Buy your Mom a new Airpods Max... - Oct. 24, 2022

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ACTIVE SILENCE CANCELLATION

Apple Nerfs ANC

https://www.xda-developers.com/apple-nerfed-anc-airpods-max/

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/apple/airpods-max-wireless

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/apple/airpods-max-wireless#test_348

https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/10/22/airpods-max-active-noise-cancellation-pared-down-by-newest-firmware

https://twitter.com/MaxWinebach/status/1583826984232026114

 

 

META COMMENTARY

Facebook Threatens to Block News In Canada

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/facebook-threatens-block-news-content-over-canadas-revenue-sharing-bill-2022-10-22/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-says-it-is-prepared-to-block-news-content-in-canada-11666461421

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-facebook-online-news-bill-c-18/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/23/23418928/facebook-warns-block-news-canada-legislation-meta

 

EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS

Rent Algorithm Class-Action Lawsuit

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/company-that-makes-rent-setting-software-for-landlords-sued-for-collusion/

https://www.hausfeld.com/media/550bhzyp/realpage-complaint-filed.pdf

https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent

“Too much empathy” quote: https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20algorithm%E2%80%99s%20developers%20told%20ProPublica%20that%20leasing%20agents%20had%20%E2%80%9Ctoo%20much%20empathy%E2%80%9D%20compared%20to%20computer%20generated%20pricing.“Too much empathy” quote: https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20algorithm%E2%80%99s%20developers%20told%20ProPublica%20that%20leasing%20agents%20had%20%E2%80%9Ctoo%20much%20empathy%E2%80%9D%20compared%20to%20computer%20generated%20pricing.

 

https://yieldpro.com/2014/08/game-changer/

 

QUICK BITS

 

THEY MANAGED TO BUCKET UP

Microsoft Azure Bucket Leak

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1462842-sensitive-data-of-65000-entities-in-111-countries-leaked-due-to-a-single-misconfigured-data-bucket/

https://socradar.io/sensitive-data-of-65000-entities-in-111-countries-leaked-due-to-a-single-misconfigured-data-bucket/

https://socradar.io/details-on-the-largest-b2b-leak-bluebleed/

https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/10/19/investigation-regarding-misconfigured-microsoft-storage-location-2/

 

A SERIES S OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

Game Devs Hate Series S

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/developer-claims-many-studios-are-asking-xbox-to-drop-mandatory-series-s-compatibility/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/studios-asking-xbox-to-drop-xbox-series-s-requirement-dev-says-system-has-become-albatross/1100-6508459/

Ian Maclure’s deleted tweets https://twitter.com/PeterOvo5/status/1583053671407185920/photo/1

Lee Devonald Deleted tweets https://twitter.com/SKizzleAXE/status/1581361842878033920/photo/1

 

IS DATA GOOD CHIP? YES, YES IT IS.

Record-Breaking Chip/Internet

https://www.pcgamer.com/a-single-chip-has-managed-to-transfer-the-entire-internets-traffic-in-a-single-second/

https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/optical-chip-fastest-data-transmission-record-entire-internet-traffic/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342833-chip-can-transmit-all-of-the-internets-traffic-every-second/

 

DISCO’S DEAD

Disco Elysium Lawsuit

https://www.pcgamer.com/disco-elysium-writer-is-suing-developer-zaum/

https://technewsspace.com/the-fight-has-begun-the-author-of-disco-elysium-sued-the-studio-za-um/

 

DUBLIN ENERGY OUTPUT

AWS buys 100+ Diesel generators just for Irish datacenters

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/24/aws_irish_datacenter_diesel/

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-government-could-ration-diesel-supplies-to-keep-data-centers-up/