Lol Eat It Facebook - Feb. 4, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

DO YOU HEAR CHEERING?

Facebook loses users for first time

https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-usage-dips-first-time-will-instagram-follow-2022-02-03/

company value tanks

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1408996-face-the-books-facebook-lost-daily-users-for-the-first-time-ever-last-quarter/

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/meta-set-for-us-200b-wipeout-among-worst-in-market-history-1.1717736

Also being sued by Australian mining billionaire nicknamed “Twiggy” – no, not that mining

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/03/andrew-forrest-launches-criminal-action-against-facebook-over-scam-ads-that-used-his-image

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-03/andrew-twiggy-forrest-launches-criminal-proceedings-facebook/100800630

 

OH IT’S LIKE THAT, HUH

Apple offers to charge only 27 percent commission on Dutch dating app purchases

https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/04/apple-to-charge-27-fee-for-dutch-dating-apps-using-alternative-payment-options/

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/apple-to-charge-27-percent-for-3rd-party-payments-in-the-netherlands-04-02-2022/

https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/04/27-percent-app-store-commission/

https://www.macworld.com/article/611991/app-store-netherlands-27-percent-transaction-fee.html

 

BLUE VS. RED

Intel says its chips have less flaws than AMD and the ones it does have are AMD’s fault anyway

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-2021-security-report-amd-vulnerabilities

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documents/intel-2021-product-security-report.pdf

not all flaws are equal tho…

there’s other BIOS flaws, anyway https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-lenovo-and-more-hit-by-major-bios-security-flaws

https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-amd-microsoft-and-others-could-be-at-risk-if-uefi-flaw-is-left-unpatched

 

QUICK BITS

 

I… I *DO* FIX IT…

I’ll meet you in electronics repair class

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/google-launches-a-chromebook-repair-program-for-schools/

https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/chromebook-repairs/

https://edu.google.com/products/chromebooks/repair/?topic=acer#:~:text=Find%20out%20if%20a%20repair%20program%20is%20right%20for%20your%20school

 

TWIDDIT

Twitter is more like Reddit now with downvotes

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1409315-test-testing-downvotes-not-dislikes-twitter-expands-downvote-test-worldwide/

https://www.engadget.com/twitter-starts-global-test-of-non-public-downvotes-094741883.html

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1489355689554333710

 

AMAZON PRICEY

Amazon Prime price going up

https://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-q4-2021-earnings

https://www.howtogeek.com/784089/amazon-prime-will-cost-more-how-to-keep-the-lower-price/

 

CRIME SPREE CONTINUES

GTA V is coming to current-gen consoles

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1409324-rockstar-games-will-release-gtav-on-ps5-and-xbox-series-xs-with-hdr-ray-tracing-4k60fps-and-confirms-new-gta-game-under-development/

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak73k92o47ko75/grand-theft-auto-community-update

GTA 6 https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-confirmed

 

I JUST NEED (VIRTUAL) SPACE

Meta adds personal boundary in VR

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/4/22917722/meta-horizon-worlds-venues-metaverse-harassment-groping-personal-boundary-feature

https://www.oculus.com/blog/introducing-a-personal-boundary-for-horizon-worlds-and-venues/

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R.I.P Facebook aka Meta, You will Never be missed!