FYI: This is an Animal Crossing episode. Needless to say, there will be plenty of distractions in between news stories!
Tech
- Shareholders have pressured Microsoft into re-thinking its approach to right to repair
- Updated burning tool makes it easy to ignore Windows 11 system requirements
- Microsoft has crushed the worst DDoS attack its Azure servers have ever encountered
- Data breach sees millions of Acer customers' data being sold by hackers
- New study reveals the top problems people face with Apple products in each state
- The USB-C iPhone becomes a reality thanks to a robotics engineer
- Apple Says iOS is Safer Than Android Because Sideloading Apps Isn't Allowed
- Facebook adds new ‘Audio’ tab with podcasts, live audio, more
- Facebook's latest effort to curtail leaks immediately leaked
- Twitter is testing inserting ads into conversations on iOS
- ‘Pixel Pass’ Monthly Subscription Gets You Pixel Phone, Fi, and Google Services for Fixed Price
- Google AI department sued for using the health data of 1.6 million NHS patients
- Verizon Visible hack sees iPhone 13 orders placed fraudulently
- Intel confirms it won't limit cryptocurrency mining on its new Alchemist graphics cards
- Latest Nvidia drivers cull support for Kepler and Windows 7/8
Gaming
- GOG pulls Hitman from its own store, admits it shouldn't have released it in its current form
- Activision-Blizzard lawsuits in chaos as federal agency accuses California's DFEH of ethics violations
- Now a union has objected to Activision Blizzard's settlement too
- Activision unveils Ricochet anti-cheat system for Call of Duty
- Cheat Maker Is Not Afraid of Call of Duty’s New Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat
- Epic Games now credits Among Us' Innersloth as inspiration for Fortnite's Impostors Mode
- Fortnite backtracks and teases an Among Us crossover
- Google countersues Epic Games for ‘willfully’ breaching Play Store contract w/ Fortnite stunt
- NFL coach Jon Gruden to be removed from Madden NFL 22
- Audio Radar peripheral allows deaf and hard of hearing players to see sounds
Streaming
- Twitch defaced with pictures of Jeff Bezos
Software/Hardware Updates
- Apple releasing iOS 15.0.2 with fixes for AirTag, MagSafe, and more
- The first Windows 11 update doesn't address AMD Ryzen bugs; fixes coming soon
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