Download 68: False Flag

Graphics cards get way better; the App Store comes under criticism; and Facebook spends another week in the news. Plus we've got some operating-system nostalgia and some exciting news about tacos.

Graphics cards get way better; the App Store comes under criticism; and Facebook spends another week in the news. Plus we've got some operating-system nostalgia and some exciting news about tacos.

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Guest Starring:

Christina Warren and Dan Frakes

Links and Show Notes NVIDIA says the RTX 2080 GPU is twice as fast as the GTX 1080 Nvidia announces RTX 2000 GPU series with ‘6 times more performance’ and ray tracing - The Verge Nvidia RTX 2070, RTX 2080, RTX 2080 Ti GPUs revealed: specs, price, release date - Polygon Nvidia Shares RTX 2080 Test Results: 35 - 125% Faster Than GTX 1080 Netflix tests a bypass of iTunes billing in 33 markets | TechCrunch Fortnite, Netflix Take On Apple, Google Over App Store 'Tax' - Bloomberg Windows 95 is now an app you can download and install on macOS, Windows, and Linux - The Verge Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1 - The Washington Post Taking Down More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior | Facebook Newsroom Apple removed Facebook’s Onavo from the App Store for gathering app data | TechCrunch Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry’s Windows 95 tutorial video, revisited. Lode Runner Web Game (online game) Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1 - The Washington Post Taking Down More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior | Facebook Newsroom Apple removed Facebook’s Onavo from the App Store for gathering app data | TechCrunch With tacos and patience, a rescue group saves more than 2 dozen dogs in southern Dallas County | Dallas County | Dallas News Christina Warren (@film_girl) | Twitter Dan Frakes (@DanFrakes) | Twitter