Tech Talk Thursdays

Tech

• AT&T has leaked nearly 70 million Social Security numbers
• Jon Stewart shows the AI segment that Apple didn’t want us to see
• Spotify wants more money…again…in less than a year
• Discord to start running ads even though it said it wasn’t going to

Gaming

• Waffle House needs to let Tekken put the restaurant in game

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Tech

• Uber and Lyft can’t be bothered to pay Minneapolis drivers more
• Tesla settles racism lawsuit with Black worker
• Dell becomes the latest company to reverse WFH policies
• DOJ urging the sale of TikTok instead of ban
• House bill doesn’t protect your data, just restricts the selling of it

Gaming

• Steam Families beta is perfect for your gaming family

Streaming

• Twitch is removing Prime Video watch ...

Tech

• Twitter is considering taking a Midjourney
• FCC says that 100 Mbps or more is broadband
• Google engineer fired for speaking out against Project Nimbus
• Bobby Kotick interested in buying TikTok

Gaming

• Capcom making smart moves amidst all the layoffs
• Sweet Baby hate shows people don’t know how games are made
• Looks like Saber got some good properties in the Embracer divorce

Streaming

• Twitch i...

Tech

• Automattic isn’t protecting user choice when it comes to gAI
• Meta hands NSO another “L” in court
• TikTok is again the Chinese boogeyman to American lawmakers
• HP finally did it! They’ve turned a printer into a subscription.
• Apple gives devs ability to disable Reactions by default in iOS 17.4
• Apple is supporting DIY repairs of M3 Macs
• Microsoft is shutting down Android for Windows 11 next year

Gaming

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Tech

• Authy moved its desktop EOL to March
• Walmart is acquiring Vizio to better get to know you
• Apple releases a sports app
• Apple seems to have joined Signal in future-proofing encryption
• Nvidia driver updates no longer need a login thanks to new app

Gaming

• Microsoft opened up about the future of Xbox
• Microsoft revealed which games are going where
• Xbox won’t release cloud app because it’s all a...

Tech

• Tesla recalls 200,000 more cars due to backup camera
• Polestar is cutting jobs because EVs are too expensive
• Jamf couldn’t manage to keep the layoffs away
• Apple push notifications are sending data to companies
• Apple vastly changed their app store policies and I barely get it
• Japan to stop using floppy disks for bureaucratic work
• Spec Ops: The Line, TikTok, and media licenses

Gaming

• No longer Embrac...

Tech

• OpenAI unashamed that it needs copyrighted materials to train
• SEC is in trouble for not following a Tech Talk Commandment
• Discord is the newest company to be facing layoffs
• Amazon and Twitch cutting thousands of jobs
• Google the latest to lay off thousands of people
• YouTube staff are the latest casualties in Google’s layoff spree
• Gig workers to become employees under Department of Labor rule

Gaming

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Tech

• Authy to sunset desktop apps

• iPhone proves to be tougher than Boeing airplane doors

• Tesla is just as deadly in China as it is in the US thanks to Autopilot

• Musk is letting his hatred of unions show again

• Google guilty of breaking labor laws against YouTube Music staff

• Duolingo is letting AI take their jobs

Gaming

• SAG-AFTRA struck deal for AI voice acting and didn’t tell the actors
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Gaming

• Tekken claimed to be racist by rando who didn’t see Leroy or Raven

• Square Enix president still doesn’t quite get it with “emerging tech”

• Steam is leaving Windows 7, 8, 8.1 behind

• Meta has removed TV casting from Quest temporarily - Desk Chair Analysts

• Xbox has a toaster to go with your fridge

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Tech

• SBF found guilty on all counts
• Twitter would like to sell used handles for more than used cars
• No, Kendrick Lemar did not release a new phone called the Light Phone II

Gaming

• Game Pass games to let you know when they’re leaving
• Microsoft employees will no longer have access to free Game Pass
• Your PlayStation won’t be posting to Twitter anymore
• Twitter’s removal from consoles has Musky Musk’s attenti...

Tech

• More subscriptions coming from Twitter
• On Twitter, you get fact checked, you won’t get a check
• Disney thinks subscribers are happy sitting through ads
• Netflix will reward you with one less ad if you stick to their platform
• Bandcamp United going after Songtradr for unfair labor practices
• DoorDash: “It’d be a shame if your fries got cold because of no tip”

Gaming

• Xbox’s New Boss: Bond. Sarah Bond...

Tech

• Malicious translation to blame for Ubuntu 23.10 being pulled
• Just before sale, nearly half of Bandcamp’s employees have been cut
• Corporate social networking site, LinkedIn, lays off over 600 people
• Musky Musk wants to charge you $1 a year for Twitter
• To skirt responsiblity, Musk threatens to remove Twitter from EU
• Netflix decided you aren’t paying enough, again

Gaming

• Microsoft’s purchase of Activis...

Tech

• Tom Hanks calls out dental ad for using AI likeness of him
• TikTok is testing an ad-free monthly subscription plan - Android Authority
• Meta proposing ad-free Facebook and Instagram plans for up to $17/month - 9to5Mac
• ‘Some of You Lied About Your Gender:’ Men Swamp Tech Conference for Women

Gaming

• SAG-AFTRA's Talks With Video Games Industry End With No Resolution - GameSpot
• 16-Year-Old Studio Shutti...

Tech

• Microsoft AI researchers mistakenly leaked 38TB of company data
• Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024 - The Verge
• New 'Orion' App Turns Your iPad Into an HDMI Display for a Console or Mac - MacRumors

Gaming

• Payday 3 gives controversial Denuvo the boot less than a week from release | VG247
• Asus ROG Ally Base Model Has Arrived, Only Costs $600 - GameSpot
• Unity a...

Tech

• MGM Resorts hit by 'cybersecurity issue,' leading to massive outage
• Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data
• Update everything: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge just patched a big flaw
• Lyft aims to match women and nonbinary riders and drivers with each other more often
• California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone
• Pixel Tablet gets repai...

Tech

- Right to repair’s unlikely new adversary: Scientologists | Ars Technica

- Apple finally admits the CSAM scanning flaw we all pointed out at the time

- Future of iMessage safe in the UK, as government backs down on encryption

- Apple signs new long-standing deal with Arm for making Apple Silicon chips

- Third UK Apple Store has unionized, says customers also harmed

- As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League wit...

Tech

• X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising | Ars Technica
• Elon Musk says Twitter will no longer let you block other people - 9to5Mac
• Twitter to hide news headlines as Musk asks journalists to publish directly on the platform
• Threads just graduated from the iPhone to the desktop - 9to5Mac
• Surprise: Apple now supports California's right-to-repair
• Apple security updates could be banned by Bri...

Tech

• Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail as judge revokes bail over witness tampering, VPN use - The Verge
• AirTag helps woman recover stolen bike in the Netherlands
• Microsoft will let you uninstall more built-in Windows 11 apps soon for less bloat - The Verge
• TweetDeck is officially becoming a paid service - The Verge
• X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with | Engadget
• An Iowa school district...

Tech

• US is number one for ransomware attacks, 7x more than the next country - 9to5Mac
• Elon Musk’s ‘fund your legal bill’ tweet is a brand new level of bullshit - The Verge
• Here are the funniest things on sale in X’s Twitter auction - The Verge
• Zoom tells employees to return to the office, responds to generative AI pushback - 9to5Mac
• Disney+ and Hulu Ad-Free Pricing Going Up in October, Password Sharing Crackdown Coming...