Topics
Tech
- Verizon moves to 36-month payment contracts, ditching 24-month and 30-month plans
- Amazon Set to Increase Prime Membership Fee By 17% for US Customers – MacRumors
- Meta threatens to pull Instagram and Facebook in Europe over privacy laws, regulators say ‘please do’
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites in one day | PC Gamer
- Twitter Expands Downvote Button Test Worldwide – MacRumors
- A new Twitter DM feature is being tested in iOS app, to the dismay of many users
- Apple announces new Tap to Pay feature that turns iPhones into contactless payment terminals
- Apple Announces AirTag Updates to Address Unwanted Tracking
- US government Cellebrite customers: 2,800 departments, including Fish & Wildlife Service
- A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly | WIRED
- Google has auto-enabled 2SV for over 150M accounts – 9to5Google
- FBI warns of criminals escalating SIM swap attacks to steal millions
- Twitter 2FA text service was secretly helping governments locate people, obtain call logs
- You’re going to want to update your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers today
- Contamination leads to the loss of over 6.5 Exabytes of WD and Kioxia 3D NAND
- Toshiba to release 26TB HDDs this year, 30TB to come later | PC Gamer
- RIAA goes after NFT music website HitPiece | Engadget
- Blockchain hustler and cringey rapper charged with laundering $4.5B in stolen bitcoin | PC Gamer
Gaming
- ‘NFTs are a scam’, says indie game marketplace itch.io
- Give Kev room to talk about the Direct
- Microsoft’s Phil Spencer gets a lifetime achievement award, to be presented by Microsoft’s Todd Howard | PC Gamer
- Phil Spencer wants Xbox console-exclusive Starfield to be played by even more people than Skyrim
- Call of Duty to remain on PlayStation “beyond the existing agreement and into the future”
- Google Stadia has reportedly been demoted, but it might show up in your Peloton – The Verge
- Tim Sweeney says Epic won’t support Fortnite on Steam Deck
Streaming
Software/Hardware Updates
- Android 12 February security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
- Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 15.3.1 With Security Updates and Bug Fixes
- Apple releases macOS 12.2.1 with Bluetooth battery drain fix and security updates
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