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