Tech Talk Thursday (11/12/2020)

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