It’s gonna be a massacre - Feb. 21 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

MACMAC

M2 Macs are coming

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-02-20/when-will-apple-aapl-launch-a-new-macbook-air-macbook-pro-imac-pro-in-2022-kzvdtgri

https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1495409722853314564

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/2022-macbook-pro/

https://www.gsmarena.com/apples_2022_roadmap_has_13inch_macbook_pro_and_new_air_with_m2-news-53243.php

 

OPENSEA-SON

OpenSea phishing attack sees thieves get away with 1.7 million in NFTs

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1413248-the-small-great-apeing-17-million-in-nfts-stolen-in-apparent-phishing-attack-on-opensea-users/

https://www.pcgamer.com/opensea-phishing-scam-swindled-millions-in-nfts/

https://gizmodo.com/hacker-steals-nfts-from-opensea-users-phishing-attack-1848570135

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/02/21/opensea-says-phishing-attack-impacted-17-users/

https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1495625884514066433

 

CAN’T HANDLE IT

Truth Social

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trumps-truth-social-appears-on-apple-app-store

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3nw9e/donald-trump-truth-social-launch

waitlist https://www.axios.com/truth-social-app-store-donald-trump-6a365023-ad45-43ce-ac1b-9aa484da5ba4.html

stole logo? https://twitter.com/solartrailar/status/1495765007136661507

https://twitter.com/solartrailar

Melania is on Parler exclusively https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-trump-parler-social-media-b2012223.html

 

QUICK BITS

 

I AM TITANIUM

Call of Duty cheaters’ bullets don’t do damage

https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/warzone-devs-confirm-damage-shield-anti-cheat-feature-ruining-hackers-games-1766169/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CvQaskBsA8&t=113s @2:02

https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2022/02/call-of-duty-warzone-ricochet-anti-cheat-season-two-update#:~:text=Going%20forward%2C%20extreme%2C%20or%20repeated%20violations%20of%20the%20security%20policy%20%E2%80%93%20such%20as%20in%2Dgame%20cheating%20%E2%80%93%20may%20result%20in%20a%20permanent%20suspension%20of%20all%20accounts.   

 

EPIQ

Epic Games makes QA testers full employees

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-21-fortnite-dev-epic-games-is-offering-hundreds-of-its-contract-based-testers-full-time-employment

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-02-21-epic-offers-full-time-employment-to-temporary-workers

Following Activision QA walkouts

https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-blizzard-lays-off-at-least-a-dozen-raven-software-quality-assurance-contractors

Marketing dept. https://www.thegamer.com/activision-blizzard-nlrb-unionization-hearing/

 

CHROMING GAMEBOOKS

More evidence of gaming Chromebooks

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/hp-and-lenovo-chromebooks-expected-to-support-steam/

https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3459930/

https://9to5google.com/2022/02/19/steam-chrome-os-supported-chromebooks/

 

WAIT. NOT LIKE THAT

Instagram changes lowest daily time limit option from 5 minutes to 30 minutes

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/21/22944603/instagram-daily-time-limit-options-removed-30-minutes

old https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23261337/Screen_Shot_2022_02_21_at_2.52.54_PM.png

https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/21/instagram-limits-daily-time-limits/

 

JUST A ROBOT

No AI Copyright – for now

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1413500-beep-boop-i-cannot-copyright-the-us-copyright-office-says-an-ai-can%E2%80%99t-copyright-its-art/

https://www.copyright.gov/rulings-filings/review-board/docs/a-recent-entrance-to-paradise.pdf

https://www.engadget.com/us-copyright-office-art-ai-creativity-machine-190722809.html

[05032-Mendicant-Bias]

OpenSea is going to have trouble with their 13 billion IPO. Not sure why investors look at a company that facilitate trades (and theft) of links to pictures and think 13 billions is a fair price. WeWork was worth 40 billions and crashed to 3 billions, and WeWork had assets.