Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #18 (02/18/2021)

Topics

Tech

Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Told Staff Facebook Needs to 'Inflict Pain' on Apple Over Privacy Dispute
NZXT is recalling 32,000 H1 PC cases in the US
Apple fixes bug that let users begin macOS Big Sur installation without enough space available
First Apple Silicon optimized malware discovered in the wild
Windows Defender vulnerability finally patched after 12 years
LastPass free restricts users to one device type in March
App Store will require apps offering vaccination proof to be submitted by health authorities
Utah Launching COVID-19 Contact Tracing System With Apple and Google API This Week

Gaming

Nvidia Is Bringing Back Older GPUs To Deal With Shortages
Nvidia is halving the hash rate of RTX 3060 to make it less desirable to cryptocurrency miners
Nvidia says its cryptocurrency mining limiter 'cannot be hacked'
Why GameStop Couldn't Capitalize On Its Reddit-Fueled Stock Rally
Six Days in Fallujah ‘not trying to make a political commentary,’ creator says
Xbox Announces New Premium Wireless Headset
Microsoft is making one of the most positive moves for game accessibility in years
Microsoft Reveals Xbox Backwards Compatibility FPS Boost For Select Games
Josef Fares will give you $1,000 if you get bored of It Takes Two
EA's $1.2 billion acquisition of Codemasters is now complete
Saudi investment fund acquires shares in Activision Blizzard, Take-Two, and EA

Streaming

11 Black Twitch streamers to follow

Software/Hardware Updates

AMD’s latest GPU driver quietly delivers a massive boost in Mesh Shader performance
watchOS 7.3.1 now available for Apple Watch with Power Reserve bug fix

Deals

Microsoft announces new February games coming to Xbox Game Pass
Rage 2 and Absolute Drift are free on the Epic Games Store, Sunless Sea is free next week

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