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The NFL is adding commemorative NFTs to tickets for select games – The Verge

Miramax Is Suing Quentin Tarantino Over ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs

Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards in UK – BBC News

Apple announces Self Service Repair – Apple

Streamlabs will drop ‘OBS’ name after getting called out by open-source app – The Verge

Mattel arrives at the LA Motor Show with a life-size Barbie Extra EV | Engadget

Crime Boss or Tech CEO? An Encrypted Phone Company Sues the Government to Save Itself

Possum Released Without Charges After Holding Woman Hostage
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Computer and Technology News.
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Activision Blizzard shareholders demand Bobby Kotick’s resignation – The Verge

The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says » Nieman Journalism Lab

GTA Modders to Court: Our Game Fixes & Enhancements Are Fair Use, Not Piracy * TorrentFreak

Streamlabs accused of copying material for its console streaming platform | Engadget

TikTok takes extra steps to curb dangerous challenges – BBC News
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Topics For The Show:

Spotify, Discord, and others are coming back online after a brief Google Cloud outage – The Verge

Cloudflare blocked a massive 2 Tbps DDoS attack | TechCrunch

Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud [Updated] | Ars Technica

New World disables wealth transfers as item dupes ruin in-game economy | Ars Technica

Swedish Officials Call For EU-Wide Ban On ‘Proof of Work’ Crypto Mining

Blockchain Explorer – Search the Blockchain | BTC | ETH | BCH

LA Wants To Ban iBuyers, Private Equity Firms From Profiting off Housing

Facebook targets children with ‘surveillance ads’, research claims | The Independent

Qualcomm’s next-gen CPU for PCs will take on Apple’s M-series chips in 2023 – The Verge

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Halo 20th Anniversary Recap, Halo Infinite has launched on Xbox and PC to all Xbox Game Pass holders.

Xbox 20th Annivers

Xbox 6 Part Documentary Coming

Halo TV show to Paramount+ in 2022

The Rock Cross Promotion

Expanded Backwards Compatility

Halo Infinite Multiplayer “Available” Immediately

December 8th Release

Servers/Steam Ded

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Show Notes For 11/15 Headline Podcast:
Bitcoin’s big code upgrade improves privacy and security | Engadget

Blockchain Explorer – Search the Blockchain | BTC | ETH | BCH

Gucci made an Xbox Series X for the one percent | Engadget

There’s an NFT ‘Band’ With No Music Now. Sorry.

This Powerful Right-Click Artwork Is Made of 10,000 NFTs

Group of Crypto Investors on Discord Plans to Buy Copy of US Constitution

Apple digital ID scheme comes with conditions and costs – BBC News

Apple patent fights lookie-loos with glasses-activated screen blur | Ars Technica
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Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.
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AMD’s first Zen 4 CPUs include a 128-core chip built for the cloud | Engadget

‘Pokémon Go’ maker Niantic is helping others create AR metaverse apps | Engadget

Leaked Alder Lake Core i3 would be first interesting budget CPU in almost 2 years | Ars Technica

Here’s what the infrastructure bill means for road safety and EVs | Ars Technica

Biden’s “historic” $65 billion broadband plan approved by Congress | Ars Technica

REvil: Day of reckoning for notorious cyber gang – BBC News

Fishing gear seller caught in hacker’s net – BBC News

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Security software company McAfee acquired for $14 billion – The Verge

Virgin Galactic has sold 100 tickets to space since increasing flight prices to $450,000 | Engadget

Robinhood says email addresses of 5 million customers exposed in security breach

GE to break up into 3 companies focusing on aviation, health care and energy

Apple will make it easier to replace an iPhone 13 screen without breaking Face ID | Engadget

Comcast admits “widespread” outage as tens of thousands of users report problems | Ars Technica
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Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.
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Meta to continue use of facial recognition technology | AppleInsider

Facebook’s metaverse plans labelled as ‘dystopian’ and ‘a bad idea’ – BBC News

Nikola sets aside $125 million to settle with SEC | TechCrunch

US blacklists maker of Pegasus spyware that helps governments spy on activists | Ars Technica

What the Hell Is ‘Right-Clicker Mentality’?

Ethical AI Trained on Reddit Posts Said Genocide Is OK If It Makes People Happy

Alphabet is launching a company that uses AI for drug discovery – The Verge

Blue Origin loses lawsuit over NASA’s SpaceX lunar lander contract (updated) | Engadget

Samsung’s designer jeans only have a pocket for the Galaxy Z Flip 3 | Engadget

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Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.
Topics:
Scientists create new 5D storage system that is more than 10,000 times denser than Blu-Rays | The Independent

‘Squid Game’ cryptocurrency collapses in a $3 million scam | Engadget

Chinese version of Fortnite to close in November – BBC News

Yahoo pulls out of China for good – CNN

Modder pleads guilty to piracy charges, will pay Nintendo $4.5 million | Ars Technica

Facebook Shuts Down Massive Photo Tagging Facial Recognition Program

Netflix Games starts global rollout on Android, with iOS ‘on the way’ – The Verge

Amazon’s New World faces down a world of wild glitches | Ars Technica

Apple’s first headset will focus on “high-quality” games, reporter claims | Ars Technica
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Meta Endgame Is Monetizing All Human Behavior

Facebook documents reveal company targeted children as young as 6

Facebook takes down government-run troll farm in Nicaragua | Engadget

Netflix released a horror movie written by a bot and it's spectacular - CNET

Roblox comes back online after three-day outage | Engadget

Dell spins off $64 billion VMware as it battles debt hangover | Ars Technica

Solved: This Is the $57,789 Pokémon Card Man Used COVID Relief Money to Buy

PWCC Marketplace | Leading the Trading Card Industry

Wikipedia in Chinese editing war of words - BBC News

Can we stomach the latest emerging food innovations? - BBC News