Microsoft lied..? - August 4, 2021

[RILEYISMYNAME]

 

 

NEWS SOURCES:

 

IT’S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD

Microsoft video bothers enthusiasts

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1362232-microsoft-makes-things-worse-windows-11-upgrade-video-blasted-as-being-tone-deaf/https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-11-upgrade-and-deployment-video-gets-blasted-being-tone-deaf

 

https://youtu.be/y7rEtZ6OthgBecause turns out you can hack TPM

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/how-to-go-from-stolen-pc-to-network-intrusion-in-30-minutes

https://dolosgroup.io/blog/2021/7/9/from-stolen-laptop-to-inside-the-company-network

 

TIME TO FACE THE BOOKS

Facebook working on analyzing un-decrypted content

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/facebook-whatsapp-encryption-instagram-reading-data-b1896579.html

https://hothardware.com/news/whatsapp-denies-facebook-ai-analyze-encrypted-messages

https://twitter.com/wcathcart/status/1422611553954668546

project your eyes on a VR headset https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/4/22609564/facebook-reality-lab-reverse-passthrough-vr-prototype-research-siggraph

suspended NYU researchers

https://www.engadget.com/facebook-disables-accounts-nyu-ad-observatory-project-091040346.html

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/08/research-cannot-be-the-justification-for-compromising-peoples-privacy/

https://adobserver.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPVhr2Gd1M 

 

IT’S A REAL S***BLIZZARD OUT THERE

Blizzard president steps down

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1362007-j-allen-brack-is-stepping-has-stepped-down-already-as-ceo-of-blizzard/

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/23706475/new-leadership-at-blizzard

https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-people-will-be-held-responsible-for-their-actions/

Investors are suing https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/investors-to-sue-activision-blizzard-over-recent-allegations/

https://www.polygon.com/22608318/diablo-immortal-release-date-delayed-2022-blizzard

 

QUICK BITS

 

CLOUD GAMING HAND-ME-DOWNS

Google licensing Stadia tech

https://www.pcgamer.com/google-stadia-white-label-game-streaming-job-listing/

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/product-manager-stadia-at-google-2662420188/

we already knew this https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/319673-google-stops-developing-stadia-games-plans-to-license-stadia-tech

 

NVIDIA GETTING ARM-BARRED

Nvidia might get blocked from buying Arm

https://hexus.net/business/news/general-business/148192-uk-gov-inclined-reject-nvidia-arm-takeover-cma-report/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-03/u-k-considers-blocking-nvidia-s-takeover-of-arm-over-security

 

OPPO, NOT OPAQUE

Oppo’s 3^rd-gen under-display camera isn’t crap

https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_brings_its_secondgen_underdisplay_camera_technology-news-50375.php

https://petapixel.com/2021/08/04/oppos-next-gen-under-display-selfie-camera-appears-near-perfect/

 

THE BIG SHORTS

YouTube starts paying creators with Shorts fund

https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/03/youtubes-100-million-shorts-fund-to-challenge-tiktok-goes-live/

https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/youtube-shorts-fund-earn-money-1235032876/

 

IT’S A CYBERATTACK, BOB, CALM DOWN

Eight federal agencies get bad cybersecurity grades

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/politics/cybersecurity-failures-federal-agencies-senate-report/index.html

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/minority-media/new-bipartisan-portman-peters-report-shows-federal-agencies-cybersecurity-failures-leaving-americans-personal-information-at-risk

[Quackers101]

TotalPeanutMaster, it's going nuts!

the toiletpapermaster is not going to get my toilet paper!

Take down the eeevil TPM today! and riley was never called james, but who is bond?

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Why did this get posted tomorrow?

 

[Quackers101]

4 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Why did this get posted tomorrow?

he jumped beyond time? what a master, TimePositionMaster TPM??? riley???

but yes, its the 5th in other places.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

9 hours ago, Quackers101 said:

he jumped beyond time? what a master, TimePositionMaster TPM??? riley???

but yes, its the 5th in other places.

Yeah, I was under the impression that the forum corrected for timezones