You wouldn’t sideload a car… - Nov. 3, 2021

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

FACE-OFF

FB lets creators skip Apple Tax

https://www.engadget.com/facebook-has-a-new-plan-to-help-creators-avoid-app-store-fees-174337629.html

https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10114044739955341

Sideloading ‘is a cyber criminal’s best friend’

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/3/22761724/apple-craig-federighi-ios-sideloading-web-summit-2021-european-commission-digital-markets-act

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/03/apple-exec-european-app-store-regulation-would-open-pandoras-box.html

 

PUTTING ON A NEW FACEBOOK

Facebook ends facial recognition

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1385742-facebook-shutting-down-its-face-recognition-system/https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/02/facebook-face-recognition-data-deleting/

 

Clearview AI has to delete Australia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/03/facial-recognition-firm-cleaview-ai-to-appeal-order-to-stop-collecting-images-of-australians

Don’t celebrate yet https://www.vox.com/recode/22761598/facebook-facial-recognition-meta

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/11/update-on-use-of-face-recognition/

also Facebook, Instagram outage again

https://twitter.com/messenger/status/1455982683096379400 

 

 

SECURITY HOLES, I CANNOT A-BIDE

Biden admin mandates cybersecurity overhaul

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/3/22761208/biden-administration-security-vulnerabilities-patch

https://www.cisa.gov/news/2021/11/03/cisa-releases-directive-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-to-order-federal-agencies-to-fix-hundreds-of-cyber-flaws-11635937200

https://cyber.dhs.gov/bod/22-01/

QUICK BITS

 

NO KIDNAPPING PEACH THIS TIME

Gary Bowser pleads guilty

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-17-nintendo-suing-switch-hacker-gary-bowser

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/11/hacker-will-pay-nintendo-4-5-million-in-team-xecuter-plea-bargain

https://kotaku.com/gary-bowser-pleads-guilty-to-piracy-charges-after-ninte-1847978204

https://torrentfreak.com/team-xecuters-gary-bowser-pleads-guilty-to-criminal-charges-211101/

 

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ISN’T E.V.

Tesla recalls 12,000 vehicles to fix the firmware

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-recalls-12000-evs-affected-by-full-self-driving-beta-issues/

https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-software-d3e2107435f432fd9b36ba14898166a0

2^nd recall in weeks: https://www.engadget.com/tesla-recall-suspension-model-y-3-191031712.html

 

THE (VERY LIMITED) METAVERSE

Apple VR/AR headset in 2022?

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11/01/apple-ar-vr-headset-wifi-6e-support/

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/11/01/apple-headset-will-have-wi-fi-6-production-to-begin-q4-2022

 

A GAMES SMORGASBORD

Netflix Android games roll out globally

https://www.reuters.com/technology/netflix-rolls-out-mobile-games-subscribers-android-2021-11-02/

https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1455580571959054341

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Netflix,+Inc.

 

 

COULD’VE SKIPPED THE INK

Squid Game crypto was a scam, uh… surprise

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1385598-just-another-cryptoscam/

https://mashable.com/article/squid-game-cryptocurrency-scam

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I already torrent, can't ge- OH.