Tech Talk Thursday (09/24/2020)
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Show Notes
Topics
Tech
- TikTok deal with Oracle and Walmart gets Trump’s approval, judge blocks WeChat ban
- Epic Games, Spotify, and Tile Form ‘Coalition for App Fairness’ to ‘Fight Back’ Against Apple
- Holy Sh*t, Ring, is That a Drone Indoor Security Camera?
Gaming
- Microsoft buying Bethesda and Zenimax for $7.5bn
- Stream games from your console to your phone with the latest Xbox app beta
- Xbox Series X/S 1TB expandable storage costs $220
- Cyberpunk 2077 reveals surprisingly low system requirements for PC
- Epic blames Apple for the closure of Fortnite Save the World on Mac
- First batch of ‘Stadia Makers’ games brings seven new indie titles to Stadia
- Amazon is muscling into cloud gaming with Luna
- The Sims 4 will get 100 new skin tones in December
Streaming
- Nvidia’s new Broadcast app helps you remove your messy room and loud keyboard from video calls
Software/Hardware Updates
- If you were lucky enough to score an RTX 3080, here’s a packed new GPU driver for it
- Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.7 With Fixes for WiFi Bug, 27-Inch iMac Graphics Issues
- Apple releases iOS 14.0.1 with bug fixes for widgets, default app settings, more
Deals
- Doom Eternal is coming to Xbox Game Pass next month