Yesterday In Tech - 12/08/2022

2022, The Game Award for Game of the Year

• The Game Awards 2022: Everything Announced (IGN)

• The Game Awards Stage Crasher Arrested After Invading Elden Ring's GOTY Speech (IGN)

• Game Awards 2022 winners, announcements and highlights (The Washington Post)

• The biggest announcements and trailers from the Game Awards 2022 (The Verge)

• Kid Sneaks Onto Game Awards To Nominate Bill Clinton, Is Arrested (Kotaku)

• The Game Awards 2022 Winners: The Full List (IGN)

• Random Kid Arrested After Appearing On Stage At The Game Awards (GameSpot)

• The Game Awards 2022: Complete Winners List (Variety)

• MARVEL SNAP Wins Best Mobile Game of the Year at The Game Awards (Marvel.com)

• Twitch Viewer Rewards During TGA | News (The Game Awards)

Dyson, Air purifier, Active noise control

• Dyson's Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $949, Plus Your Pride (Gizmodo)

• Dyson launches air-purifying headphones to tackle noise and pollution (Dezeen)

• Dyson's $949 Air-Purifying Headphones Almost Double AirPods Max Price (Bloomberg.com)

• Dyson’s Zone air-purifying headphones start at $949 (Engadget)

• Dyson Zoneâ„¢ Headphones Receive Release Date (Hypebeast)

• Dyson Zone Air Filtering Headphones on Sale in January for $949 (CNET)

• You can pay $1000 to block annoying noise, filter out bad air, and look silly wearing Dyson's new gadget (Boing Boing)

• These Dyson headphones cost $949 and can purify the air around you (XDA Developers)

• Look like Bane, spend like Batman with Dyson's $949 headphones (The Register)

• Dyson Finally Debuts Noise-Canceling, Air-Purifying "Bane Mask" (Highsnobiety)

Activision Blizzard, Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft Corporation, Call of Duty

• The FTC is suing Microsoft to block its Activision Blizzard purchase (The Verge)

• FTC challenge to Activision deal puts Microsoft back on the antitrust hot seat (Axios)

• FTC sues to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision (The Washington Post)

• Feds sue to block Microsoft's $69B video game deal (Politico)

• Microsoft Charm Campaign Falls Flat With FTC Suit to Block Activision Deal (Bloomberg.com)

• FTC’s Move to Block Microsoft’s Activision Deal Exposes Big Tech’s Growing Pains (Barron's)

• CWA Statement on the FTC's Decision to Sue to Block the Microsoft/Activision Deal (CWA-Union.org)

• FTC sues to block Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard (CNN)

• FTC Sues to Block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Acquisition (IGN)

• FTC files suit to stop Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision purchase (Ars Technica)

Flat Earth, Fact-checking, Laser, New York Journal-American

• Fact check roundup: Proof that the Earth is round (USA Today)

• Fact check: Photo of the Chicago skyline from Indiana proves the Earth is sphere, contrary to claim (USA Today)

• Flat-Earther tries to use Toronto to prove silly point and is immediately shot down (blogTO)

• Fact check: False claim laser tests prove Earth is flat (USA Today)

• Fact check: False claim that timelapse photo from South Pole proves Earth is flat (USA Today)

YouTube, Social media, Dubbing

• Cracking the code: YouTube Shorts (Tubefilter.com)

• YouTube Adds Chat Emotes, New Shorts Editing Tools and Automated Audio Dubbing in Other Languages (Social Media Today)

• Merry Shortsmas: YouTube's Vlogmas Christmas tradition is being reimagined this year amid the platform's push of YouTube Shorts (Yahoo News)

• How to post a Short on YouTube (Digital Trends)

• YouTube Tips for Law Firms: How to Reply to Comments with Shorts (JD Supra)

• STUDIO71 HELPS TIKTOKERS BUILD BIG BUSINESS ON YOUTUBE SHORTS (PR Newswire)

• YouTube Rolls Out Massive Updates for Shorts (Digital Information World)

• How Brands and Creators are Utilizing YouTube Shorts (JumpFly)

• How To Select Your YouTube Shorts Thumbnail On Android (Screen Rant)

• YouTube launches Shorts Editing Tool, Chat Emotes & Automated Audio Dubbing (PhoneWorld)

Linux kernel, Intel, Floppy disk, Computer hardware

• Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed (The Register)

• Intel VPU Driver Adapted To Linux's New Accelerator Framework (Phoronix)

• Apple Silicon CPUFreq Driver Heading To Linux 6.2 (Phoronix)

• Linux 6.2 Looks To Enable "-funsigned-char" To Better Deal With Buggy Code (Phoronix)

• USB4 Wake-On-Connect / Wake-On-Disconnect Ready For Linux 6.2 (Phoronix)

• Floppy Driver Update Ready For Linux 6.2 - Still Being Maintained In 2023 (Phoronix)

• The Many New Features On The Horizon For Linux 6.2 (Phoronix)

Gears of War, The Game Awards, Battle royale game, Mediatonic, 2022

• Fall Guys Holiday Season trailer revealed at The Game Awards 2022 - Release date, new costumes, and more (Sportskeeda)

• Fall Guys getting Gears of War content (GoNintendo)

• Fall Guys x Gears of War Collab Set to Debut Tonight at The Game Awards 2022, Unlock Free Skin on Twitch (Gameranx)

Russia

• Reformed Russian Cybercriminal Warns That Hatred Spreads Hacktivism (The Wall Street Journal)

• Hacking US companies seems welcome in Russia, former FBI agent believes (Cybernews)

Samsung Galaxy Tab series, Android

• Samsung's now rolling out One UI 5.0 for the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (SamMobile)

• Samsung's newest mid-range tablet is now getting stable Android 13 with One UI 5 (PhoneArena)

• Android 13 arrives on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and a few other devices (9to5Google)

• Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite plummets to its cheapest price ever (TechRadar)

• This Samsung tablet is $109 today, but it won’t last long (Digital Trends)

• Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite starts receiving Android 13 in India (The Tech Outlook)

• Samsung releases Android 13 update for Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (Android Headlines)

• One UI 5.0 Makes its Way to Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (Phandroid)

• Samsung rolls out Android 13 update for Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022) (YTECHB)

• Get ready to grab the update that Samsung is rolling out for Galaxy Tab S6 Lite users (The Tech Outlook)

Samsung Galaxy, Android

• Galaxy Note 20, Note 20 Ultra December 2022 security update is a go (SamMobile)

• Galaxy A90 5G is among the first to receive December 2022 update (SamMobile)

• Samsung rolls out OneUI 5.0 with Android 13 to Galaxy A22 and A23 LTE/5G - GSMArena.com news (GSMArena.com)

• Galaxy Z Flip 3, Z Fold 3 are Samsung's latest phones to get December 2022 security update (SamMobile)

• Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Galaxy A32 LTE Users Getting One UI 5.0 in the Latest Update (PCQuest)

• Samsung updates the Galaxy A13 5G to Android 13, in a nice bit of symmetry (Android Police)

• Samsung sticks to its promise and releases a new security update for the Galaxy S20 (PhoneArena)

• Samsung Galaxy A52S User showed Jio True 5G gives more than 1 GBPS of downloading speed (The Tech Outlook)

• Samsung Galaxy A42 5G Smartphone Gets One UI 5.0 Update With Android 13 (Gizmochina)

• Galaxy A53 5G receives stable Android 13 updates in the US (Research Snipers)

Dinosaur, London, Natural History Museum, Titanosauria, Patagotitan

• A 6ft heart and eyes the size of tennis balls... Meet the largest creature ever to walk the earth (Daily Mail)

• This 122-Foot-Long Dinosaur Will Barely Fit in London's Natural History Museum (Smithsonian Magazine)

• The largest dinosaur to walk the earth is coming to London next year (Metro UK)

Dinosaur, Jurassic World Dominion

• Jurassic World Evolution 2 adds five new achievements as DLC drops (TrueAchievements)

• Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Malta Preview - Time To Deal On The Black Market (TheGamer)

Google Play Games, Android, Beta version

• Google Play Games Beta Allows You to Officially Play Android Games on PC (IGN SEA)

• Google Play Games beta announced at TGA 2022, set to offer gamers the chance to play mobile titles on PC (Sportskeeda)

Armored Core, FromSoftware Inc., Armored Core: Verdict Day, The Game Awards, BNE Entertainment

• The Game Awards 2022: Everything Announced (IGN)

• FromSoftware Reveals Armored Core 6 at The Game Awards (IGN)

• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC (Gematsu)

• Armored Core VI Announced, Which Isn't A Souls Game (Kotaku)

• FromSoftware announced new Armored Core game at The Game Awards 2022 (Polygon)

• FromSoftware reveals Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (Destructoid)

• FromSoftware's next game is 'Armored Core VI', arriving in 2023 (Engadget)

• From Software Unveils Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (Game Informer)

• FromSoftware Announces Armored Core VI Game for 2023 - News (Anime News Network)

• FromSoftware return to mechs with Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon (Rock Paper Shotgun)

Diablo, Blizzard Entertainment

• Diablo 4 Arrives in June 2023 (IGN)

• Diablo 4's Bleak Storyline Is Reason Enough to Play (CNET)

• Diablo 4 Hands-On Preview: We Played Act 1 and Hit Level 25 (IGN)

• Diablo IV hands-on: A more expansive, customizable loot-filled adventure (PlayStation.Blog)

• 'Diablo IV' Is a Return to Hell (WIRED)

• ‘Diablo IV’ hands-on: This feels worryingly good (Engadget)

• I've spent 10 hours with Diablo 4 and I'm sold - it's been worth the wait (Eurogamer)

• Diablo 4 is darker than its predecessor, and better for it (Polygon)

• Hands on: 4 things we learned from the private Diablo 4 beta (Destructoid)

• Preview: 20 Hours of Diablo 4 on PS5 Has Us Believing in Blizzard's Latest Trip to Hell (Push Square)