Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #76 (01/05/2023)

Tech

• Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent
• First LastPass, now Slack and CircleCI. The hacks go on (and will likely worsen) | Ars Technica
• LockBit ransomware gang apologizes for SickKids hospital attack and offers free decryptor
• Black man wrongfully jailed for a week after face recognition error, report says
• Windows 7 and Windows 8 will stop getting critical security updates in one week
• AMD's Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs feature up to 16 cores and 5.4GHz speeds
• AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU hits 5.7Ghz, has 144MB of 3D V-Cache
• AMD brings RDNA 3 to laptops with Radeon 7000 GPUs
• NVIDIA brings GeForce RTX 40 graphics to laptops
• NVIDIA unveils the $799 RTX 4070 Ti
• Alienware reveals its first 500Hz gaming monitor
• Sony and Honda just announced their new electric car brand, Afeela - The Verge
• Lenovo’s new Yoga Book 9i laptop has a second screen above its screen

Gaming

• Dell's Concept Nyx Shows Off New Ways to Game and Work
• NVIDIA's GeForce Now game streaming is coming to cars
• Sony's Project Leonardo is a controller kit to help people with disabilities play PS5
• Razer’s Edge 5G handheld is coming to Verizon this month for $359.99
• Hitman 3 gets a new name — and two free games with it
• Microsoft is now the home of the video game industry's largest union
• EA says it can’t recover 60% of players’ corrupted Madden franchise save files

Streaming 

• Twitch is recovering from an outage that took down everyone's stream pages

Hardware/Software Updates 

• Android 13 with January security patch live, download Pixel OTA image now

Deals 

• New Games with Gold for January 2023 - Xbox Wire
• Free Play Days – Cricket 22, For the King, and Saints Row
• Stranded Deep surprise drops on Game Pass | Eurogamer.net
• Rejoice, one of the best Soulslikes has returned to Game Pass
• Nintendo Switch Online deal brings a one-year family plan and a 256GB microSD card down to $50 (Remember to check before going live)
• Humble Choice for January 2023 has DOOM Eternal, a good month for Steam Deck
• 6 Free Games Available Now For Amazon Prime Members - GameSpot

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