Tech Talk Thursdays

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #42 (10/14/2021)

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FYI: This is an Animal Crossing episode. Needless to say, there will be plenty of distractions in between news stories!

Tech

  • Shareholders have pressured Microsoft into re-thinking its approach to right to repair
  • Updated burning tool makes it easy to ignore Windows 11 system requirements
  • Microsoft has crushed the worst DDoS attack its Azure servers have ever encountered
  • Data breach sees millions of Acer customers' data being sold by hackers
  • New study reveals the top problems people face with Apple products in each state
  • The USB-C iPhone becomes a reality thanks to a robotics engineer
  • Apple Says iOS is Safer Than Android Because Sideloading Apps Isn't Allowed
  • Facebook adds new ‘Audio’ tab with podcasts, live audio, more
  • Facebook's latest effort to curtail leaks immediately leaked
  • Twitter is testing inserting ads into conversations on iOS
  • ‘Pixel Pass’ Monthly Subscription Gets You Pixel Phone, Fi, and Google Services for Fixed Price
  • Google AI department sued for using the health data of 1.6 million NHS patients
  • Verizon Visible hack sees iPhone 13 orders placed fraudulently
  • Intel confirms it won't limit cryptocurrency mining on its new Alchemist graphics cards
  • Latest Nvidia drivers cull support for Kepler and Windows 7/8

    • Gaming

    • GOG pulls Hitman from its own store, admits it shouldn't have released it in its current form
    • Activision-Blizzard lawsuits in chaos as federal agency accuses California's DFEH of ethics violations
    • Now a union has objected to Activision Blizzard's settlement too
    • Activision unveils Ricochet anti-cheat system for Call of Duty
    • Cheat Maker Is Not Afraid of Call of Duty’s New Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat
    • Epic Games now credits Among Us' Innersloth as inspiration for Fortnite's Impostors Mode
    • Fortnite backtracks and teases an Among Us crossover
    • Google countersues Epic Games for ‘willfully’ breaching Play Store contract w/ Fortnite stunt
    • NFL coach Jon Gruden to be removed from Madden NFL 22
    • Audio Radar peripheral allows deaf and hard of hearing players to see sounds

      • Streaming

      • Twitch defaced with pictures of Jeff Bezos

        • Software/Hardware Updates

        • Apple releasing iOS 15.0.2 with fixes for AirTag, MagSafe, and more
        • The first Windows 11 update doesn't address AMD Ryzen bugs; fixes coming soon


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