DescriptionThis week, China's phones are looking for a home, Valve has found a new competitor, and the internet is having a change of heart.ParticipantsScott Ertz (http://plughitzlive.com/staff/1-scott-ertz.html)HostScott is a developer who has worked on projects of varying sizes, including all of the PLuGHiTz Corporation properties. He is also known in the gaming world for his time supporting the DDR community, through DDRLover and hosting tournaments throughout the Tampa Bar Area. Currently, when he is not working on software projects or hosting F5 Live: Refreshing Technology, Scott can often be found returning to his high school days working with the Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), mentoring teams and judging engineering notebooks at competitions. He has also helped found a student software learning group, the ASCII Warriors.Avram Piltch (http://plughitzlive.com/staff/15-avram-piltch.html)HostAvram's been in love with PCs since he played original Castle Wolfenstein on an Apple II+. Before joining Tom's Hardware, for 10 years, he served as Online Editorial Director for sister sites Tom's Guide and Laptop Mag, where he programmed the CMS and many of the benchmarks. When he's not editing, writing or stumbling around trade show halls, you'll find him building Arduino robots with his son and watching every single superhero show on the CW.OpeningPowered by TeknoAXE (http://teknoaxe.com)Nifty GiftiesPowered by Microsoft Store (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pPPa6vu276Q&offerid=166833.10000463&subid=0&type=4)Chinese smartphone companies mired in surging new global concern (http://plughitzlive.com/theupstream/3227-chinese-smartphone-companies-mired-in-surging-new-global-concern.html)Over the past few years, fears over Chinese smartphones manufacturers has grown. In the US, under the previous administration, Congress banned the import of any Huawei phones, later downgraded from an outright ban to a governmental ban. Under the current administration, bans were renewed and expanded to include ZTE, and then reduced once again. Following the US lead, Japan has reportedly banned governmental use (http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005397448) of both manufacturers' handsets.read full article (http://plughitzlive.com/theupstream/3227-chinese-smartphone-companies-mired-in-surging-new-global-concern.html)Piltch Point with Avram PiltchPowered by Newegg.com (http://piltchpoint.live/newegg)Extra LifePowered by Razer (http://f5live.tv/razer)A wild Steam challenger appeared: Epic Games Store (http://plughitzlive.com/theupstream/3228-a-wild-steam-challenger-appeared-epic-games-store.html)Just a few years ago, if you wanted to purchase a videogame on PC, you almost certainly were going to do it through Valve's Steam Store. Steam was the undisputed king of the gaming world. Today, that scenario is no longer a reality. Between the Microsoft Store, Discord Store (https://plughitzlive.com/theupstream/3204-discord-finally-launches-game-store-ups-battle-with-steam.html), EA Origin, and more, Valve has never seen so much competition.read full article (http://plughitzlive.com/theupstream/3228-a-wild-steam-challenger-appeared-epic-games-store.html)News From the TubesPowered by RiffTrax (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pPPa6vu276Q&offerid=161503.34&type=4&subid=0)Facebook bans all positive reference to sex in surprise change (http://plughitzlive.com/theupstream/3230-facebook-bans-all-positive-reference-to-sex-in-surprise-change.html)Facebook has updated its Community Standards to address sexual content (https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/sexual_solicitation), and that changes are surprising. In fact, the general feeling that comes out of the change is that you cannot make any positive references to anything vaguely sexual, but you can make reference to most negative aspects of sexuality. For example, you can post about sexual exploitation,