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- Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #161 (03/05/2026)Tech
- Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth’s threats
- Anthropic is reportedly back in talks with the Defense Department
- Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash
- Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes
- Meta’s AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators
- Lawmakers Demand DHS Define ‘Domestic Terrorist’ As It Uses Vast Array of Surveillance Tools
- CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
- Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
- Apple Announces Low-Cost ‘MacBook Neo’ With A18 Pro Chip - MacRumors
- Mac Studio 512GB RAM Option Disappears Amid Global DRAM Shortage - MacRumors
- Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai
Gaming- Drone Strikes On AWS Servers Coincide With Fortnite Server Issues - GameSpot
- The biggest announcements from the new Nintendo Indie World showcase
- Sony will stop bringing PS5 exclusives to PC — because they’re not selling
- Man Spent $20,000 on PlayStation Games. He Lost It All to a Security Loophole | PCMag
- Oh dear - ARC Raiders was logging your private Discord chats | GamingOnLinux
- Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: February 2026 Edition
- Highguard is shutting down less than 2 months after launch
- MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy’s co-CEO blames “organised espionage and corporate sabotage” again, while announcing new wave of layoffs | Eurogamer.net
Hardware/Software Updates- Apple Releases iOS 26.3.1 and iPadOS 26.3.1 With Bug Fixes and Studio Display Support - MacRumors
- Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 With Support for Studio Display and Studio Display XDR - MacRumors
Deals- Super Mario games are on sale for Mario Day, including Nintendo’s first Switch 2 discount
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3 hr 26 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #160 (02/12/2026)Tech
- Microsoft will start refreshing Secure Boot certificates in March for Windows 11 and Windows 10 ESU users
- TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user’s exact location
- Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars
- Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature
- Zuckerberg on why Meta should do less safety research: ‘Apple doesn’t study any of this’ - 9to5Mac
- DOJ may face investigation for pressuring Apple, Google to remove apps for tracking ICE agents
- Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
- ’Dystopian’ Ring Search Party feature sparks public backlash [Video] - 9to5Mac
- Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash | The Verge
- Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds
- Discord will soon require age verification to access adult content
- Discord backtracks on controversial age verification rollout…kind of - 9to5Mac
Gaming- Ayaneo’s slider gaming phone finally gets detailed specs, but pricing remains a mystery
- Steam Deck completely out of stock in the US, Canada and Asia | GamingOnLinux
- 2XKO Developers Laid Off By Riot Games Less Than A Month After Console Release - GameSpot
- Highguard dev hit with mass layoffs as “most of the team at Wildlight” is let go
- The Long Dark Studio Lays Off Workers After Game Delay
- 1,200 Ubisoft Employees Go On Strike
- Sony State of Play February 2026: Everything announced | Eurogamer.net
- PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for February: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, Neva, Season: A Letter to the Future and more
Content Creation- AI Is So Inherently Popular That Companies Are Paying Influencers Up To $600,000 To Tell People How Awesome It Is
- MrBeast just bought a popular banking app - 9to5Mac
Hardware/Software Updates- Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.3 - MacRumors
- Apple Releases iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 - MacRumors
- Update Now: iOS 26.3 and macOS Tahoe 26.3 Fix Dozens of Security Vulnerabilities - MacRumors
- Apple just released new updates for old versions of iOS, macOS, and iPadOS - 9to5Mac
Deals- The ‘No ICE in Minnesota’ charity bundle is live on itch.io | GamingOnLinux
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3 hr 39 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #159 (02/05/2026)Tech
- Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029 | Tom’s Hardware
- ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face - Ars Technica
- FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
- Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked - Ars Technica
- Substack CEO informs users of a data breach
- User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app - Ars Technica
- Pinterest CEO rebukes, fires ‘obstructionist’ employees who created tool to track layoffs
- Firefox will soon offer a way to block all of its generative AI features
Gaming- Generative AI Has “Zero Part” In GTA 6 Despite Widespread Use Across Take-Two - GameSpot
- Google’s Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux
- Steam Machine’s Release Date And Price Details Delayed Amid RAM, Storage Shortages - GameSpot
- Nvidia Delays Gaming Chip Amid Memory Chip Shortages - GameSpot
- GameStop employees forced to ditch their Zelda tees and Goku button-downs
- Blizzard’s quality assurance workers finally have a union contract
- Ubisoft fires 13-year Assassin’s Creed veteran just days after suspending him for speaking out against the company’s return-to-office mandate: “This was not my decision”
- A Super Mario Gospel Medley Defeated Cynthia Erivo For A Grammy - GameSpot
- Nintendo Switch Online adds two more classic Game Boy games, including one developed by Game Freak | Eurogamer.net
- Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2026: Everything announced | Eurogamer.net
- Civilization VII Coming to Apple Arcade Tomorrow - MacRumors
- AMD CEO Says Next-Gen Xbox Could Launch As Soon As 2027 - GameSpot
- “The launcher sucks, let’s call it what it is,“ Epic Game Store boss says, promising a year of big improvements to speed, new “forum-type” social features, more | Eurogamer.net
- PlayStation Store: January 2026’s top downloads
- Games Done Quick’s Back to Black 2026 event kicks off tomorrow
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3 hr 23 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #158 (01/22/2026)Tech
- Microsoft issues emergency fix after a security update left some Windows 11 devices unable to shut down
- Massive Microsoft 365 outage affects Outlook, Defender, more - 9to5Mac
- Here’s why Walmart still doesn’t support Apple Pay - 9to5Mac
- Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones - Ars Technica
Gaming- Marathon’s Recommended System Requirements Have Been Revealed - GameSpot
- ‘I think we all want that’: Razer CEO claims players are in favour of AI tools in game development
- Chinese modders end console wars with a PS5, Xbox Series S, and Switch 2 combo console - VideoCardz.com
- Ubisoft’s troubled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake is dead as publisher kills multiple projects, closes studios, and orders staff back to the office | Eurogamer.net
Content Creation- YouTube CEO promises more AI features in 2026
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2 hr 26 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #157 (01/15/2026)Tech
- Verizon outage takes down cell service across large parts of the US
- Verizon Offering $20 Credit After Major Outage, Here’s How to Get It - MacRumors
- Apple debuts ‘Apple Creator Studio’ subscription, here’s what you get - 9to5Mac
- Spotify is no longer running ads for ICE
- Instagram user fights DHS for the right to post ICE sightings anonymously - Ars Technica
- Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
- Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok’s Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery
- Apple asked to pull X and Grok apps over ‘sickening content generation’ - 9to5Mac
- Two countries block Grok app over AI-generated CSAM as we await Apple’s response
Gaming- As Grok continues generating sexualised images, Epic Games boss says senators calling for a ban are trying to “censor all of their political opponents” | Eurogamer.net
- Manor Lords Publisher Has Banned AI Assets In Its Games, Called Them “Cancerous” - GameSpot
- ’A disgrace’: Steam dev is deleting own game after realizing AI is bad
- Stellar Blade director goes all-in on AI as South Korea’s games industry looks to compete on the global stage | Eurogamer.net
- Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has gifted all its staff $3,400, AirPods Max and an Apple Watch | VGC
- Former Xbox executive Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb says he’s been laid off from Unity after 18 months | VGC
- Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 closes with £1.8m raised for Prevent Cancer Foundation and a 70-player relay in Super Mario 64 Replay | Eurogamer.net
- Heist game Relooted gets a release date
Hardware/Software Updates- NVIDIA rolls out DLSS 4.5 to all RTX GPUs
Deals- PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for January: Resident Evil Village, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game and more
- Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026 | GamingOnLinux
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2 hr 31 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #156 (01/08/2026)Tech
- “Microslop“ trends in backlash to Microsoft’s AI obsession | Windows Central
- Texans Are Fighting a 6,000 Acre Nuclear-Powered Datacenter
- ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up - Ars Technica
- Elon Musk’s Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard ‘lapses’
- X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced - Ars Technica
- Starlink offers free internet access in Venezuela following Maduro raid
- California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint
- Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
- Logitech mice stop working on Macs for an embarrassing reason, require manual fix
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Earned $74.3 Million in 2025 - MacRumors
- SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives - Ars Technica
- ASUS officially announces price hikes from January 5, right before CES 2026 - VideoCardz.com
- NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 to feature 2nd Gen Transformer model and Dynamic 6x Frame Generation - VideoCardz.com
Gaming- NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW | GamingOnLinux
- January is much busier for new video games than you think
- 2025 Steam Awards winners have been revealed | GamingOnLinux
- Oops, League of Legends was briefly unplayable as Riot Games forgot to renew the digital licence | Eurogamer.net
- “We reiterate our firm belief that Rockstar broke the law“ - union and GTA 6 maker clash again around preliminary hearing for fired workers | Eurogamer.net
- Ubisoft Halifax staff officially form union | GamesIndustry.biz
- Ubisoft has closed its Halifax studio and claims the decision is unrelated to recent unionization | VGC
- Ubisoft Halifax Union To ‘Pursue Every Legal Recourse’ After Studio Closes Weeks After Union Vote
- GameStop starts 2026 by closing hundreds of stores as CEO gambles on $35B payday
- IO’s James Bond game First Light can run on a 007-year-old GPU according to new PC requirements, but there’s also a weird omission | Eurogamer.net
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3 hr 5 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #155 (11/13/2025)Tech
- DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games
- 2B email addresses and 1.3B passwords compromised in multiple data breaches
- Apple launches Digital ID feature in Wallet using your passport - 9to5Mac
- Google will allow ‘experienced users’ to sideload unverified Android apps
- Threads is adding features for creators to promote their podcasts
- Verizon may cut 15,000 jobs next week
Gaming- “Unacceptable and unlawful“ - GTA 6 developer Rockstar hit with legal claim from UK trade union following alleged unfair dismissal of staff | Eurogamer.net
- Over 200 Rockstar Devs Sign Letter Demanding Fired Staff Be Reinstated
- Former Humble Bundle staff launch new bundle site Digiphile to “benefit users, creators, publishers, and charity” | GamingOnLinux
- After South Korean publisher Krafton announced it’s transforming into an “AI first” company, it’s now offering employees voluntary resignation | Eurogamer.net
- Sega is raising Japanese employees’ salaries again, three years after its previous increase | VGC
- State of Play Japan November 2025: all announcements – PlayStation.Blog
- First look at PlayStation’s 27” Gaming Monitor
- Valve Reveals New Hardware Lineup: A Controller, Compact Gaming PC, and VR-Ready Headset - GameSpot
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie gets its first trailer, Nintendo reveals Rosalina and Bowser Jr’s voice actors | Eurogamer.net
- A new Nintendo Switch 2 system update just bricked many third-party docks
- Analogue’s 4K remake of the N64 will, at long last, ship on November 18
- The Game Awards Deletes Its Future Class
Hardware/Software Updates- Switch 2 And Switch Get New System Updates, And They Add More Than Just Stability - GameSpot
Deals- PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for November: Grand Theft Auto V, Pacific Drive, Still Wakes the Deep and more
- Grab a Ubisoft open-world game for free, part of Ubi’s Black Friday deals
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2 hr 56 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #154 (11/06/2025)Tech
- US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents - Ars Technica
- FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
- YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
- Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation - Ars Technica
- Elon Musk wins Tesla pay vote that could make him a $1 trillion man - Ars Technica
- iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 bring multiple critical security fixes - 9to5Mac
- iOS 26.2 to Allow Third-Party App Stores in Japan Ahead of Regulatory Deadline - MacRumors
- Ayaneo’s first smartphone could have physical shoulder buttons
Gaming- Nintendo Store App Launches on iPhone With a Feature Fans Will Love - MacRumors
- YouTuber Who Trolled Nintendo Now Owes $17,500 In Switch Piracy Lawsuit
- US patent office director orders re-examination of Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle
- SouljaBoy’s New Game Console Is A Rebranded Retroid Being Sold “Without Permission” - GameSpot
- You can now stream PS5 games you own over the cloud on the PlayStation Portal
- Rockstar Games accused of union busting in the UK
- GTA 6 Dev Says It Fired Workers For Leaking Secrets, Not For Trying To Unionize - GameSpot
- GTA 6 Delayed To November 2026, Take-Two Stock Tanks - GameSpot
- Square Enix Wants GenAI To Automate 70% Of Game QA By 2027 - GameSpot
- Square Enix announces more layoffs as part of US and Europe restructuring | VGC
- Majority Of Devs Say Steam Has Monopoly On PC Gaming In New Poll - GameSpot
Hardware/Software Updates- Apple Releases iOS 26.1 With Liquid Glass Toggle, Slide to Stop Alarm, New Apple Intelligence Languages and More - MacRumors
- iOS 18.7.2 now available for iPhone, here’s what’s new - 9to5Mac
- Apple Releases iPadOS 26.1 With Slide Over Multitasking - MacRumors
- Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.1 With New Liquid Glass Setting and More - MacRumors
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2 hr 53 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #153 (10/23/2025)Tech
- Amazon’s AWS outage has knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline
- Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement - Ars Technica
- OpenAI suspends Sora depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. following a request from his family
- OpenAI reportedly asked for memorial guest list in teen suicide case
- Kohler Launches $600 iPhone-Connected Toilet Camera That Monitors Your Health Through Waste Analysis - MacRumors
- Windows 11 update knocks out USB mice, keyboards in recovery mode
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s annual pay jumps to $96.5 million
Gaming- Big Week For Unions At Blizzard As Hearthstone Team Also Votes ‘Yes’
- Halo co-creator says he’s ‘disappointed’ he and some former colleagues weren’t credited for their work on Battlefield 6 | VGC
- Ubisoft Asks Devs At Star Wars Outlaws Studio To Lay Themselves Off
- Poor old PlayStation 3 - the PS5 has just overtaken its lifetime sales in the US
Content Creation- Twitch rule-breakers, rejoice: Targeted enforcement will replace blanket bans
- Streamer assaulted at TwitchCon slams event security: “I think other creators should seriously consider not attending in the future”
Hardware/Software Updates- New PS5 Update Is Out Now, Does Something Unexpected - GameSpot
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2 hr 31 min - Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #152 (10/16/2025)Tech
Apple announces new M5 hardware
Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by M5 chip - 9to5Mac
Apple launches new iPad Pro with M5 chip, C1X modem - 9to5Mac
Apple unveils M5 chip, the next generation of Apple silicon - 9to5Mac
The FCC is trying to make it easier for internet providers to charge hidden fees
Meta removes Facebook Group for tracking ICE agents after DOJ pressure
Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch
Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making” - Ars Technica
Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
GrapheneOS will drop Google Pixel exclusivity with ‘major’ Snapdragon-powered devices coming
The company Discord blamed for its recent breach says it wasn’t hacked
GamingMindsEye developers sign damning open letter against studio execs over “longstanding disrespect and mistreatment” following game’s disastrous launch | Eurogamer.net
MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy is being sued by union members over alleged mishandling of layoffs | VGC
Battle.net Workers Unionize As Microsoft Neutrality Agreement Expires - Aftermath
Video game union workers rally against $55bn Saudi-backed private acquisition of EA, with formal petition to regulators | Eurogamer.net
EA’s Saudi Deal Draws Scrutiny From US Senators Over “Foreign Influence”
Black Myth Wukong gets an update that’s so big on PS5, you might need to delete the game and redownload it | Eurogamer.net
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Silent Hill 2, Until Dawn, V Rising, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and more
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