Tech
- Twitter Launches ‘Twitter Circle’ for Sharing Tweets With a Smaller Number of People
- Twitter starts testing an edit button, but you have to pay for it – The Verge
- The US government got caught using sock puppets to spread propaganda on social media – The Verge
- Police secretly use smartphone location data culled from Waze, Starbucks, and other popular apps
- Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg won’t be deposed over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
- LastPass Hacked, But User Passwords Were Not Accessed | PCMag
- A huge phishing campaign has targeted over 130 companies, including Twilio and Signal
- Authy has been hacked, here is how to protect yourself
- Apple says 95% of iCloud users already have 2FA enabled ahead of Passkeys launch
- iPhone Lockdown Mode can be easily detected, could make you a target
- FTC sues data broker for letting people track health clinic visitors
- Truth Social is strapped for cash and struggling to find new users
- A ‘high severity’ TikTok vulnerability allowed one-click account hijacking
Gaming
- Ransomware abuses Genshin Impact’s kernel mode anti-cheat to bypass antivirus protection | PC Gamer
- Fortnite is doing an ‘I Have a Dream’ anniversary event, again | PC Gamer
- Trans superhero Dreamer joins Fortnite as part of Rainbow Royale Pride event | Eurogamer.net
- Call of Duty will join Xbox Game Pass, but still launch on PlayStation same day
- Sony Being Sued for £5 Billion Over PlayStation Store Prices – IGN
- All-women speedrunning event Flame Fatales raises $135K for charity
- Logitech G Gaming Handheld leaks with Google Play Store, cloud gaming, and Chrome
- Ubisoft postpones “decommissioning” of older online titles until October
Streaming
- Facebook Gaming app to shut down in October | Eurogamer.net
- Nvidia Broadcast support will make virtual green screens easier in OBS Studio
Hardware/Software Updates
- iOS 12.5.6 rolling out to older iPhone and iPad devices with important security fixes
- Samsung’s One UI 4.1.1 update for Galaxy S22 series is live
- OBS Studio 28.0 Released With 10-Bit & HDR Video Encoding, Qt 6 Ported – Phoronix
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