Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #42 (10/14/2021)

FYI: This is an Animal Crossing episode. Needless to say, there will be plenty of distractions in between news stories!

Tech

• Shareholders have pressured Microsoft into re-thinking its approach to right to repair
• Updated burning tool makes it easy to ignore Windows 11 system requirements
• Microsoft has crushed the worst DDoS attack its Azure servers have ever encountered
• Data breach sees millions of Acer customers' data being sold by hackers
• New study reveals the top problems people face with Apple products in each state
• The USB-C iPhone becomes a reality thanks to a robotics engineer
• Apple Says iOS is Safer Than Android Because Sideloading Apps Isn't Allowed
• Facebook adds new ‘Audio’ tab with podcasts, live audio, more
• Facebook's latest effort to curtail leaks immediately leaked
• Twitter is testing inserting ads into conversations on iOS
• ‘Pixel Pass’ Monthly Subscription Gets You Pixel Phone, Fi, and Google Services for Fixed Price
• Google AI department sued for using the health data of 1.6 million NHS patients
• Verizon Visible hack sees iPhone 13 orders placed fraudulently
• Intel confirms it won't limit cryptocurrency mining on its new Alchemist graphics cards
• Latest Nvidia drivers cull support for Kepler and Windows 7/8

Gaming

• GOG pulls Hitman from its own store, admits it shouldn't have released it in its current form
• Activision-Blizzard lawsuits in chaos as federal agency accuses California's DFEH of ethics violations
• Now a union has objected to Activision Blizzard's settlement too
• Activision unveils Ricochet anti-cheat system for Call of Duty
• Cheat Maker Is Not Afraid of Call of Duty’s New Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat
• Epic Games now credits Among Us' Innersloth as inspiration for Fortnite's Impostors Mode
• Fortnite backtracks and teases an Among Us crossover
• Google countersues Epic Games for ‘willfully’ breaching Play Store contract w/ Fortnite stunt
• NFL coach Jon Gruden to be removed from Madden NFL 22
• Audio Radar peripheral allows deaf and hard of hearing players to see sounds

Streaming

• Twitch defaced with pictures of Jeff Bezos

Software/Hardware Updates

• Apple releasing iOS 15.0.2 with fixes for AirTag, MagSafe, and more
• The first Windows 11 update doesn't address AMD Ryzen bugs; fixes coming soon

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