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Angry Tech News #71: Watchdog Trolling

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Google presents an existential threat to the open web. Plus, gaming news!

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Ubisoft update
https://www.techspot.com/news/99529-ubisoft-now-claims-wont-delete-inactive-accounts-purchased.html

Web Environment Integrity
https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues/28
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

Modern Warfare II matchmaking servers taken down due to worm
https://www.techspot.com/news/99573-hackers-infecting-modern-warfare-2-players-self-spreading.html
Blizzard: Any mod to Diablo IV will get a permanent ban
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/a-notice-regarding-unauthorized-game-modifying-software-in-diablo-iv/102121
Activision trolling cheaters, bans 14k accounts
https://www.techspot.com/news/99594-call-duty-bans-more-than-14000-cheaters-24.html
Pizza-scented controllers
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/24/pizza-scented-xbox-and-tmnt-mutant-mayhem-controller/

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Angry Tech News #69: Captain Predictable

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A vehicular episode! Airseas re-invents sailing ships for climate change. Modern cars are expensive to repair. Tesla finally has a truck. San Francisco becomes the battle ground for humans vs robot cars. And Microsoft passes a regulatory hurdle

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Tech startup Airseas re-invents the sail
https://www.techspot.com/news/99278-french-startup-claims-state-art-sail-cut-shipping.html

Rivain R1T fenderbender repair costs half the price of the vehicle
https://www.businessinsider.com/rivian-owner-fender-bender-repair-bill-shocking-expensive-42000-2023-7

Tesla finally makes a cybertruck
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-builds-first-cybertruck-after-two-years-delays-2023-07-15/

Judge sides with MSFT in activision injunction battle
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/07/judge-denies-ftc-injunction-improving-microsofts-activision-purchase-prospects/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/16/23792215/sony-microsoft-call-of-duty-cod-deal-signed
https://www.middletownpress.com/business/article/microsoft-and-activision-extend-deadline-to-close-18208371.php

Activists killing robotaxis in SF
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/robotaxi-haters-in-san-francisco-are-disabling-waymo-cruise-traffic-cones/
https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/30/cruise-robotaxis-blocked-traffic-for-hours-on-this-san-francisco-street/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/12/san-francisco-robotaxi-hinder-emergency-crews-shooting

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Angry Tech News #66: Density Exclusive

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Sony wields the FTC against Microsoft in injunction hearing, Tecnam scraps plans for EV airplane, and Edge helpfully leaks your privacy

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Sony v. MSFT battle while FTC watches
https://www.techspot.com/news/99184-here-biggest-revelations-microsoft-vs-ftc-hearing.html
Tecnam scraps plans for commercial EV airplane
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/06/15/pioneering-electric-plane-shelved-batteries/
New Edge feature helpfully sends images you view to Microsoft
https://uk.pcmag.com/browsers/147299/enhance-image-function-in-edge-browser-sends-image-urls-to-microsoft
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whitepaper/