about the congressional committee to study the merits and drawbacks of device encryption proposed by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Vance said he worried that such a process would take too long and endanger lives."

If they really want to reduce the danger to lives, perhaps they should quit shooting unarmed people who pose no risk or credible threat.

"Law enforcement agencies are not requesting a backdoor."

No, they're demanding it.

"I don't see why the company can't continue to provide the same strong encryption it previously provided..."

It wasn't strong, so they fixed it. Boohoo, it makes you have to do real detective work; like before the days of mass surveillance.

"Justice is being denied because companies have redesigned their devices to satisfy their shareholders."

Cops like to claim denial of justice because they have to do some actual police work instead of having criminals incriminate themselves. Cell phones are not a data collection tool for law enforcement, they are personal property. Apple and Google are appeasing their consumers so that they can sell products. The fact that they are not making life easier for law enforcement does not mean they are siding with criminals, obstructing justice, or any other scaremongering political move as DA Vance implies. Law enforcement has clearly demonstrated a lack of concern for due process and citizen rights with the constant barrage of secret surveillance tactics (e.g. NSL, StingRays).

Sweden: Roughly the size of California with only about 1/4 the population.

The United States: ~21x larger area and ~34x more population.

Infrastructure scale. That's what's up with mobile broadband in the United States.