Tech Talk Thursdays

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #46 (11/18/2021)

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Tech

  • AMD's Radeon vulnerability haul shows why you should always update your GPU drivers
  • Rittenhouse mistrial motion filed, again with Apple tech under scrutiny
  • Snap hit with lawsuit for downplaying the impact of Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature
  • Apple agrees to pay workers $30 million to settle lawsuit over bag check policy
  • Apple Announces Self Service Repair Program, Starting With iPhone 12 and 13
  • iFixit Lauds Apple's New Self Service Repair Program, Calls It a 'Remarkable Concession'
  • Epic Games CEO wants to resist monopoly, suggests a single app store for all platforms
  • 'Me at the zoo,' YouTube's first video, gets new description protesting dislike count removal
  • Windows 11 is making the blue screen of death blue again, hooray!
  • Newegg offers a 20% Black Friday discount if you pay in crypto

    • Gaming

    • GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition removed from sale due to "unintentionally included" files
    • Grand Theft Auto Trilogy back on PC after Rockstar removes 'unintentionally included' files
    • Valve and AMD just dropped plenty of new Steam Deck info
    • Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on Xbox One and Series X/S with Game Pass Ultimate
    • 76 games added to Xbox backwards compatibility, 37 get FPS Boost
    • Halo Infinite multiplayer now live, Campaign still set for December launch
    • Microsoft promises Forza Horizon 5 word filter fix, after it censors some ethnic names
    • Xbox chief wary of “exploitive” NFT gaming projects
    • Emulation should be used to preserve older games, Xbox chief Phil Spencer suggests
    • Xbox is re-evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard
    • PlayStation boss Jim Ryan calls out Bobby Kotick over Activision Blizzard scandal
    • Activision Blizzard shareholders call for CEO Bobby Kotick's resignation
    • Blizzard's former co-lead Jen Oneal reportedly only offered pay parity after handing in her notice
    • The new Nvidia Image Scaling is no DLSS, but boosts performance in any game
    • The Game Awards 2021: Deathloop, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two and Psychonauts 2 lead nominations

      • Streaming

      • Streamlabs Studio brings web-based Twitch streaming to Xbox
      • Lightstream's response to Streamlabs
      • Streamlabs under fire from rival software owners and streamers following release of new product

        • Software/Hardware Updates

        • Galaxy S21 Android 12 update now rolling out
        • Introducing the next feature update to Windows 10: 21H2
        • New Nvidia driver for Battlefield 2042 available now, doesn't seem to do a lot
        • Apple releases iOS 15.1.1 with fixes for dropped calls on iPhone 12 and 13

          • Deals

          • Evil Genius 2, Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition, Dragon Age Origins, more coming to Xbox Game Pass
          • Splinter Cell Chaos Theory free on PC this week


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