Hey remember when we talked about how you shouldn’t use Facebook’s VPN? Welp:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/facebook-violates-apples-data-gathering-rules-pulls-vpn-from-app-store/

Nvidia drops RTX 2080 and 2080Ti:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/22/nvidia-rtx-2080-gtx-1080/
But what are they actually comparing it to?:
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/275961-nvidia-claims-rtx-gpus-are-much-faster-than-pascal-by-deliberately-comparing-the-wrong-cards

Fallout 76 Updates:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/96gqj1/quakecon_2018_fallout_76_panel_information_and/

Sony continues to hold firm on not allowing cross-platform play:
https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/13/17684172/playstation-4-fortnite-cross-platform-play-ninja

(With a healthy grain of salt EDIT actually a small one)Valve seems to be working towards Windows games running on Linux based systems with SteamOS:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valve-seems-to-be-working-on-tools-to-get-windows-games-running-on-linux/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valves-steam-play-uses-vulkan-to-bring-more-windows-games-to-linux/
https://www.codeweavers.com/about/blogs/jwhite/2018/8/22/wine-and-steam-a-major-milestone
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/08/22/valve-changes-everything-windows-exclusive-games-now-run-on-steam-for-linux/#694528dae3fa

Theme of the week: Long live the monopoly and a big ol’ middle finger to net neutrality:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/att-can-buy-time-warner-inc-judge-rules/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/comcast-makes-65-billion-offer-for-fox-properties-including-hulu-stake/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/
And with not a moment to spare:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/att-launches-a-low-cost-live-tv-streaming-service-watchtv/
Oh, AND:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/12174040079/att-successfully-derails-californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law.shtml

EU Parliament passes controversial Copyright Directive:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482554/eu-european-union-copyright-filter-article-11-13-passes-juri-vote
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml

Gamesdonequick.com

Intel’s 28 core 5GHz CPU is a bust and their demo was a lie:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/271211-intel-isnt-building-a-5ghz-all-core-28-core-cpu

WPA3 Wifi Encryption is here!
https://www.cnet.com/news/wpa3-wi-fi-is-here-and-its-harder-to-hack/?utm_source=reddit.com

Supreme Court says Must Have Warrant for wireless communication (PDF!)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf

Post e3 ‘State of gaming’
Role Playing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2etSAWJKTs

Special Guest: John Grandi.

Intel offers limited edition i7 CPU with 5GHz frequency:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12875/intel-announces-the-core-i78086k-coffee-lake-at-5-ghz
And a 28 core CPU coming out in Q4:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12893/intels-28core-5-ghz-cpu-coming-in-q4
And not to be outdone by Intel:
https://gizmodo.com/amds-status-competition-with-intel-ramps-up-1826599557

California senate passes tough net neutrality laws, heads to assembly:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180522/07230539875/californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law-takes-another-step-forward.shtml

FCC Lied about DDOS, new FOIA releases show
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180605/07420739969/e-mails-show-fcc-made-up-ddos-attack-to-downplay-john-oliver-effect.shtml

Overall WWDC Roundup:
https://9to5google.com/2018/06/04/wwdc-2018-roundup-photos-notifcations-wellbeing-android/

More details from after the keynote… namely openGL being deprecated on Mac
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/the-end-of-opengl-support-other-updates-apple-didnt-share-at-the-keynote/

Microsoft announces it’s scheduled purchase of GitHub:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/everyone-complaining-about-microsoft-buying-github-needs-to-offer-a-better-solution/
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-github-code-moderation/

Google stops investment in Allo, switching focus to RCS based service

Ryzen 2nd gen drops

GPP- Nvidia’s latest attempt to to be gargantuan, gluttonous, greedy garbage people
An update that supports the rebranding is actually happening

AMD Got Yo’ Back, Broh:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/amd-sending-out-free-processors-to-solve-firmware-flashing-catch-22/

Because I Know I Need Constant Updates:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj5jgq/where-is-tesla-space-rocket-falcon-heavy

Commercial Astronaut Training:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5bga7/first-commercial-astronaut-training-program-nasa

Intel facing AT LEAST 32 lawsuits over Meltdown/Spectre
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/32-class-action-suits-filed-against-intel-over-spectre-and-meltdown-flaws/

3 million facebook user under 25 expected to flee this year…. Due to parents...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/16/parents-killed-it-facebook-losing-teenage-users?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_reddit_is_fun

Telegram takes their crypto currency big time with a $1 Billion ICO
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/16/telegram-ico-850-million/

Germany Considers Banning Loot Boxes:
https://www.pcgamer.com/germany-may-ban-loot-boxes/

New WiFi Protocol WPA3 to launch later this year:
https://www.androidauthority.com/wi-fi-alliance-wpa3-protocol-828999/

Bitcoin exchange platform BitConnect announces shutdown, sending numerous coins spiraling down:https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/bitconnect-which-has-been-accused-of-running-a-ponzi-scheme-shuts-down/

Let’s take a look at Nintendo’s newest Switch accessory: CARDBOARD(It’s actually called Labo):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Bd3HUMkyU

FCC admits mobile is not a suitable replacement for broadband, reverses plan to lower broadband standard:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/fcc-admits-mobile-cant-replace-home-internet-wont-lower-speed-standard/

Intel has a big problem and it needs to act like it
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-18/intel-has-a-big-problem-it-needs-to-act-like-it

EMC, VMware security issues:

Tesla Batteries Beat Expectations in Autralia

DropBox goes Public

Google Bought Startup that turns screens into speakers...

AMD’s 2018 Plans
2018 Roadmap
Alexa to Replace Cortana on certain PCs
New Intel/AMD Chip Partnership

For all of you Hue lights users…

Light and powerful laptops abound:

Oh the Irony… Power outage at CES

Special Guest: Jared Beerman.

Apple slows iPhones over time to preserve battery life, get a Battery replacement for $29 from Apple.

Alexa is the 2017 home-spying device winner

The Most anticipated games in 2018

Is Amazon building a YouTube rival?

ANOTHER MASSIVE DATA LEAK OMFG!!!

FCC is redefining the definition of “broadband” to be slower

New Rules for android Devs requiring a minimum API level

Meltdown and Spectre: the Worst Bugs ever...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Tip-Git-Disable-x86-PTI
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-what-you-need-to-know/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-heres-what-intel-apple-microsoft-others-are-doing-about-it/

Intel’s initial Statement:
https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/
And Follow up:
https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-issues-updates-protect-systems-security-exploits/
AMD:
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution
ARM:
https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update

AMD releasing Open Source Vulkan driver

SEC Statement on Cryptocurrency and ICOs

Star Citizen Makers Sued

Mozilla’s Massive Facepalm Moment

Disney Buys 20th Century Fox… Yes, that includes XMen.

Amazon to start selling Apple TV and Chromecast

Net Neutrality Overturned

BUT State AGs are Fighting Back

OF course the FCC is trying to block Law enforcement’s Investigation

And Netflix Throws down

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