Tech Talk Thursday (09/24/2020)

Topics

Tech

- TikTok deal with Oracle and Walmart gets Trump’s approval, judge blocks WeChat ban

- Epic Games, Spotify, and Tile Form ‘Coalition for App Fairness’ to ‘Fight Back’ Against Apple

- Holy Sh*t, Ring, is That a Drone Indoor Security Camera?

Gaming

- Microsoft buying Bethesda and Zenimax for $7.5bn

- Stream games from your console to your phone with the latest Xbox app beta

- Xbox Series X/S 1TB expandable storage costs $220

- Cyberpunk 2077 reveals surprisingly low system requirements for PC

- Epic blames Apple for the closure of Fortnite Save the World on Mac

- First batch of ‘Stadia Makers’ games brings seven new indie titles to Stadia

- Amazon is muscling into cloud gaming with Luna

- The Sims 4 will get 100 new skin tones in December

Streaming

- Nvidia’s new Broadcast app helps you remove your messy room and loud keyboard from video calls

Software/Hardware Updates

- If you were lucky enough to score an RTX 3080, here’s a packed new GPU driver for it

- Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.7 With Fixes for WiFi Bug, 27-Inch iMac Graphics Issues

- Apple releases iOS 14.0.1 with bug fixes for widgets, default app settings, more

Deals

- Doom Eternal is coming to Xbox Game Pass next month