Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #146 (08/07/2025)

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Published on August 8, 2025 4:10:26 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZE9xkjCTkw

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Tech
Verizon is increasing prices while removing its Google Play Pass perk
Verizon Ending Free Apple Arcade Access and Loyalty Discounts - MacRumors
AT&T to pay $177 million in data breach settlement. Here’s how to claim up to $5,000
Microsoft's Satya Nadella says job cuts have been 'weighing heavily' on him
Israel is reportedly storing millions of Palestinian phone calls on Microsoft servers
Amazon splits up the Wondery podcast network and lays off about 110 employees
OpenAI is removing ChatGPT conversations from Google
Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again
Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists
Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops
Trump tells states they'll lose out on broadband fund if they try to dictate rates
Tim Cook gifts Trump with 100% US-made piece of glass on a 24k gold base
NVIDIA say no to adding backdoors and killswitches in their GPUs | GamingOnLinux

Gaming
Valve reveal the Steam sales and events for the first half of 2026 | GamingOnLinux
PSA: Steam will soon stop supporting macOS 11 Big Sur - 9to5Mac
Nintendo Increasing Price Of Switch And Other Devices In The US - GameSpot
Everything announced at Nintendo's new Indie World
Developer of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet | GamingOnLinux
Peak developers would rather you pirate its game than play Roblox "microtransaction-riddled ripoff slop" | Eurogamer.net
Itch begins "re-indexing" free adult NSFW content, as it seeks alternative payment processors | Eurogamer.net
Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content | GamingOnLinux
Raven Software gets its union contract with Microsoft three years after voting to organize

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