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Tech Talk Thursdays
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A weekly podcast where we talk about the latest tech, gaming, and streaming news!
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #167 (05/07/2026)
Tech Meta AI will analyze faces of teen users ‘but it’s not face recognition’ Google Chrome takes up 4GB of storage on your computer for AI, if you have space Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and NVIDIA will provide AI tech to Pentagon - Engadget Google’s Pentagon AI deal reportedly drove the DeepMind team to unionize - Engadget Building for the future (Cloudflare layoffs) Coinbase lays off nearly 700 workers in ‘AI-native’ restructuring - Engadget Maryland Lawmakers Press Apple Over Decision to Close Unionized Store - MacRumors Apple Faces Dozens of Lawsuits Over AirTag Stalking After Class Action Denied - MacRumors Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races - Ars Technica DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts | WIRED ICE Plans to Develop Own Smart Glasses to ‘Supplement’ Its Facial Recognition App Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack | TechCrunch Gaming Full Metal Gear Solid 2 source code leaks online on 30th April | Eurogamer.net ESA Says Bill Pushing For Offline Versions Of Live-Service Games Would Hurt Developers - GameSpot GameStop is reportedly preparing an offer to buy eBay - Engadget GameStop CEO Selling GameStop Stuff On Ebay To Fund Buyout Of Ebay - GameSpot Sony will soon settle a PlayStation Store class action lawsuit for $7.8 million - Engadget MindsEye Dev Reportedly Laid Off 170 Of 250 Employees - GameSpot Xbox is ditching Microsoft’s Copilot AI - Engadget Streamers And Voice Actors Refuse To Work With Popular New Gacha Game Over Gen AI Concerns Google just bought a stake in the maker of Eve Online to train its AI models - Engadget Hardware/Software Updates Android 16 May update rolling out: Pixel display, slow wireless charging fixes Pixel 10’s May 2026 update prevents you from installing older Android versions Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #166 (04/23/2026)
Tech Judge says White House can’t ‘strong-arm’ Apple into blocking ICE trackers Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent Hey Meta workers, are you getting paid for those keystrokes? Apple CEO Tim Cook Stepping Down, John Ternus Taking Over - MacRumors Mastodon was hit by a ‘major’ DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service Colorado Age Attestation bill gets amendments to have open source excluded | GamingOnLinux France’s national agency for managing IDs and passports suffered a data breach last week Gaming Sony will require age checks in the UK and Ireland to access PlayStation communication features Former PlayStation Exec Shuhei Yoshida Says He Was Fired After Top Boss Asked Him To Do “Ridiculous Things” - GameSpot The Studio Behind Last Year’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remasters Hit With More Mass Layoffs As It Tries To Adapt To The Video Game Industry’s New Normal Save Money By Turning Your Xbox Expansion Card Into An SSD For Your PC - GameSpot Nintendo Sued By Fans Who Want Tariff Refunds Hardware/Software Updates Apple Releases iOS 26.4.2 and iPadOS 26.4.2 With Bug Fixes - MacRumors iOS 26.4.2 Patches Flaw That Let FBI Extract Deleted Signal Messages - MacRumors New PS5 Update Is Out Now, And It Doesn’t Even Mention Stability Ubuntu 26.04 LTS released: GNOME 50, Wayland-only and Linux 7.0 Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #165 (04/16/2026)
Tech Bluesky is having some issues in one of its ‘reginos’ YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up Video shows how to steal $10,000 from locked iPhone in controlled setting - 9to5Mac French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux A man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s house Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly shooting at Sam Altman’s house NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution Apple Threatened to Pull Grok From App Store Over Sexualized Images - MacRumors Bubble watch: Fashion brand Allbirds pivots hard to become AI services company - Ars Technica Snap is laying off 16 percent of its workforce, blames AI IBM settles its DEI lawsuit with the DOJ for $17 million Trump admin hounds Reddit to reveal identity of user who criticized ICE - Ars Technica FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn’t explain why - Ars Technica US operating system age verification bill “Parents Decide Act” gets published | GamingOnLinux Gaming Call of Duty movie arrives on June 30, 2028 Federal Aviation Administration targets gamers in this bespoke and not at all cringeworthy recruitment ad | Eurogamer.net NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement - Ars Technica Ubisoft Settles With Developers Who Were Laid Off After Unionizing GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games hacked once again but insists only a “limited amount of non-material company information” was compromised Graveyard Keeper earns over $250K after free giveaway PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for April: The Crew Motorfest, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Football Manager 26 Console, Warriors: Abyss and more Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #164 (04/02/2026)
Tech Apple Says No iPhone in Lockdown Mode Has Ever Been Hacked - MacRumors Iran threatens imminent attacks on US tech companies in the Middle East Don’t Like Your Gmail Email Address? You Can Finally Change It - MacRumors Iran’s hackers are on the offensive against the US and Israel OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says - Ars Technica Tech giant Oracle makes ‘significant’ job cuts Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J. D. Vance | TechCrunch Artemis II crew is just like us, needs help with Microsoft Outlook issues Gaming New Price Changes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for April: Lords of the Fallen, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream Indie Pass is a forthcoming subscription service exclusively for indie games Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney apologises and seemingly rectifies life insurance situation of laid off worker with terminal brain cancer | Eurogamer.net MindsEye boss addresses “worst launch in history“ as he says studio will share “evidence of sabotage” in-game France’s leading consumer association has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft over The Crew’s online shutdown | Eurogamer.net Nvidia Is Attempting To Solve One Of PC Gaming’s Biggest Problems: Shader Compilation - GameSpot Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time | GamingOnLinux Hardware/Software Updates Apple to Issue Rare iOS 18 Software Update for DarkSword Exploit - MacRumors Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #163 (03/19/2026)
Tech Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company - Ars Technica This is Android’s new ‘advanced flow’ for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period [Gallery] The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs Meta will move away from human content moderators in favor of more AI Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway. The FBI confirms it’s buying Americans’ location data Apple’s First Lightning iPhone is Now Obsolete - MacRumors Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild | WIRED DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows Gaming NVIDIA claims DLSS 5 will deliver ‘photoreal’ image quality with AI this fall Nvidia CEO says the gamers rejecting the company’s controversial AI are ‘completely wrong’ Arc Raiders CEO says studio has “re-recorded” AI lines: “A real professional actor is better than AI; that’s just how it is” | Eurogamer.net Fighting Game Pro Detained By ICE Has Been Released On Bond - GameSpot Saudi Arabia now owns just over 10% of Capcom, as another national investment company scoops up more shares in the Resident Evil and Street Fighter publisher | Eurogamer.net Warner Bros. Montréal devs report layoffs | Eurogamer.net Tomb Raider studio hit with fourth round of layoffs in 12 months, but remake and Catalyst development continues | Eurogamer.net Ubisoft Just Ceased Game Development At The Studio That Created Rainbow Six - Report - GameSpot In an industry beset by layoffs and crunch, Japanese publisher Atlus is raising salaries and working to reduce fixed overtime | Eurogamer.net Judge delivers bombshell order for Krafton to reinstate fired Subnautica 2 devs and CEO, putting $250m bonus package back on the table | Eurogamer.net Turns out all your Pokémon Go data will be used to train robots Hardware/Software Updates The Nintendo Switch 2 just got a huge update that brings a surprise upgrade to loads of your old Switch games (with a few exceptions) | Eurogamer.net New PS5 Update Is Out Now, Actually Does A Lot For Once - GameSpot Deals Steam’s spring sale starts this week, with discounts on some of the biggest indies and AAA games Post highlights Ones To Watch: Steam Next Fest February 2026 Edition Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #162 (03/12/2026)
Tech OpenAI’s head of robotics resigns following deal with the Department of Defense Teamsters urge DOJ to block Paramount’s Warner Bros. merger Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agents After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes Meta just bought Moltbook, the social network for AI bots - 9to5Mac YouTube will alert civic leaders and reporters to deepfakes that involve their likeness Bluesky’s CEO is stepping down after nearly 5 years Viral ‘Quittr’ Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users Gaming Sony hit with $2.67 billion lawsuit over alleged monopoly in digital games sales Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs Master Chief actor calls out White House’s use of Halo footage in “disgusting and juvenile war porn” propaganda | Eurogamer.net Gang Of Dragon Studio Reportedly Has Funding Pulled By NetEase - GameSpot EA Cuts Staff At Battlefield 6 Dev After Game’s Massive Initial Success - GameSpot Mega Man Voice Actor Won’t Return For Sequel Because Capcom Won’t Go Union Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb joins Commodore to help build its community Former Overwatch Lead claims he was given a horrid ultimatum: meet revenue goals or 1,000 developers would lose jobs | Eurogamer.net Fortnite is making its original Save the World mode free-to-play as Epic readjusts prices and tries to deal with dwindling engagement | Eurogamer.net Hardware/Software Updates Apple Releases New Versions of iOS for Older iPhones - MacRumors Deals PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for March: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, EA Sports Madden NFL 26, Persona 5 Royal, Blasphemous 2 and more Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #161 (03/05/2026)
Tech Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth’s threats Anthropic is reportedly back in talks with the Defense Department Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes Meta’s AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators Lawmakers Demand DHS Define ‘Domestic Terrorist’ As It Uses Vast Array of Surveillance Tools CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester Apple Announces Low-Cost ‘MacBook Neo’ With A18 Pro Chip - MacRumors Mac Studio 512GB RAM Option Disappears Amid Global DRAM Shortage - MacRumors Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai Gaming Drone Strikes On AWS Servers Coincide With Fortnite Server Issues - GameSpot The biggest announcements from the new Nintendo Indie World showcase Sony will stop bringing PS5 exclusives to PC — because they’re not selling Man Spent $20,000 on PlayStation Games. He Lost It All to a Security Loophole | PCMag Oh dear - ARC Raiders was logging your private Discord chats | GamingOnLinux Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: February 2026 Edition Highguard is shutting down less than 2 months after launch MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy’s co-CEO blames “organised espionage and corporate sabotage” again, while announcing new wave of layoffs | Eurogamer.net Hardware/Software Updates Apple Releases iOS 26.3.1 and iPadOS 26.3.1 With Bug Fixes and Studio Display Support - MacRumors Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 With Support for Studio Display and Studio Display XDR - MacRumors Deals Super Mario games are on sale for Mario Day, including Nintendo’s first Switch 2 discount Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #160 (02/12/2026)
Tech Microsoft will start refreshing Secure Boot certificates in March for Windows 11 and Windows 10 ESU users TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user’s exact location Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature Zuckerberg on why Meta should do less safety research: ‘Apple doesn’t study any of this’ - 9to5Mac DOJ may face investigation for pressuring Apple, Google to remove apps for tracking ICE agents Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers ’Dystopian’ Ring Search Party feature sparks public backlash [Video] - 9to5Mac Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash | The Verge Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds Discord will soon require age verification to access adult content Discord backtracks on controversial age verification rollout…kind of - 9to5Mac Gaming Ayaneo’s slider gaming phone finally gets detailed specs, but pricing remains a mystery Steam Deck completely out of stock in the US, Canada and Asia | GamingOnLinux 2XKO Developers Laid Off By Riot Games Less Than A Month After Console Release - GameSpot Highguard dev hit with mass layoffs as “most of the team at Wildlight” is let go The Long Dark Studio Lays Off Workers After Game Delay 1,200 Ubisoft Employees Go On Strike Sony State of Play February 2026: Everything announced | Eurogamer.net PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for February: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, Neva, Season: A Letter to the Future and more Content Creation AI Is So Inherently Popular That Companies Are Paying Influencers Up To $600,000 To Tell People How Awesome It Is MrBeast just bought a popular banking app - 9to5Mac Hardware/Software Updates Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.3 - MacRumors Apple Releases iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 - MacRumors Update Now: iOS 26.3 and macOS Tahoe 26.3 Fix Dozens of Security Vulnerabilities - MacRumors Apple just released new updates for old versions of iOS, macOS, and iPadOS - 9to5Mac Deals The ‘No ICE in Minnesota’ charity bundle is live on itch.io | GamingOnLinux Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #159 (02/05/2026)
Tech Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029 | Tom’s Hardware ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face - Ars Technica FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked - Ars Technica Substack CEO informs users of a data breach User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app - Ars Technica Pinterest CEO rebukes, fires ‘obstructionist’ employees who created tool to track layoffs Firefox will soon offer a way to block all of its generative AI features Gaming Generative AI Has “Zero Part” In GTA 6 Despite Widespread Use Across Take-Two - GameSpot Google’s Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux Steam Machine’s Release Date And Price Details Delayed Amid RAM, Storage Shortages - GameSpot Nvidia Delays Gaming Chip Amid Memory Chip Shortages - GameSpot GameStop employees forced to ditch their Zelda tees and Goku button-downs Blizzard’s quality assurance workers finally have a union contract Ubisoft fires 13-year Assassin’s Creed veteran just days after suspending him for speaking out against the company’s return-to-office mandate: “This was not my decision” A Super Mario Gospel Medley Defeated Cynthia Erivo For A Grammy - GameSpot Nintendo Switch Online adds two more classic Game Boy games, including one developed by Game Freak | Eurogamer.net Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2026: Everything announced | Eurogamer.net Civilization VII Coming to Apple Arcade Tomorrow - MacRumors AMD CEO Says Next-Gen Xbox Could Launch As Soon As 2027 - GameSpot “The launcher sucks, let’s call it what it is,“ Epic Game Store boss says, promising a year of big improvements to speed, new “forum-type” social features, more | Eurogamer.net PlayStation Store: January 2026’s top downloads Games Done Quick’s Back to Black 2026 event kicks off tomorrow Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #158 (01/22/2026)
Tech Microsoft issues emergency fix after a security update left some Windows 11 devices unable to shut down Massive Microsoft 365 outage affects Outlook, Defender, more - 9to5Mac Here’s why Walmart still doesn’t support Apple Pay - 9to5Mac Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones - Ars Technica Gaming Marathon’s Recommended System Requirements Have Been Revealed - GameSpot ‘I think we all want that’: Razer CEO claims players are in favour of AI tools in game development Chinese modders end console wars with a PS5, Xbox Series S, and Switch 2 combo console - VideoCardz.com Ubisoft’s troubled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake is dead as publisher kills multiple projects, closes studios, and orders staff back to the office | Eurogamer.net Content Creation YouTube CEO promises more AI features in 2026 Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #157 (01/15/2026)
Tech Verizon outage takes down cell service across large parts of the US Verizon Offering $20 Credit After Major Outage, Here’s How to Get It - MacRumors Apple debuts ‘Apple Creator Studio’ subscription, here’s what you get - 9to5Mac Spotify is no longer running ads for ICE Instagram user fights DHS for the right to post ICE sightings anonymously - Ars Technica Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok’s Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery Apple asked to pull X and Grok apps over ‘sickening content generation’ - 9to5Mac Two countries block Grok app over AI-generated CSAM as we await Apple’s response Gaming As Grok continues generating sexualised images, Epic Games boss says senators calling for a ban are trying to “censor all of their political opponents” | Eurogamer.net Manor Lords Publisher Has Banned AI Assets In Its Games, Called Them “Cancerous” - GameSpot ’A disgrace’: Steam dev is deleting own game after realizing AI is bad Stellar Blade director goes all-in on AI as South Korea’s games industry looks to compete on the global stage | Eurogamer.net Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has gifted all its staff $3,400, AirPods Max and an Apple Watch | VGC Former Xbox executive Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb says he’s been laid off from Unity after 18 months | VGC Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 closes with £1.8m raised for Prevent Cancer Foundation and a 70-player relay in Super Mario 64 Replay | Eurogamer.net Heist game Relooted gets a release date Hardware/Software Updates NVIDIA rolls out DLSS 4.5 to all RTX GPUs Deals PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for January: Resident Evil Village, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game and more Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026 | GamingOnLinux Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #156 (01/08/2026)
Tech “Microslop“ trends in backlash to Microsoft’s AI obsession | Windows Central Texans Are Fighting a 6,000 Acre Nuclear-Powered Datacenter ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up - Ars Technica Elon Musk’s Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard ‘lapses’ X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced - Ars Technica Starlink offers free internet access in Venezuela following Maduro raid California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference | TechCrunch Logitech mice stop working on Macs for an embarrassing reason, require manual fix Apple CEO Tim Cook Earned $74.3 Million in 2025 - MacRumors SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives - Ars Technica ASUS officially announces price hikes from January 5, right before CES 2026 - VideoCardz.com NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 to feature 2nd Gen Transformer model and Dynamic 6x Frame Generation - VideoCardz.com Gaming NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW | GamingOnLinux January is much busier for new video games than you think 2025 Steam Awards winners have been revealed | GamingOnLinux Oops, League of Legends was briefly unplayable as Riot Games forgot to renew the digital licence | Eurogamer.net “We reiterate our firm belief that Rockstar broke the law“ - union and GTA 6 maker clash again around preliminary hearing for fired workers | Eurogamer.net Ubisoft Halifax staff officially form union | GamesIndustry.biz Ubisoft has closed its Halifax studio and claims the decision is unrelated to recent unionization | VGC Ubisoft Halifax Union To ‘Pursue Every Legal Recourse’ After Studio Closes Weeks After Union Vote GameStop starts 2026 by closing hundreds of stores as CEO gambles on $35B payday IO’s James Bond game First Light can run on a 007-year-old GPU according to new PC requirements, but there’s also a weird omission | Eurogamer.net Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #155 (11/13/2025)
Tech DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games 2B email addresses and 1.3B passwords compromised in multiple data breaches Apple launches Digital ID feature in Wallet using your passport - 9to5Mac Google will allow ‘experienced users’ to sideload unverified Android apps Threads is adding features for creators to promote their podcasts Verizon may cut 15,000 jobs next week Gaming “Unacceptable and unlawful“ - GTA 6 developer Rockstar hit with legal claim from UK trade union following alleged unfair dismissal of staff | Eurogamer.net Over 200 Rockstar Devs Sign Letter Demanding Fired Staff Be Reinstated Former Humble Bundle staff launch new bundle site Digiphile to “benefit users, creators, publishers, and charity” | GamingOnLinux After South Korean publisher Krafton announced it’s transforming into an “AI first” company, it’s now offering employees voluntary resignation | Eurogamer.net Sega is raising Japanese employees’ salaries again, three years after its previous increase | VGC State of Play Japan November 2025: all announcements – PlayStation.Blog First look at PlayStation’s 27” Gaming Monitor Valve Reveals New Hardware Lineup: A Controller, Compact Gaming PC, and VR-Ready Headset - GameSpot The Super Mario Galaxy Movie gets its first trailer, Nintendo reveals Rosalina and Bowser Jr’s voice actors | Eurogamer.net A new Nintendo Switch 2 system update just bricked many third-party docks Analogue’s 4K remake of the N64 will, at long last, ship on November 18 The Game Awards Deletes Its Future Class Hardware/Software Updates Switch 2 And Switch Get New System Updates, And They Add More Than Just Stability - GameSpot Deals PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for November: Grand Theft Auto V, Pacific Drive, Still Wakes the Deep and more Grab a Ubisoft open-world game for free, part of Ubi’s Black Friday deals Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #154 (11/06/2025)
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 Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #153 (10/23/2025)
Tech Amazon’s AWS outage has knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement - Ars Technica OpenAI suspends Sora depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. following a request from his family OpenAI reportedly asked for memorial guest list in teen suicide case Kohler Launches $600 iPhone-Connected Toilet Camera That Monitors Your Health Through Waste Analysis - MacRumors Windows 11 update knocks out USB mice, keyboards in recovery mode Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s annual pay jumps to $96.5 million Gaming Big Week For Unions At Blizzard As Hearthstone Team Also Votes ‘Yes’ Halo co-creator says he’s ‘disappointed’ he and some former colleagues weren’t credited for their work on Battlefield 6 | VGC Ubisoft Asks Devs At Star Wars Outlaws Studio To Lay Themselves Off Poor old PlayStation 3 - the PS5 has just overtaken its lifetime sales in the US Content Creation Twitch rule-breakers, rejoice: Targeted enforcement will replace blanket bans Streamer assaulted at TwitchCon slams event security: “I think other creators should seriously consider not attending in the future” Hardware/Software Updates New PS5 Update Is Out Now, Does Something Unexpected - GameSpot Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #152 (10/16/2025)
Tech Apple announces new M5 hardware Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by M5 chip - 9to5Mac Apple launches new iPad Pro with M5 chip, C1X modem - 9to5Mac Apple unveils M5 chip, the next generation of Apple silicon - 9to5Mac The FCC is trying to make it easier for internet providers to charge hidden fees Meta removes Facebook Group for tracking ICE agents after DOJ pressure Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making” - Ars Technica Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend GrapheneOS will drop Google Pixel exclusivity with ‘major’ Snapdragon-powered devices coming The company Discord blamed for its recent breach says it wasn’t hacked Gaming MindsEye developers sign damning open letter against studio execs over “longstanding disrespect and mistreatment” following game’s disastrous launch | Eurogamer.net MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy is being sued by union members over alleged mishandling of layoffs | VGC Battle.net Workers Unionize As Microsoft Neutrality Agreement Expires - Aftermath Video game union workers rally against $55bn Saudi-backed private acquisition of EA, with formal petition to regulators | Eurogamer.net EA’s Saudi Deal Draws Scrutiny From US Senators Over “Foreign Influence” Black Myth Wukong gets an update that’s so big on PS5, you might need to delete the game and redownload it | Eurogamer.net PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Silent Hill 2, Until Dawn, V Rising, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and more Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #151 (10/09/2025)
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 Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’ Former veteran Apple marketing exec challenges Tim Cook over ICEBlock Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses 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 Avowed Studio Obsidian Removes Several Games From Sale Due To Unity Security Issues - GameSpot 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 Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #150 (10/02/2025)
Tech Meta announces paid subscriptions for both Instagram and Facebook in the UK Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats - Ars Technica Neon app to sell your audio calls says it will return after massive security breach Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project - Ars Technica Tile trackers reportedly have a security flaw that can let stalkers track your location Red Hat Investigating Breach Impacting as Many as 28,000 Customers, Including the Navy and Congress Apple’s latest software updates fix this lone security vulnerability - 9to5Mac Gaming Asus’ new ROG Xbox Ally X set to break the bank at $999.99 Costco reportedly comments on removing Xbox stock | Windows Central Microsoft increases price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, despite record subscription profits last year | Eurogamer.net EA Sold To Saudi Arabia And Trump’s Son-In-Law For $55 Billion - GameSpot Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios is the latest game company to announce layoffs Starbreeze has cancelled its Dungeons & Dragons game and is laying off 44 staff as it focuses on Payday | VGC Content Creation You Can Now Rewind Twitch Live Streams, But There’s A Catch - GameSpot MrBeast defends trapping man in burning building for chance to win $500,000 Hardware/Software Updates iOS 18.7.1 now available for iPhone, here’s what’s new - 9to5Mac Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 With M3 Ultra Bug Fix - MacRumors Apple Releases watchOS 26.0.2, visionOS 26.0.1 and tvOS 26.0.1 - MacRumors Apple releases iOS 26.0.1 for iPhone, here’s what’s new - 9to5Mac Microsoft’s Windows 11 2025 update starts rolling out today (but don’t expect anything new) Deals Steam Autumn Sale 2025 is live now with tons of discounts | GamingOnLinux Managing Mayhem A rant (and a plea) re: platforms for artists Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at https://ko-fi.com/majorlinux If there are any topics you’d like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow
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