What has EA DONE… - Nov. 22, 2021.

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

HAVE GLITCHES, GET STITCHES

Battlefield 2042 gets review-bombed for glitches and general issues

https://www.gamesradar.com/battlefield-2042-is-now-one-of-steams-most-poorly-reviewed-games-ever/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1517290/Battlefield_2042/#app_reviews_hash

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198046165847/recommended/1517290/

Dunkey https://youtu.be/ajh9e3PDAOc

Sniper rifle blows up tanks quicker than rocket launcher https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qyrdgu/a_proper_balance_nwt50_outclasses_m5_recoilless/

DICE is working on it https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/status/1461812900255911940

 

ARC BENDS TOWARDS SUCK

Intel’s Arc GPU  … might suck

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1390134-intel-arc-alchemist-gpu-lacks-in-leaked-benchmarks/

https://www.techspot.com/news/92319-intel-flagship-arc-alchemist-gpu-has-lackluster-first.html

https://twitter.com/BenchLeaks/status/1461816184152764425

price https://www.techspot.com/news/91902-intel-competition-win-xe-arc-gpus-contains-hint.html

 

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

Amazon funding powerful lobbying to stop privacy legislation

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/amazon-privacy-lobbying

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1390360-us-lawmakers-call-for-privacy-legislation-after-reuters-report-on-amazon-lobbying/

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/19/the-amazon-lobbyists-who-kill-us-consumer-privacy-protections.html

legislation https://news.yahoo.com/u-lawmakers-call-privacy-legislation-110916699.html

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/lawmakers-federal-data-privacy-law-amazon/

 

QUICK BITS

 

DUCKING THESE TRACKERS LIKE

DuckDuckGo adding iOS-like tracker-blocking to Android

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/20/22793068/duckduckgo-tool-prevent-apps-tracking-android-users

https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-app-tracking-protection/

https://spreadprivacy.com/content/images/2021/11/02---Activity-Report.v5B-1-1-1.gif

https://spreadprivacy.com/content/images/2021/11/03---Notification.v5-1-1-1.gif

 

NOT-SO-PRETTY PIXELS

Pixel 6A leaks aren’t very promising

https://twitter.com/OnLeaks/status/1462397565798948865

https://www.91mobiles.com/hub/google-pixel-6a-renders-exclusive/

 

GREEN BUBBLE BOIS, THIS IS FOR U

Messages from iMessage will suck less on Android phones

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/google-messages-update-bridges-one-gap-between-blue-and-green-bubble-people/

https://9to5google.com/2021/11/19/google-messages-imessage-reaction-emoji/

 

DRONES DON’T NEED BOTTLES

Walmart delivering by drone in Arkansas

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/taking-the-spotlight-from-amazon-walmart-and-droneup-set-up-drone-delivery-hubs-in-arkansas/

https://www.droneup.com/2021/11/22/walmart-droneup-announce-first-multi-site-drone-delivery-operation/

 

MY OWN CITY, WITH HEARTHSTONE AND E-GIRLS

Take me down to Bitcoin City – everyone’s an NFT

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1390021-el-salvador-plans-first-bitcoin-city-backed-by-bitcoin-bonds/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59368483

https://fortune.com/2021/11/22/el-salvador-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-bonds-volcano-powered-tax-free-city-nayib-bukele/