Facebook Does Not Care. - Oct. 8, 2021

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

MICRO-BOSS, WORD

Microsoft to make its devices more repairable following pressure

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1379452-microsoft-agrees-to-independent-third-party-study-to-look-into-right-to-repair/

https://grist.org/accountability/bowing-to-investors-microsoft-will-make-its-devices-easier-to-fix/

https://www.asyousow.org/about-us#:~:text=As You Sow is the nation’s non-profit leader in shareholder advocacy.

Louis is happy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiMdvR99fBQ 

 

WHAT, THIS OLE’D THING?

Switch OLED launches https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/switch-oled-review-nintendos-nicest-most-nonessential-upgrade-yet/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mHq6Y7JSmgNew Joy-Cons, but drift isn’t going away

https://www.polygon.com/22688586/nintendo-switch-oled-joy-con-drift-controllers

screen protector https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/10/switch-oled-comes-with-a-screen-protector-installed-but-please-dont-remove-it-says-nintendo

 

SHAMEBOOK

Facebook has more outages

https://www.engadget.com/facebook-and-instagram-are-down-for-the-second-time-this-week-193257623.html

https://twitter.com/Facebook/status/1446556732977778695IG fixed

https://twitter.com/InstagramComms/status/1446582114468597761

Unfollow everything developer banned https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/8/22716044/facebook-unfollow-everything-tool-louis-barclay-banned-for-life

https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html

https://louisbarclay.notion.site/Unfollow-Everything-cease-and-desist-letter-from-Facebook-ea219169421b457bb7ce010b7bf9ce1f

 

QUICK BITS

 

GET JEFF’D

Game backgrounds on Twitch replaced with Jeff Bezos

https://twitter.com/AnEternalEnigma/status/1446421951883489281defaced

https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/twitch-reportedly-defaced-with-pictures-of-jeff-bezos/

 

ABOUT TO GET PADDLED

First In-App Purchasing alternative for iOS: Paddle

https://twitter.com/PaddleHQ/status/1446050078301605890

https://paddle.com/platform/in-app-purchase/

Sweeney

https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1446117510919585796 

 

STAY KINECTED

Sky Glass TV looks like a big iMac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGskL5PCKU

Kinect motion controls https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22714117/microsoft-kinect-is-back-sky-glass-tv-smart-camera-features
 

UPGRADED TO CUMULONIMBUS

XCloud is now running Xbox Series X hardware

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/microsoft-has-upgraded-xcloud-to-xbox-series-x-hardware/

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-07-xbox-cloud-gaming-now-runs-on-series-x-hardware

 

NO PIXEL LEFT UN-LEAKED

Pixel 6 and 6 Pro teardowns leaked

https://9to5google.com/2021/10/08/pixel-6-pro-teardown-leak/