1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,680 Welcome to Tech LinkedIn, the show chronicling my effort to absorb the 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:09,440 world's tech news so that when I die, scientists in the future can access my 3 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:13,519 body's memories to find out what the hell was wrong with all of us. The 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:18,400 internet was in chaos today after a serious Amazon Web Services outage. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:22,480 Banks, airlines, Reddit, Facebook, Fortnite, and a load of other services 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:27,199 and platforms were inaccessible, leaving many people unable to access their own 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:31,359 funds, book crucial flights, and provide crucial context for that weird ass 8 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:35,840 Reddit comment they just posted. It's not what I meant. Uh, overall, AWS 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:39,840 serves about a third of the internet, and this outage even caused some 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:43,840 technical issues at our office, and we're in Canada. We have our own 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:48,399 internet. Now, this outage is going to cause Amazon to be out some money, too, 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:52,399 as companies that missed out on business during the outage try to collect 13 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:55,840 repayment from Amazon, with some estimates of the financial damage 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:01,359 reaching into the hundreds of billions of dollars. Amazon says the outage stems 15 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:05,439 from a DNS issue in North Virginia, an issue which they say has been mitigated, 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:09,680 but there are still ongoing errors, and Amazon says it is working to fully 17 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:16,080 restore service. I just hope Amazon can fix things soon. Think of all those 18 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:19,720 unposted thirst traps being lost by 19 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,720 tears and rain. 20 00:01:19,759 --> 00:01:26,159 More research pointing to social media's harmful effects on teens has been 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:30,240 conducted by social media parent company Meta, who didn't tell anyone about it 22 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:35,200 and I guess hoped everyone just keeps posting through the pain. This internal 23 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:39,600 meta study reported on by Reuters found that teens who reported feeling worse 24 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:44,960 about their body after using Instagram tended to see about three times more 25 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:50,399 content that focused on body shapes or body parts that are usually sexualized 26 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:55,680 like the chest, buttocks or thighs. This is elbow kink eraser. This and other 27 00:01:53,280 --> 00:02:02,560 content that people may disagree on the appropriateness of is categorized as 28 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:05,520 people disagree content by Meta in both 29 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:10,399 the most sensible and most stupid naming decision ever. They changed it to that 30 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:15,840 from its former name teens sensitive content because what are teens a bunch 31 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:20,080 of snowflakes? Get over it. Now, obviously, the study doesn't presume to 32 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:24,319 draw a causal relationship between body dissatisfaction and being served 33 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:28,400 constant posts of perfectl lookinging people. This is science. But at least 34 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:32,720 Meta is looking at these things and taking some actions, like giving parents 35 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:36,959 some controls over their teens ability to chat with the company's AI 36 00:02:34,959 --> 00:02:42,480 characters, who have shown a willingness to problematically flirt with anything 37 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:49,040 that moves. Xbox has blamed the price of the ROG Xbox Ally X handheld on Asus 38 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:53,440 with Xbox President Sarah Bond telling Variety that Microsoft left the pricing 39 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:59,120 up to Asus who apparently have more insight into what people want. There you 40 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:04,959 have it. They priced it that way because it's what we wanted. We all want $1,000 41 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:09,760 handhelds. And how does ASUS know what gamers want more than the gaming console 42 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:13,519 company? Actually, this is Xbox. Uh that that makes sense. Despite their 43 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:18,640 cluelessness though, Bond reiterated that Xbox is committed to making nextG 44 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:22,959 hardware, which he confirmed is in development. However, former corporate 45 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:27,760 VP of Xbox and former president of Blizzard, Mike Ibara thinks they uh they 46 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:31,920 shouldn't bother. In a tweet, Ibara wrote that only a would continue 47 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:37,519 to make console hardware when the games all go or will go third party. Ibara 48 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:42,319 also went after the this is an Xbox ad campaign, saying that whoever came up 49 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:48,720 with that clearly doesn't play games. I mean, imagine an RPG where any item with 50 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:51,280 a blade is just called sword. How am I 51 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:56,159 supposed to determine the power level? Simple. 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I think it's clear at this point that the UG 61 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:39,759 Green Mag Flow is your smart charging choice for iPhones, and you can find out 62 00:04:37,919 --> 00:04:43,840 more about it in the link below. Now, you'd think the Quick Bits are easier to 63 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:48,960 absorb because they're small, but no. Each one makes me feel like I got a 64 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:53,600 little bit electrocuted. Totally worth it, though. The scientists are counting 65 00:04:50,720 --> 00:05:00,000 on me. A United Airlines flight had its windshield shattered somewhere above 66 00:04:55,759 --> 00:05:02,080 Utah by space debris. Maybe images of 67 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:06,240 the damage show that the pilot got multiple cuts on their arm, which is 68 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:11,280 exactly what aliens would do. >> Probes. >> They probed his arm. But he managed to 69 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:16,080 land safely. Apparently, the aircraft was too high up at the time of impact to 70 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:21,440 have been hit by a bird of earthly origin anyway. And while hail and an 71 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:26,560 unregistered weather balloon are being bandied about as possible culprits, 72 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:30,240 space debris and meteorites are also being suggested. Wait, we So, we still 73 00:05:28,479 --> 00:05:33,840 have just no idea. They haven't Have they looked at the plane yet? 74 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:37,280 >> I'm pretty sure they think it's the weather balloon. 75 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:41,919 >> Don't tell them that. So, this is how the invasion kicks off with the Xenos 76 00:05:39,919 --> 00:05:45,680 throwing their interstellar garbage at our passenger planes. We could be 77 00:05:43,919 --> 00:05:50,000 talking about alien technology here, folks. And that's what makes it tech 78 00:05:47,759 --> 00:05:54,880 news. Sure, thousands of NSA and US government 79 00:05:53,039 --> 00:06:00,560 officials have had their personal data stolen by a group of hackers. The same 80 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:03,759 group recently doxed hundreds of DHS, 81 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:06,240 ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials. Apparently, 82 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:10,000 the data comes from the nearly 1 billion Salesforce records stolen earlier this 83 00:06:08,479 --> 00:06:14,240 year, and the group says they have data on more than 22,000 government 84 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:18,240 officials. Previously, Salesforce told its clients it would not pay a ransom on 85 00:06:16,479 --> 00:06:21,680 the data, so it's everyone else's problem now. And it appears the hacker 86 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:26,240 group is looking to do business elsewhere. However, upon the alleged 87 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:30,560 doxing of an NSA official, the group's server was taken offline. Maybe they've 88 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:35,759 pissed off the US government. Or maybe they got taken down along with Fortnite 89 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:40,560 and Snapchat and all the other important things. China has accused the US of 90 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:45,520 carrying out cyber attacks against their national time center, potentially 91 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:49,039 shattering the fabric of reality itself. Now, that might sound like the US is 92 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:53,919 attacking the hyperbolic time chamber from Dragon Ball Z or something, but the 93 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:58,319 time center dictates China's standard time and is crucial for communications, 94 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:01,759 finance, transportation, power, and defense services throughout the country. 95 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,520 You know, things that need time. Although the US embassy has not 96 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:09,759 addressed China's allegations, China claims this is part of a years'sl long 97 00:07:07,599 --> 00:07:15,919 set of cyber attacks that saw US agencies use 42 types of special cyber 98 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:20,720 attack weapons which forced China to experience the horror of daylight 99 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:25,199 savings time. Why do we still anyway? But the US better look out or China 100 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:31,520 might send an army of dancing unitry robots that'll sache their way to 101 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:35,680 vengeance. It is a little terrifying. Microsoft is 102 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:41,840 denying any links between its data center complex in Kerataro, Mexico, and 103 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:45,680 local water shortages, power outages, and illnesses. While Microsoft claims 104 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:50,000 they prioritize the needs of the community there, and Mexico's National 105 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:55,360 Power Company attributes power outages to stray animals and lightning strikes, 106 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:59,840 reports of issues have escalated in the last year since the data center opened. 107 00:07:57,919 --> 00:08:03,919 Even if the data center isn't directly responsible for these issues, it seems 108 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:08,080 the Kerataro region might not be the best spot for a data center anyway 109 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:12,960 because of the regular droughts it experiences and lack of power 110 00:08:10,479 --> 00:08:16,720 infrastructure, things you've we've said that you need. Some data centers have 111 00:08:14,879 --> 00:08:21,919 even resorted to running on gas generators. Sure, Microsoft's statements 112 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:26,319 here come off as unconvincing, but they said they didn't do it. So, I'm going to 113 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:31,440 blame the only other obvious offender that's left. El Chupaca Cabra. They 114 00:08:29,039 --> 00:08:36,399 never proved it wasn't real. Coler, the HomeGoods company has revealed the 115 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:41,200 Dakota, a little camera that attaches to your toilet bowl and snaps pictures of 116 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:45,839 what's going on in there. The images of your bowl business will get scanned to 117 00:08:43,599 --> 00:08:51,200 tell you about your hydration level and gut health. Okay. Don't worry, though. 118 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:55,360 The sensors are pointed down. Your data is end to end encrypted and Coler 119 00:08:53,440 --> 00:09:00,560 promises that with the Dakota privacy comes first, which really does feel like 120 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:04,880 it needs to be stated about a camera that close to your wrinkle star. And 121 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:08,480 hey, why don't you get your wrinkle star back here for more tech news on 122 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:12,320 Wednesday? It's going to be good. And no, I can't promise you that. I don't 123 00:09:10,959 --> 00:09:16,480 know what I'm going to be required to absorb into my body on any given day. 124 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:19,480 And you might ask, Riley, what does that mean?