Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #23 (04/08/2021)

Tech

• Snap has tested workaround to App Tracking Transparency; 95% effective
• Personal data from over 500M Facebook users leaked online
• Mark Zuckerberg's contact details included in Facebook leak
• You can now turn on Nvidia's excellent noise cancellation with any GeForce GPU
• AMD admits Ryzen 5000 CPU exploit could leave your PC open to hackers
• Working from home worth $30K a year to some, finds poll
• Microsoft is dunking servers into boiling liquid to keep them cool
• Discord deleted thousands of 'violent extremist' servers last year
• Dates for Google I/O 2021 have been revealed — and it's the first free I/O in memory
• Apple Announces Find My Network With Support for Third-Party Devices
• Intel 'Bleep' Software Filters Out Toxic Slurs in Voice Chats as You Game

Gaming

• Xbox Game Pass Adds MLB The Show 21 On Day One
• MLB The Show 21 On Xbox Game Pass Was Reportedly MLB's Decision
• E3 2021 will be a free online-only event, ESA confirms
• Microsoft adds touch control support to Xbox Game Pass' current cloud-enabled line-up
• Epic v. Apple discovery details 'Project Liberty' scheme to skirt App Store with Fortnite

Software/Hardware Updates

• April security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, OTAs live

Deals

• Xbox Game Pass Adds 8 New Games, Over 50 Cloud-Enabled Titles With Xbox Touch Controls

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