EA is under criminal investigation in Belgium and Finland over lootboxes! Apple released some crazy expensive phones, and Xiaomi replies with their own XS and XR bundles! The Verge shows us how NOT to build a gaming PC! By next year HALF of all phone calls will be spam!
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Stories this week:
- Half of all phone calls will be spam by next year https://www.cnet.com/news/almost-half-of-us-cell-phone-calls-will-be-scams-by-next-year-says-report/?utm_source=reddit.com
- Verge shows us how NOT to build a PC https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/9gbb45/how_to_not_build_a_pc_the_verge/
- Xiaomi release XR, XS, and XS MAX bundles https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_puts_up_the_xr_xs_and_xs_max_for_sale_and_those_arent_just_phones-news-33279.php
- Would you buy a OnePlus TV? https://www.businessinsider.com/oneplus-tv-ceo-interview-2018-9?utm_source=reddit.com
- iPhone 8’s suffer faulty logic boards https://www.pcmag.com/news/363507/apple-small-percentage-of-iphone-8-models-are-defective
- Apple replies to movies being removed from your iTunes account https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2018/09/17/apple-responds-to-disappearing-itunes-movie-purchases-issue/#41ab728f72b6
- EA under criminal investigation in Belgium over lootboxes https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-10-ea-reportedly-under-criminal-investigation-in-belgium-due-to-fifas-loot-boxes
- Finland investigating EA lootboxes too! https://techraptor.net/content/finland-investigating-loot-box
- Amazon employees taking bribes to manipulate reviews https://www.androidheadlines.com/2018/09/some-amazon-employees-took-bribes-to-delete-negative-product-reviews.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
- Google will tie phone numbers to search queries in China http://fortune.com/2018/09/14/google-china-search-engine-links-phone-numbers/
- Ajit Pai rants about California Net Neutrality https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2018-09-15-ajit-pai-seems-really-upset-about-the-california/
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