Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #91 (07/20/2023)

Tech

• Twitter sues four unknown entities for 'unlawful data scraping' | Engadget
• ‘Millions’ of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo - The Verge
• Peacock raises subscription prices for the first time | Engadget
• Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month
• Apple employee didn’t tell Google about exploit found in Chrome
• Apple says it would remove iMessage and FaceTime in the UK rather than break end-to-end encryption - 9to5Mac

Gaming

• Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb departs Microsoft after 22 years
• Starfield takes up a quarter of your Series S’ storage space | VG247
• Introducing Xbox Game Pass Core, Coming This September
• Here's July's next wave of Xbox Game Pass games | Eurogamer.net
• UK extends deadline for final decision on Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal | Eurogamer.net
• Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extend merger agreement to October - The Verge
• FTC appeal denied, as Microsoft's Activision acquisition nears completion | Eurogamer.net
• Supreme Court Denies Gamers' Last Ditch Effort To Block Microsoft's Activision Acquisition - GameSpot
• 22 House Republicans Call on FTC to Drop Opposition to Xbox's Activision Blizzard Merger - IGN
• Blizzard PC games are coming to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 - Polygon
• Sony agrees to a Call of Duty deal with Microsoft
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PC specs and new features revealed – PlayStation.Blog

Streaming

• Logitech buys Stream Deck rival Loupedeck

Deals

• Free Play Days - PGA Tour 2K23, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Meet Your Maker, and TramSim - Xbox Wire

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