Tech Talk Thursdays

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #41 (10/07/2021)

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  • Storage study finds SSDs might not be much more reliable than HDDs after all
  • Apple TV+ 'Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' to air on PBS on October 24
  • Paddle unveils 'first alternative' to Apple's App Store In ... - 9to5Mac
  • A memory leak in Windows 11's File Explorer is holding users' RAM hostage
  • Windows 11 Killer networking bug may slow connection speeds in some games
  • Google turning on 2-step verification (2SV) for 150 million more accounts by the end of 2021
  • Facebook outage caused by a single mistake; has huge implications
  • Google’s 8.8.8.8 DNS service slows down amid massive Facebook outage
  • 4 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony
  • Facebook runs the coward’s playbook to smear the whistleblower

    • Gaming

    • Windows 11 will hobble gaming performance by default on some prebuilt PCs
    • New Seagate 512 GB Xbox Series X|S storage cards leak via US retail promos
    • Sony is halting card and PayPal payments on the PS3 and Vita stores later this month

      • Streaming

      • The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC
      • Twitch in crisis as it blames server error for massive data breach
      • Security experts aghast at the scale of Twitch hack - PC Gamer
      • StreamElements launch second Creator Diversity Program

        • Software/Hardware Updates

        • Apple Releases iOS 15.0.1 With Fix for Apple Watch Unlocking Bug on iPhone 13 Models
        • AMD's new GPU driver promises big gains in Far Cry 6
        • Windows 11 is out now and ready for you to download
        • New PS5 firmware update does the you know what | VG247

          • Deals

          • Back 4 Blood, Destiny 2: Beyond Light for PC, and more coming to Xbox Game Pass
          • Ubisoft giving away the original Ghost Recon free

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