Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #75 (11/17/2022)

Tech

• Twitter Blue signups disappear a day after fakes and mayhem - The Verge
• Musk trolls senator demanding answers on Twitter fake-account scandal | Ars Technica
• As more brands pull out of Twitter, SpaceX buys big Twitter ad package | Ars Technica
• Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th - The Verge
• Elon Musk demands Twitter employees commit to ‘extremely hardcore’ culture or leave - The Verge
• Elon Musk changes Twitter’s remote work rules, again | Engadget
• Twitter fired employees who publicly called out Elon Musk | Engadget
• SpaceX employees who were fired after criticizing Elon Musk file NLRB complaint | Engadget
• Elon Musk says he doesn’t want to be CEO of Twitter, or any company - The Verge
• Steve Aoki dropped the beat at Amazon during layoffs - The Verge
• Stop using these stupid, stupid passwords immediately | Cult of Mac

Gaming

• Nintendo Japan may now refuse console repairs if you're rude to staff | Eurogamer.net
• Samsung’s 2021 smart TVs are getting Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now apps - The Verge
• Built-in Discord voice chat is now rolling out to all Xbox users | Engadget
• Backbone’s excellent phone controller is now shipping for Android - The Verge
• The Crisis Core: FF7 remaster performance chart shows how complicated console gaming has become - The Verge
• The Game Awards nominations are in, with God of War Ragnarok up for 10 of them | VG247

Streaming 

• Elgato’s new Stream Deck Plus joins the knob mob - The Verge

Hardware/Software Updates 

• The Xbox November Update Rolls Out Today

Deals 

• This Holiday Season Just Got Better: Announcing the Xbox Series S - Gilded Hunter Bundle Coming November 29
• Xbox Series S gets $50 cheaper for Black Friday
• Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Gungrave G.O.R.E, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Dune: Spice Wars, and More
• Free Play Days – NBA 2K23, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, and Deep Rock Galactic
• Splinter Cell Gets Splinter Sale For The Low Price Of "Free" - GameSpot

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