Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #141 (05/15/2025)
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Tech
• You can now claim your piece of Apple's $95 million Siri privacy settlement
• Panasonic will slash its global workforce by 10,000
• Google settles lawsuit that accused it of fostering systemic bias against Black employees
• Mexico is suing Google over 'Gulf of America' name change for US users
• “Google wanted that”: Nextcloud decries Android permissions as “gatekeeping”
• Google introduces Advanced Protection mode for its most at-risk Android users
• SoundCloud changes policies to allow AI training on user content
• xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa
• Report: Terrorists seem to be paying X to generate propaganda with Grok
• Microsoft laying off 3% of workforce in biggest round of cuts since 2023 - report
Gaming
• EA pushes office return, largely phasing out remote roles
• Blizzard's Overwatch Team Has Unionized: "We're Not Just A Number On An Excel Sheet"
• Video Game Companies Make Key AI Concession In Latest Offer To End Actors' Strike
• GoldenEye 007 and Quake join the World Video Game Hall of Fame
• New Switch 2 specs show large performance dip in undocked mode
• Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy
• Publisher Promises Its Switch 2 Game Carts Will Have Full Games On Them
• Tekken 8 director reveals attempts to create a Waffle House stage to no avail, will "seriously reconsider" if fans are happy with a different name
• Epic has submitted Fortnite to the US App Store
• Valve announce SteamOS Compatibility ratings, an extension of Steam Deck Verified for more devices
Hardware/Software Updates
• iOS 18.5 now available with these new features
◦ PSA: iOS 18.5 patches over 30 iPhone security vulnerabilties
• macOS Sequoia 15.5 available now, here’s what’s new
Deals
• PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May: Sand Land, Soul Hackers 2, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted, Battlefield V and more
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