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Don't you just love computers? There's

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with the plastic and the wiring and they got lights and stuff. I don't know. I

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just think they're cute. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney finally has his first big

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win after spending 3 years crusading against Apple and Google's app stores

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instead of making the Epic Games store not suck so it wouldn't depend on exclusive games. Hey, but to each their

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own. On Monday, the jury in the Epic v Google trial unanimously agreed with

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Epic's argument that Google illegally used monopoly power and anti-competitive

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business deals to ensure the Play Store remains dominant in the Android app

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distribution market, thereby crushing Epic's plans to bypass the Play Store

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tax. Now, this may be confusing given that Epic lost in court making basically

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the same argument against Apple who bears a much stronger resemblance to

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this guy, but Epic's case against Google was actually made easier since Google

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does allow third-party app stores on Android while doing everything they can

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behind the scenes to ensure those all fail. Google was also hurt by the fact

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that its executives wrote things down allowing incriminating documents to be

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obtained by Epic's covert task force of elite Fortnite hackers.

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This security system is mid, no cap. Bro, if you want a full deep dive on

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this, I did a full deep dive in this TechLinked.

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I think it's pretty good. Now, this development could fundamentally change

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the app store landscape for both Apple and Google, but of course Google will

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appeal the ruling and if it sticks, it'll be years before the changes affect

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end users. But Tim Sweeney is good at the long game. Fortnite has survived and

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as evidenced by a recent launch of games within a game like Lego Fortnite which

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is actually Minecraft, is actually blossoming into a metaverse of its own.

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One that won't have to hand over a cut of its Android revenue to Google. So,

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what's next? Well, according to Tim, he's taking the fight back to Cupertino

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so he can lose again. Speaking of antitrust and Apple, early next year EU

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regulators are likely to serve Apple with a ban on app store rules that block

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music services from steering users away from the app store and towards other

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subscription options. It's also theoretically possible that the European

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Council could fine Apple up to 10% of annual sales as part of the decision,

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but a fine of that scale would be extremely unusual. After all, the mark

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of a good threat is that you never have to follow through. Good night, app store

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you have. Shame would be if something were to happen to it. EU regulators are also investigating how

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Apple restricts access to mobile payment features on its devices prompting Apple

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to offer opening up its tap-and-go system Pay competitors

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for some reason. Meanwhile, the right to repair movement is gaining traction in

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North America and the European Parliament recently voted near unanimously to pass new aggressive right

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to repair legislation. Apple, by pure coincidence, is expanding its

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self-repair program to more devices including the iPhone 15 and newer M2

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MacBook models. M2. It's also released a

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relatively sophisticated web-based diagnostic tool that will give users

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access to the same testing abilities as Apple authorized providers. This

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diagnostic tool is currently available only in the US, but will be expanding to

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Europe next year. Or else. The California Department of

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Motor Vehicles is accusing Tesla of false advertising regarding its

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so-called full self-driving feature. A feature that does not and cannot fully

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automate a car, but sure does sound like it can. In response, Tesla's lawyers are

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arguing that the DMV implicitly condoned its marketing because Tesla started

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using the term autopilot in 2014 and

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full self-driving in 2016 and the DMV chose not to take action until 2021.

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Like if the cops don't see, it's legal. Tesla

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also claims that California's false advertising rules for autonomous

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vehicles inappropriately restrict constitutionally protected speech that

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is truthful and non-misleading. Now, that might be relevant if it weren't for

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the fact that unprotected speech that is dishonest and very misleading is exactly

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what they're currently accused of. Tesla recently escaped a class action lawsuit

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for alleged false advertisement, but that's largely due to a forced

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arbitration clause embedded in Tesla's terms and conditions. Today, Tesla also

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issued a recall of over 2 million cars

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which is basically all of them in the US for a partial defect in Tesla's

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autopilot controls which the Highway Traffic Safety Administration found

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didn't sufficiently ensure that drivers were paying attention and then prevent

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them from using it under inappropriate conditions. Of course, by recall,

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regulators just mean an over-the-air patch to the infotainment system. Just

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in case you weren't already worried that automotive safety regulators are

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while. In response to a concerned post by a Chinese user, AMD has clarified

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that while yes, overclocking a Ryzen Threadripper 7000 does blow a hidden

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fuse to indicate that the chip has been used with overclocking, but

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that doesn't necessarily void its warranty. According to AMD's standard

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qualify for repair under warranty, but an overclocked chip is still covered by

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warranty for replacement or repair for other issues. Nothing has changed so

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those clocks. Cow tipping, I think. All right, let's just up the voltage a bit.

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Huh? That's dumb. The Australian Competition

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and Consumer Commission has hit Google subsidiary Fitbit with a 7.3 million USD

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fine for making misleading claims to at least 58 customers about its warranties.

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I'd say it was warranted. Well, the fine is only 3.8% of Fitbit's

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$190 million net income last year, it's

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also over 120,000 per customer lied to. Fitbit

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representatives reportedly told several customers they only had 45 days to

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return a faulty device. They told another that they couldn't receive a

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refund because the device wasn't purchased directly from the Fitbit website. According to Australian law,

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goods sold in the country must hit a certain threshold of quality and fit to

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purpose or the customer must be offered a repair, replacement, or refund. Either

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you comply or they drag you out into the desert and leave you to the kangaroos.

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They look cute, they're not. The FTC has released a warning advising citizens to

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be cautious when scanning QR codes given their increased use in scams and

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distribution of malware. Pictures of QR codes embedded in phishing emails can

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easily bypass normal security checks where a direct link to a malicious site

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would be quickly detected. You're also likely to find QR codes on restaurant

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tables, shop Windows, posters, and parking lot kiosks which just makes it

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easy for a scam artist to just paste their own code over the authentic one.

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Also, why do we call them scam artists? This is like sandwich artist all over

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again. It's just mustard. You're not Picasso. Valve has asked

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Steam Deck owners to please stop inhaling the device's exhaust fumes.

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A writer for Kotaku has elected to ignore the health and safety advice

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because they can't stop, quote, smelling the hot plasticky, almost fruity scent.

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Apparently, a non-zero amount of people on Reddit feels strongly about the scent

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with one commenter lamenting the day their Deck stopped smelling.

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Or maybe his olfactory nerve finally died of Deck poisoning. I'm so happy I

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got to write that. Why do we love what's bad for us? And an

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AI companion robot has been dividing New York's elderly community. What show is

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this? Is this local news? All right, here we go. ElliQ has been given out to

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hundreds of lonely seniors as part of an initiative by the New York State

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Government's Office for the Aging. While many seniors seem to enjoy the company,

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others likened the robot's reminders and prompts to nagging and even called the

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device's tone rude. Man, if one of them says kids these days, I'll finally win

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elderly catchphrase bingo. Finally, we strike back against Big Grandma. And

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you'll win more tech news if you come back on Friday for another episode of

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TechLinked. Don't forget. This is me reminding you to sub.

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Better see you there. Okay.