Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #163 (03/19/2026)

Tech Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company - Ars Technica This is Android’s new ‘advanced flow’ for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period [Gallery] The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs Meta will move away from human content moderators in favor of more AI Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway. The FBI confirms it’s buying Americans’ location data Apple’s First Lightning iPhone is Now Obsolete - MacRumors Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild | WIRED DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows Gaming NVIDIA claims DLSS 5 will deliver ‘photoreal’ image quality with AI this fall Nvidia CEO says the gamers rejecting the company’s controversial AI are ‘completely wrong’ Arc Raiders CEO says studio has “re-recorded” AI lines: “A real professional actor is better than AI; that’s just how it is” | Eurogamer.net Fighting Game Pro Detained By ICE Has Been Released On Bond - GameSpot Saudi Arabia now owns just over 10% of Capcom, as another national investment company scoops up more shares in the Resident Evil and Street Fighter publisher | Eurogamer.net Warner Bros. Montréal devs report layoffs | Eurogamer.net Tomb Raider studio hit with fourth round of layoffs in 12 months, but remake and Catalyst development continues | Eurogamer.net Ubisoft Just Ceased Game Development At The Studio That Created Rainbow Six - Report - GameSpot In an industry beset