Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #126 (10/03/2024)
Tech Talk Thursdays · Desk Chair Analysts
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Show Notes
Tech
- YouTube Shorts can now run up to three minutes
- Up to 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords stored in plain text
- College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time - The Verge
- Reddit policy changes make sitewide protests nearly impossible
- Hurricane Helene barreled through a crucial chip mining area in North Carolina - The Verge
- Verizon’s mobile services are down across the country - The Verge
- Excessive Heat Warning alert on iPhone? Here’s why - 9to5Mac
- Apple Pulls Third Software Update in Past Month Due to Issues - MacRumors
- Tesla recalls over 27,000 Cybertrucks over laggy reverse cameras
Gaming
- Steam will let you sue Valve now - The Verge
- A PS5 update that screwed up game backgrounds was just a bug - The Verge
- PlayStation Network is back online following a lengthy outage - The Verge
- Original Horizon Zero Dawn removed from Epic Games Store, following remaster announcement
- After Laying Off 830 Employees, Tim Sweeney Says Fortnite Maker Epic Is Now ‘Financially Sound’ - IGN
- Hi-Rez Studios Suffers Layoffs as Smite 2 Struggles in Early Access - IGN
- Xbox network suffers major outage, game launching and more affected
- Xbox Game Pass October 2024 games announced | Eurogamer.net
Hardware/Software Updates
- Microsoft starts rolling out its Windows 11 2024 update with lots of useful improvements - The Verge
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