Tech Talk Thursdays

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #18 (02/18/2021)

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Tech

  • Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Told Staff Facebook Needs to 'Inflict Pain' on Apple Over Privacy Dispute
  • NZXT is recalling 32,000 H1 PC cases in the US
  • Apple fixes bug that let users begin macOS Big Sur installation without enough space available
  • First Apple Silicon optimized malware discovered in the wild
  • Windows Defender vulnerability finally patched after 12 years
  • LastPass free restricts users to one device type in March
  • App Store will require apps offering vaccination proof to be submitted by health authorities
  • Utah Launching COVID-19 Contact Tracing System With Apple and Google API This Week

    • Gaming

    • Nvidia Is Bringing Back Older GPUs To Deal With Shortages
    • Nvidia is halving the hash rate of RTX 3060 to make it less desirable to cryptocurrency miners
    • Nvidia says its cryptocurrency mining limiter 'cannot be hacked'
    • Why GameStop Couldn't Capitalize On Its Reddit-Fueled Stock Rally
    • Six Days in Fallujah ‘not trying to make a political commentary,’ creator says
    • Xbox Announces New Premium Wireless Headset
    • Microsoft is making one of the most positive moves for game accessibility in years
    • Microsoft Reveals Xbox Backwards Compatibility FPS Boost For Select Games
    • Josef Fares will give you $1,000 if you get bored of It Takes Two
    • EA's $1.2 billion acquisition of Codemasters is now complete
    • Saudi investment fund acquires shares in Activision Blizzard, Take-Two, and EA


      • Streaming

      • 11 Black Twitch streamers to follow


        • Software/Hardware Updates

        • AMD’s latest GPU driver quietly delivers a massive boost in Mesh Shader performance
        • watchOS 7.3.1 now available for Apple Watch with Power Reserve bug fix


          • Deals

          • Microsoft announces new February games coming to Xbox Game Pass
          • Rage 2 and Absolute Drift are free on the Epic Games Store, Sunless Sea is free next week

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