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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #169 (05/21/2026)
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- Tech Talk Thursdays
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- May 22, 2026
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- 9448
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Summary
Tech iPhone 17 Pro Will Make Sports History This Weekend Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750 - 9to5Mac Kickstarter rolls back its mature content policy after outcry - Engadget X accounts are limited to 50 posts and 200 replies a day unless they pay for a blue checkmark - Engadget Meta has reportedly laid off 8,000 employees - Engadget LinkedIn doesn’t want your AI slop anymore - Engadget AI companies and data brokers even resort to fake forms to keep selling our data ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom Township Leader Resigns in Tears Over OpenAI Data Center Death Threats After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers Disney faces a class action lawsuit over facial recognition tech - Engadget Bitwarden scrubs ‘Always free’ and ‘Inclusion’ values from its website as longtime execs step down - Fast Company Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz - Ars Technica NVIDIA reveal more GPU driver security flaws for May 2026 | GamingOnLinux Discord now has end-to-end encryption on all calls - Engadget Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit for not refunding its customers after ‘unlawful’ tariffs - Engadget Gaming Sony hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly profiting from tariff-related price hikes - Engadget The PlayStation 5 Linux project has been upgraded to support more firmware | GamingOnLinux Sony announces price increase for new PlayStation Plus subscribers “due to ongoing market conditions” | Eurogamer.net It’s not just PS Plus Essential getting a pri…