TNL - 31 July

Indie Game Publisher Humble Games Reportedly Lays Off All Staff - GameSpot

Verizon hit by prepaid subscriber exodus after internet subsidy ends

Tesla profit falls 45% to $1.48 billion on weak EV sales in Q2 | AP News

Not a Defect: Intel Blames 13th, 14th Gen CPU Crashes on Software Bug | PCMag

Intel says its desktop Core crashes don’t extend to mobile chips | PCWorld

VFX studio’s Unreal Engine supervisor reports 50% failure rate for Intel Raptor Lake CPUs, prompting switch to AMD | TechSpot

Nvidia’s third-party RTX 40-series GPUs are losing performance over time thanks to rubbish factory-installed thermal paste | PC Gamer

AMD claims its top-tier Ryzen AI chip is faster than Apple’s M3 Pro - The Verge

Huawei plans tri-fold smartphone as Apple weighs foldable iPhone, reports say | South China Morning Post

Apple loses top 5 spot in China smartphone market as domestic brands dominate

Lawsuit: T-Mobile must pay for breaking lifetime price guarantee | Ars Technica

T-Mobile expands fiber footprint with Metronet acquisition

Chinese researchers create four-gram drone • The Register

CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage | TechCrunch

AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says | Reuters

Microsoft: Our licensing terms don’t raise rivals’ costs • The Register

Microsoft: Linux Is the Top Operating System on Azure Today - The New Stack

Windows 11 strikes again with irritating pop-up that can’t be disabled | PCWorld

World of Warcraft developers form Blizzard’s largest and most inclusive union - The Verge

More flight cancellations are expected as airlines gradually recover from global tech outage | CNN

After years of uncertainty, Google says it won’t be ‘deprecating third-party cookies’ in Chrome - Digiday

Max-Hulu-Disney+ Bundle Pricing Revealed

Google defends itself in proposed class action, says it never collected users’ personal information | Courthouse News Service

Google’s Exclusive Reddit Access

X swapped its water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason - The Verge

Florida sheriff apologizes after posting photo of dead body on Instagram