TikTok’s Scandal Isn’t Over. - June 20, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

FLIP FLOP

TikTok Controversy

Said they’re keeping US data separate https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/delivering-on-our-us-data-governance

Buzzfeed article said otherwise

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access

https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-china-access-data-in-us

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/19/23174775/tiktok-oracle-team-up-concerns-data-privacy-remain

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/17/tiktok-us-user-data-china-bytedance

 

GOTTA CATCH EM ALL

Meta shows off VR headsets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6AOwDttBsc

https://venturebeat.com/2022/06/20/mark-zuckerberg-unveils-ultra-realistic-vr-display-prototypes/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMpWH6vDZ8E

And designer avatar clothes https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/23173128/meta-avatar-store-clothing-balenciaga-prada-thom-browne  

https://twitter.com/MetaNewsroom/status/1537885268757188610

 

THE LAND OF PLENTY

GPU MSRP is reached in Germany / Austria

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/vghlw2/graphics_card_prices_in_germany_austria_mid_june/

https://www.3dcenter.org/image/view/15662/_original

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/graphics-card-prices-update-june-15

Artesian Builds auction https://www.techspot.com/news/95005-bankrupt-pc-builder-artesian-builds-auctioning-off-almost.html

https://www.dexerto.com/tech/artesian-builds-auctions-off-pc-hardware-more-after-bankruptcy-filing-1851705/

 

QUICK BITS

 

7000^TH TIME’S THE CHARM

Ryzen 7000 Sept. 15?

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1437835-amd-zen-4-ryzen-7000-series-cpus-may-arrive-september-15th-according-to-leak/

https://twitter.com/wxnod/status/1537824618613833728

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-7000-could-go-on-sale-on-september-15th

 

VIRTUAL MURDER

Great now we’re talking about NPCs being conscious

https://www.pcgamer.com/of-course-ai-npcs-can-be-conscious-and-can-have-feelings-says-technophilosopher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80IIEnSNwQc&t=30s

 

GUN CONTROL

Latest Ricochet anti-cheat measure in CoD: disappearing guns

https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2022/06/call-of-duty-ricochet-anti-cheat-update-community-questions-answers

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/call-of-duty-anti-cheat-now-priceless-as-it-takes-guns-from-cheaters-3250331

broll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPBmDMIkvoM

 

BLUE + GOLD, NOT THE DRESS

Prussian blue pigment could help recycle gold from phones

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/picassos-favorite-pigment-may-one-day-recycle-metals-from-your-cell-phone/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_blue

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08838-1

 

GAMING BUILD

Doom on a LEGO brick https://www.vg247.com/doom-lego-brick

https://www.pcgamesn.com/doom/lego-gaming-monitor

https://twitter.com/ancient_james/status/1538651525945630720