Tech Talk Thursdays

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A weekly podcast where we talk about the latest tech, gaming, and streaming news!

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Tech Talk Thursdays episodes:

February 12, 2021Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #17 (02/11/2021)
Topics
Tech
That Slack email you just got asking to reset your password is legit, not a scam

Researcher Breaches Systems of Over 35 Companies, Including Apple, Microsoft, and PayPal

Epic's new MetaHuman tool is pure uncanny valley

Google apps on iOS are showing sign-in warning given lack of updates
Gaming
Terraria creator cancels Stadia port after being locked out of Google account

E3 2021 Is Being Transformed, More Details Coming Soon

Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Hit By Cyberattack, Perpetrator Demands Ransom Or It Will Release Sensitive Information
Tweet from CDPR

Riot Games CEO accused of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in new lawsuit
Software/Hardware Updates
Chrome for Mac security flaw: You'll want to update today

Apple patches Sudo bug in macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, supplemental updates for Catalina and Mojave
Deals
Rage 2 will be free on Epic Games Store next week alongside Absolute Drift

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2h 15min
February 05, 2021 Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #16 (02/04/2021)
Topics
Tech
- Robinhood app controversy grows, with likely motive revealed
- Google salvaged Robinhood’s one-star rating by deleting nearly 100,000 negative reviews
- More Than a Dozen Apps With 'Misleading or Flat-Out Inaccurate' Privacy Labels Found on App Store
- iOS 14.5 adds support for unlocking your iPhone with Apple Watch while wearing a face mask
- NZXT halts sale of H1 PC case for second time as long-term fire hazard fix is developed
- Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO
- Sudo bug could give an attacker root access to a Mac

Gaming
- Activision, EA, PlayStation, Microsoft Named In Best Places To Work For LGBTQ Equality List
- Introducing our MLB The Show 21 cover athlete Fernando Tatis Jr.
- Google Stadia Is Shutting Down Game Development, Impacting 150 People Including Jade Raymond
- Cyberpunk 2077 Mods Can Compromise Your PC, CD Projekt Red Warns
- EA Sports Announces Return Of College Football Games
- After GameStop's share price plummets, Reddit's WallStreetBets investors are hurting
- Sony sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles in holiday quarter

Software/Hardware Updates
- February security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, OTAs live
- Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.2 with fixes for Bluetooth, external display issues, more
- PS5 system update sorts out PS4 disc upgrade issue
- Give this optional Windows 10 update a whirl if playing games crashes your PC

Deals
- Amazon Prime's free games for February: Spinch, Monster Prom, and 6 more free this month
- The Steam Game Festival February 2021 edition is now live.

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3h 1min
January 29, 2021Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #15 (01/28/2021)
Topics
Tech
Twitter launches new 'Birdwatch' initiative to combat misinformation

iOS 14.4 Patches Two Vulnerabilities That May Have Been Actively Exploited

Google apps won't have to show iOS 'Allow tracking' prompt

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple's Privacy Changes are Self-Serving and Anti-Competitive

Disney+ Pulls Peter Pan, Dumbo, Aristocats From Kids-Only Profiles Over Racist Stereotypes

Sell GME in Robinhood, yes; buy it, no – trading app acts
Gaming
Xbox Live Gold Is Getting More Expensive

Microsoft reverses price increase for Xbox Live Gold, free-to-play games won't require sub

Yet Another Game Dev Acquired By Tencent, And This Time It's Don't Starve Maker Klei

Tencent picks up minority stake in Dontnod for $36.3 million

Activision Merges Tony Hawk Dev Vicarious Visions With Blizzard

Scavengers Studio creative director accused of belittling and harassing employees

Scavengers CEO steps down, suspends creative director after abuse allegations

Activision Is Resisting Diversity Hiring Push by America's Unions
Streaming
Ninja Thinks Parents Should Parent Their Kids
Software/Hardware Updates
Apple Releases iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 With New Camera Warnings and Bug Fixes

Apple Releases watchOS 7.3 With Unity Watch Face, Expanded ECG Availability and More

Nvidia's Latest Patch Prepares Your PC For The Medium
Deals
Xbox Games With Gold For February 2021 Features 5 Free Games, Including Gears 5

EA Play is down to $0.99 per month for new members until March

PS Plus February 2021 Games Include PS5's Control, Destruction AllStars

Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition is free on the Epic Games Store, For the King coming next week
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3h 19min
January 22, 2021Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #14 (01/21/2021)
Topics
Tech
Tom Cruise Buys COVID-Robots To Patrol Mission Impossible Set – Report

Twitter plans for presidential transition; interactive Parler map of Capitol videos

Microsoft Investigating Windows 10 Exploit That Can Easily Corrupt Your Hard Drive

Parler website back online; rioters banned from dating apps

Steve Jobs to Be Memorialized in National Garden of American Heroes

Brave is the first browser to support the decentralized HTTPS alternative IPFS

Beeper app brings iMessage support to Android

My sole weeps for these RTX 3080 shoes

Microsoft Files Patent to Create Chatbots That Imitate Dead People
Gaming
Dead by Daylight dev announces colorblind mode amid controversy
Streaming
Twitch bans Trump for good, promises further policy changes
Software/Hardware Updates
Try this Nvidia hotfix GPU driver if your games are crashing or SteamVR is stuttering
Deals
Control joins Xbox Game Pass for PC this week

The Medium and a bunch of Yakuzas arrive on Xbox Game Pass for PC this month

Galactic Civilizations 3 free on Epic Games Store, Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition coming next week

If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord
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2h 26min
January 15, 2021Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #13 (01/14/2021)
Topics
Tech
Roku Acquires Rights to Quibi Content for Less Than $100 Million

Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account over 'risk of further' violence

Parler app and website go offline; CEO blames Apple, Google

70TB of Parler users' data leaked by security researchers

Samsung will update older Galaxy phones to convert them into baby monitors, security devices

Medical study suggests iPhone 12 with MagSafe can deactivate pacemakers

Biogen Launches Study to Find Out if Apple Watch and iPhone Can Detect Declining Cognitive Health

Germaphobes can pay about $200 for a new touchless video doorbell (and doormat)

Ubiquiti suffers security breach, customers asked to change their passwords

Apple Launches New Nationwide Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Projects

Password trouble means $240 million in bitcoin is two incorrect attempts from destruction
Gaming
AGDQ 2021 brings in $2.7M in charitable donations

Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now Coming To 2021 LG TVs

Star Wars Games to Be Branded Under Lucasfilm Games Banner

New Open-World Star Wars Game Coming From Ubisoft's The Division 2 Dev

Capcom Hack Compromised The Personal Data Of At Least 16,415 People

Nvidia introduces the GeForce RTX 3060, out in February
Streaming
Twitch's Viewership Record Shattered By The Grefg

Twitch's new PogChamp rotation results in racist harassment and threats
Software/Hardware Updates
Download Nvidia's latest driver update to fix newly disclosed security flaws

Apple releases iOS 12.5.1 for older iPhones with bug fix for COVID-19 exposure notifications

Battle.Net 2.0 Update Delivers Biggest Upgrade In Years
Deals
Students can sign up for Hulu’s ad-supported plan for just $2 monthly

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is free on Epic right now

Bomber Crew is free until Saturday in the Humble Store Winter Sale

If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord
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2h 52min
January 08, 2021Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #12 (01/07/2021)
Topics
Tech
Over 100 million PCs still run Windows 7 a year after Microsoft ended support

The Mandalorian Is 2020's Most Pirated Show

Nvidia Announcing "Latest Innovations In Gaming" Next Week During CES

Verizon Again Delays Plans to Shut Down 3G Network

False election info will earn a channel strike on YouTube

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Bumps Jeff Bezos To Become The Richest Person On Earth
Gaming
Epic Games buys shopping mall to convert into new headquarters

CD Projekt will undertake "vigorous action" to defend itself against Cyberpunk 2077 lawsuit

The PS5 and Xbox Series X are so big that Ikea has mock consoles in store to help you buy a media cabinet

Analyst Predicts Which Console Will Sell The Best In 2021

Sony discontinues all but one PS4 model in Japan

Nintendo is buying Luigi's Mansion 3 studio Next Level Games
Streaming
Twitch Removes PogChamp Emote In Wake Of US Capitol Violence

Twitch Disables President Trump's Account, Citing "Incendiary Rhetoric"
Software/Hardware Updates
January security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
Deals
Xbox Game Pass Adds Seven New Games In January, Four Leaving

PS Now Games For January Revealed: The Crew 2, Frostpunk, And More

Star Wars Battlefront 2 goes free on the Epic Store next week
If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord
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2h 54min
December 04, 2020Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #11 (12/03/2020)
Topics
Tech
FCC chairman Ajit Pai to resign next month after controversial four years under President Trump

Salesforce to acquire Slack in $27.7 billion deal

Uber and Postmates are now one and the same.

Remote control of iPhones via WiFi was massive security fail

Apple announces best App Store apps and games of 2020

Google Play Store lists best Android apps and games of 2020

Comcast to enforce 1.2TB data cap in entire 39-state territory in early 2021

Warner Bros. will release new movies simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max
Gaming
You'll be able to bring Cyberpunk 2077 saves to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

A scalper group claimed to secure 1000 Xbox Series X orders - then the retailer cancelled them

Travis Scott's Fortnite show reportedly earned him $20 million

Microsoft Flight Simulator will get official VR support later this month

Esports platform Smashgg acquired by Microsoft
Software/Hardware Updates
First major Xbox Series X/S update adds more dynamic backgrounds, Game Pass preloading

Nintendo Switch update makes it easier to move screenshots to phones and PCs

Grab this GPU driver if you scored an RTX 3060 Ti, or are getting blue screen crashes
Deals
The Wonderful 101: Remastered now has a two-hour demo on Switch, PS4, and PC

Control is coming to Xbox Game Pass on December 3

Battlefield 3 is free to anybody with Amazon Prime

The very best James Bond films are now free-to-stream on YouTube

Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny will be free next week on the Epic Games Store

If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord
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2h 28min
November 20, 2020 Tech Talk Thursday (11/19/2020)
Topics
Tech
- Deeper look at Apple’s recent server outage reveals potential Mac privacy concerns
- United States military has been purchasing user location data from apps with millions of downloads
- Twitter’s disappearing tweets, called Fleets, are now available for everyone
- Following Apple TV+ exclusivity backlash, the holiday Peanuts specials will also air on PBS
- Google is getting into digital banking with its new Plex account in 2021
- You need to change your password if its anywhere on this list of the most easily cracked

Gaming
- Police evacuate Ubisoft Montreal after hostage call but no threat was found
- Capcom employee info, game details exposed by severe ransomware attack
- Xbox CFO: No plans to pull all future Bethesda content from Nintendo & Sony platforms
- Xbox Series X/S supply shortages expected to continue until April 2021, says Microsoft
- Destiny 2 will be Stadia's first completely free-to-play game
- The Game Awards 2020: Doom Eternal, The Last of Us: Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, more up for Game of the Year
- Brace yourself for ray tracing in new games being AMD or Nvidia exclusive
- Nintendo bans brands from using Animal Crossing: New Horizons for politics
- GeForce Now arrives on iPhone, iPad today; touch-friendly Fortnite coming soon
- Get a free Stadia Premiere bundle when you pre-order Cyberpunk 2077
- Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney likens fight against Apple to fight for civil rights

Streaming
- Pay to get Twitch Affiliate through MonsterCat

Software/Hardware Updates
- PS4 gets new firmware update
- Apple releases iOS 14.2.1 with bug fixes for iPhone 12 mini, text messaging, more

Deals
- Today’s Epic Games Store freebies are Elite Dangerous and The World Next Door

If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord

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2h 55min
November 13, 2020 Tech Talk Thursday (11/12/2020)
Topics
Tech
- Solid, the privacy project created by web inventor, takes 1st step
- The EU may be looking into breaking end-to-end encrypted chats
- Everything Apple announced during its November event
- Google moves from hero to zero as it announces the end of free high-quality storage on Google Photos

Gaming
- Capcom hit by ransomware attack, is reportedly being extorted for $11 million
- Sony exploring ways to let PS5 users store PS5 games on a USB drive in a future update
- You'll be able to transfer your existing Spider-Man saves to PS5's remaster after all
- The Hori Flex takes PC gaming's most accessible controller and brings it to Nintendo Switch
- Amazon says some Xbox Series X preorders won’t arrive until December 31st at the latest
- MiHoYo reportedly discloses Genshin Impact players phone numbers
- YouTube Premium Users: How to Claim Your Free Stadia Premiere Edition
- Electronic Arts Gifts You With An Origin DLL Injection Vulnerability
- Plague Inc: The Cure tasks you with fending off a familiar pandemic

Streaming
- Twitch/DMCA Update
- Twitch apologizes for recent DMCA ban wave, but has no real solutions yet

Software/Hardware Updates
- Here are the best new features in macOS 11 Big Sur

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2h 54min
November 06, 2020 Tech Talk Thursday (11/05/2020)
Topics
Tech
- Sony is paying almost one billion dollars to acquire some anime
- Apple TV app coming to Xbox One, Series X, and Series S next week
- THERE IS A RASPBERRY PI 400 HIDDEN IN THIS KEYBOARD

Gaming
- PS5 faceplate company is forced to cancel orders following a complaint from Sony
- PlayStation 5: Launch Day Ordering Update – PlayStation.Blog
- Sony re-confirms PS5 won't support SSD storage expansion at launch
- Unlike Xbox Series X, PS5 won't support 1440p natively
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is up to 250GB on PC
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War takes up 40GB more space on next-gen consoles
- Watch Dogs Legion source code may have leaked
- Capcom has been hacked, says no customer information compromised
- The Xbox Series S SSD may only offer 364GB for game installs
- Xbox boss Spencer says games industry needs more black leaders
- Sega does not press continue, sells Japanese arcade business
- GameStop made a TikTok contest for employees where the prize is more hours to work

Deals
- Dungeons 3 is free on the Epic Games Store

Software/Hardware Updates
- November security patch rolling out to Pixel, OTAs live
- Apple releases watchOS 7.1 with expanded ECG support, headphone level alerts, screen issue fix
- Apple releases HomePod software 14.2 and tvOS 14.2 with enhanced home theater support, more
- Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.7 supplemental update with security fixes
- Apple releases iOS 14.2 with new emoji and wallpapers, HomePod Intercom support, more
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2h 41min

FAQs about Tech Talk Thursdays:

How many episodes does Tech Talk Thursdays have?

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