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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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Gaming

Software/Hardware Updates

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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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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

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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

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

Special Guest: IdiosynAnca (@IdiosynAnca)

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Tech

- Google Pixel 4a Hands On/Review

- PSA: Contact tracing apps on iPhone 12 may need re-enabling

- YouTube introduces smart suggestions for dumb people who can't hold their phone good

- Zoom finally gets end-to-end encryption, as well as YouTube livestreaming on mobile

- Unstaffed store in Korea will sell iPhones, with face recognition

- AMD to acquire custom chip manufacturer Xilinx in deal worth $35bn

- AMD Big Navi: everything you need to know from AMD's RX 6000 and RDNA 2 event

Gaming

- Stadia creative director says streamers should pay publishers

- Ubisoft+ launching on Google Stadia by the end of the year

- Apple's 'Arbitrary' App Store Policies Stifle the Launch of Facebook's Cloud-Streamed Games

- Among Us has been overrun by a politically-charged spam attack *

- 'Gears 5' Xbox Series X update brings Dave Bautista to the story mode

- Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements: minimum and recommended PC specs revealed

- Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to December 10

- FIFA 21 now lets players disable all music to avoid streaming copyright infringements

- Remedy's Control just came out on Nintendo Switch

- These are the games coming with the PlayStation Plus Collection on PS5

- Deleting your Facebook account will also delete your Oculus games

Streaming

- Twitch, Amazon Slammed by RIAA and Major Industry Groups for Using Unlicensed Music; Twitch Refutes Claim *

Deals

- PlayStation Plus Collection details revealed + your November PlayStation Plus games

- New Games with Gold for November 2020

Software/Hardware Updates

- Fedora 33 Released With Workstation Using Btrfs By Default

Tech

- Trump's Twitter hacked after Dutch researcher claims he guessed password – report

- 'Infamous' GravityRAT spyware now hits Macs as well as Windows

- Apple TV+ adding classic 'Charlie Brown' specials and new originals starting this month

- Apple TV app launching on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 next month

- Quibi video service shuts down 6 months after launch, 1 day after Apple TV app launch

- Google Play Music is now officially dead, dead, dead Sad trombone

Gaming

- Here’s a dude playing Doom Eternal on his fridge

- Win an Xbox Series X with KFC, but maybe burn the hideous custom controller

- Microsoft's Xbox App Now Lets Xbox Users Stream Games to iPhone and iPad

- Phil Spencer says $7.5 billion Bethesda purchase 'works' even if it doesn't release games on PlayStation

- PS5's fan will be continually patched to optimize performance

- PS5 DualSense controllers are starting to appear in the wild

- PlayStation releases free Black Lives Matter PS4 theme

- NBA 2K21 gets unskippable in-game ads, like NBA 2K20 before it

- Cyberpunk 2077 will treat each language equally, offering full lip-sync for every dub

- Amazon rolling out early access to its Stadia competitor, Luna, starting today w/ 50 games

Deals

- Get a Pixel 4a for as little as $216 with Google Fi's new subscription program

Software/Hardware Updates

- AMD's latest GPU driver arrives just in time for Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods

- What’s new in the Windows 10 October 2020 Update

- Apple releases iOS 14.1 with widget bug fixes and iPhone 12 support

- Ubuntu 20.10 Released With GNOME 3.38, Active Directory Installer Integration

Topics

Tech

- Everything Apple announced during its October event: iPhone 12, HomePod mini, and more

- New Beats Flex Earphones Take BeatsX to the Next Level for Just $49.99

- For only the second time, security researches found UEFI malware in the wild

- T2 exploit team demos a cable that hacks Mac without user intervention

- Twitter makes last-minute changes to retweets and viral information to - avoid breaking the election

- This new technology may restore trust in photos and videos against the rise of deepfakes

Gaming

- PS5 Interface First look

- PS5 will play discs without forcing updates for offline games

- “Overwhelming majority” of 4000 PS4 games will be playable on PS5

- PlayStation 5 lets you upload voice chats to Sony and report your awful party mates

- Xbox Series X/S launch games: here’s the 30 next-gen optimized titles

- GameStop will earn revenue on digital downloads from every Xbox it sells

- Xbox 360 owners will be able to transfer cloud saves to Xbox Series X/S for free

- Watch Dogs Legion now recommends an RTX 3080 for its ultra settings

- Epic vs. Apple judge warns of ‘serious ramifications’ for console makers

- Tomorrow’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare patch will finally make it possible to uninstall specific modes on PC

Software/Hardware Updates

- Apple Releases watchOS 7.0.2 With Battery Drain Fix

- PS4 system software update 8.00 launching today – PlayStation.Blog