Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #46 (11/18/2021)

Tech

AMD's Radeon vulnerability haul shows why you should always update your GPU drivers
Rittenhouse mistrial motion filed, again with Apple tech under scrutiny
Snap hit with lawsuit for downplaying the impact of Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature
Apple agrees to pay workers $30 million to settle lawsuit over bag check policy
Apple Announces Self Service Repair Program, Starting With iPhone 12 and 13
iFixit Lauds Apple's New Self Service Repair Program, Calls It a 'Remarkable Concession'
Epic Games CEO wants to resist monopoly, suggests a single app store for all platforms
'Me at the zoo,' YouTube's first video, gets new description protesting dislike count removal
Windows 11 is making the blue screen of death blue again, hooray!
Newegg offers a 20% Black Friday discount if you pay in crypto

Gaming

GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition removed from sale due to "unintentionally included" files
Grand Theft Auto Trilogy back on PC after Rockstar removes 'unintentionally included' files
Valve and AMD just dropped plenty of new Steam Deck info
Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on Xbox One and Series X/S with Game Pass Ultimate
76 games added to Xbox backwards compatibility, 37 get FPS Boost
Halo Infinite multiplayer now live, Campaign still set for December launch
Microsoft promises Forza Horizon 5 word filter fix, after it censors some ethnic names
Xbox chief wary of “exploitive” NFT gaming projects
Emulation should be used to preserve older games, Xbox chief Phil Spencer suggests
Xbox is re-evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan calls out Bobby Kotick over Activision Blizzard scandal
Activision Blizzard shareholders call for CEO Bobby Kotick's resignation
Blizzard's former co-lead Jen Oneal reportedly only offered pay parity after handing in her notice
The new Nvidia Image Scaling is no DLSS, but boosts performance in any game
The Game Awards 2021: Deathloop, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two and Psychonauts 2 lead nominations

Streaming

Streamlabs Studio brings web-based Twitch streaming to Xbox
Lightstream's response to Streamlabs
Streamlabs under fire from rival software owners and streamers following release of new product

Software/Hardware Updates

Galaxy S21 Android 12 update now rolling out
Introducing the next feature update to Windows 10: 21H2
New Nvidia driver for Battlefield 2042 available now, doesn't seem to do a lot
Apple releases iOS 15.1.1 with fixes for dropped calls on iPhone 12 and 13

Deals

Evil Genius 2, Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition, Dragon Age Origins, more coming to Xbox Game Pass
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory free on PC this week

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