Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #58 (06/02/2022)
0Tech
- Twitter pays $150M fine for using two-factor login details to target ads | Ars Technica
- Twitter shutting down TweetDeck for Mac on July 1, here are alternatives to the web
- This lady is helping put cryptocurrency scams where they belong: in the bin
- Crypto-hackers are holding the Costa Rican healthcare system to ransom for $5B in bitcoin
- Verizon downplays database hacked and held for ransom, security risk could remain
- Ransomware group forces victims to 'pick any 5 poor children' and buy them KFC | PC Gamer
- iPhone spyware maker NSO struggled to make payroll; wants to sell to red-flagged countries
- Atlanta Apple Store employees drop bid for union vote, citing 'intimidation'
- Five Senators ask Apple to stop app data collection that could identify women seeking abortions
- Judge rejects Apple's appeal to dismiss antitrust lawsuit filed by Cydia developer
- Apple cites $1.5 billion in App Store fraud prevention in latest push against regulators
- Discord voice channels now have their own chat rooms
- Someone used the Pixel 7 Pro for three weeks without realizing it
Gaming
- Phil Spencer reaffirms that Microsoft will not oppose the Raven QA union | PC Gamer
- Activision Blizzard shareholders urged not to re-elect board members following "inexcusable passivity" | Eurogamer.net
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 "Heart of Russia" expansion cancelled
- EA execs individually speak out on women's and trans rights
Deals
- Assassin's Creed Origins and Chorus coming to Xbox Game Pass in June
- Xbox Games with Gold June: Super Meat Boy, The Aven Colony, Project Highrise, more | VG247
- Tell Me Why is free to download on Xbox and PC | Eurogamer.net
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