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