Tech
- Uber and Lyft drivers in California are able to unionize under new law
- Taylor Swift Fans Furious as She’s Caught Using Sloppy AI in Video for New Album
- Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store | The Verge
- ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team | WIRED
- Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch
- Mastodon is adding Bluesky-like starter packs
- Discord now says 70,000 government IDs may have leaked in provider hack
Gaming
- Developers rush to update games after serious Unity vulnerability discovered | VGC
- Metal Hellsinger studio closing as part of Funcom layoffs | Eurogamer.net
- If you buy more than two new games a year, you’re in the minority, new report reveals | Eurogamer.net
- Ubisoft reportedly cancelled Assassin’s Creed game in post-American Civil War over political concerns | Eurogamer.net
Content Creation
- Twitch streamer gives birth in front 29,000 viewers, and chat was unhinged
- ‘Wish I never got into politics,’ says Adin Ross, who livestreamed with Trump in 2024
Hardware/Software Updates
- NVIDIA reveal new driver security issues for October 2025 | GamingOnLinux
- Ubuntu 25.10 Released, Available to Download Now
Contents
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #154 (11/06/2025)
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Tech Talk Thursdays
Tech
US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents – Ars Technica
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation – Ars Technica
Elon Musk wins Tesla pay vote that could make him a $1 trillion man – Ars Technica
iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 bring multiple critical security fixes – 9to5Mac
iOS 26.2 to Allow Third-Party App Stores in Japan Ahead of Regulatory Deadline – MacRumors
Ayaneo’s first smartphone could have physical shoulder buttons
Gaming
Nintendo Store App Launches on iPhone With a Feature Fans Will Love – MacRumors
YouTuber Who Trolled Nintendo Now Owes $17,500 In Switch Piracy Lawsuit
US patent office director orders re-examination of Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle
SouljaBoy’s New Game Console Is A Rebranded Retroid Being Sold “Without Permission” – GameSpot
You can now stream PS5 games you own over the cloud on the PlayStation Portal
Rockstar Games accused of union busting in the UK
GTA 6 Dev Says It Fired Workers For Leaking Secrets, Not For Trying To Unionize – GameSpot
GTA 6 Delayed To November 2026, Take-Two Stock Tanks – GameSpot
Square Enix Wants GenAI To Automate 70% Of Game QA By 2027 – GameSpot
Square Enix announces more layoffs as part of US and Europe restructuring | VGC
Majority Of Devs Say Steam Has Monopoly On PC Gaming In New Poll – GameSpot
Hardware/Software Updates
Apple Releases iOS 26.1 With Liquid Glass Toggle, Slide to Stop Alarm, New Apple Intelligence Languages and More – MacRumors
iOS 18.7.2 now available for iPhone, here’s what’s new – 9to5Mac
Apple Releases iPadOS 26.1 With Slide Over Multitasking – MacRumors
Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.1 With New Liquid Glass Setting and More – MacRumors
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