August 22, 2021 Episode 602 F5 Live: Refreshing Technology (Video)

DescriptionThis week, Skyrim has another version, T-Mobile has another data breach, and OnlyFans has a new plan for the future.
ParticipantsScott ErtzHostScott is a developer who has worked on projects of varying sizes, including all of the PLUGHITZ Corporation properties. He is also known in the gaming world for his time supporting the rhythm game community, through DDRLover and hosting tournaments throughout the Tampa Bay Area. Currently, when he is not working on software projects or hosting F5 Live: Refreshing Technology, Scott can often be found returning to his high school days working with the Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), mentoring teams and helping with ROBOTICON Tampa Bay. He has also helped found a student software learning group, the ASCII Warriors, currently housed at AMRoC Fab Lab.
Avram PiltchHostAvram's been in love with PCs since he played original Castle Wolfenstein on an Apple II+. Before joining Tom's Hardware, for 10 years, he served as Online Editorial Director for sister sites Tom's Guide and Laptop Mag, where he programmed the CMS and many of the benchmarks. When he's not editing, writing or stumbling around trade show halls, you'll find him building Arduino robots with his son and watching every single superhero show on the CW.
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read full articlePiltch Point with Avram PiltchPowered by PureVPNExtra LifePowered by Loot Crate10 years of re-releasing Skyrim: Bethesda celebrates with a re-releaseIn a recent press release, Bethesda announced that they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by re-releasing it on modern consoles and PC. This new version is known as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition, and it will release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass on November 11th. If you have both a modern console and a previous generation, you will get a free upgrade. Unfortunately, we still don't know what the price is going to be just yet.
read full articleNews From the TubesPowered by MalwarebytesT-Mobile suffers another data breach affecting 49 million peopleOver the past few years, data breaches have become a more commonplace occurrence across the technology world. If you're T-Mobile USA, it seems that you're a constant target for these attacks, with several over the past few years affecting the company. This week, it was revealed that yet another breach had hit the wireless carrier.
read full articleWhat to do if you are affected by the latest T-Mobile data breachIf you haven't heard, T-Mobile has been hacked again. While it seems like this is becoming a common occurrence for the company, this one is more severe because it likely involves personal and identifiable information, including government identification and social security numbers. This, combined with your date of birth and address, which are both also included in the data set, could easily be used to steal your identity. Because of this T-Mobile has provided McAfee ID Theft Protection Service for 2 years. However, this might not be enough protection for those who are overly fearful of their identity information. Here's what else you might want to look into as additional protection.
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