WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.680 Welcome to Tech LinkedIn, the show chronicling my effort to absorb the 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:09.440 world's tech news so that when I die, scientists in the future can access my 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:13.519 body's memories to find out what the hell was wrong with all of us. The 00:00:11.280 --> 00:00:18.400 internet was in chaos today after a serious Amazon Web Services outage. 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:22.480 Banks, airlines, Reddit, Facebook, Fortnite, and a load of other services 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:27.199 and platforms were inaccessible, leaving many people unable to access their own 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:31.359 funds, book crucial flights, and provide crucial context for that weird ass 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:35.840 Reddit comment they just posted. It's not what I meant. Uh, overall, AWS 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:39.840 serves about a third of the internet, and this outage even caused some 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:43.840 technical issues at our office, and we're in Canada. We have our own 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:48.399 internet. Now, this outage is going to cause Amazon to be out some money, too, 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.399 as companies that missed out on business during the outage try to collect 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:55.840 repayment from Amazon, with some estimates of the financial damage 00:00:54.000 --> 00:01:01.359 reaching into the hundreds of billions of dollars. Amazon says the outage stems 00:00:58.480 --> 00:01:05.439 from a DNS issue in North Virginia, an issue which they say has been mitigated, 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:09.680 but there are still ongoing errors, and Amazon says it is working to fully 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:16.080 restore service. I just hope Amazon can fix things soon. Think of all those 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:19.720 unposted thirst traps being lost by 00:01:16.080 --> 00:01:19.720 tears and rain. 00:01:19.759 --> 00:01:26.159 More research pointing to social media's harmful effects on teens has been 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:30.240 conducted by social media parent company Meta, who didn't tell anyone about it 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:35.200 and I guess hoped everyone just keeps posting through the pain. This internal 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:39.600 meta study reported on by Reuters found that teens who reported feeling worse 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:44.960 about their body after using Instagram tended to see about three times more 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:50.399 content that focused on body shapes or body parts that are usually sexualized 00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:55.680 like the chest, buttocks or thighs. This is elbow kink eraser. This and other 00:01:53.280 --> 00:02:02.560 content that people may disagree on the appropriateness of is categorized as 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:05.520 people disagree content by Meta in both 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:10.399 the most sensible and most stupid naming decision ever. They changed it to that 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:15.840 from its former name teens sensitive content because what are teens a bunch 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:20.080 of snowflakes? Get over it. Now, obviously, the study doesn't presume to 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:24.319 draw a causal relationship between body dissatisfaction and being served 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:28.400 constant posts of perfectl lookinging people. This is science. But at least 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:32.720 Meta is looking at these things and taking some actions, like giving parents 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:36.959 some controls over their teens ability to chat with the company's AI 00:02:34.959 --> 00:02:42.480 characters, who have shown a willingness to problematically flirt with anything 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:49.040 that moves. Xbox has blamed the price of the ROG Xbox Ally X handheld on Asus 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:53.440 with Xbox President Sarah Bond telling Variety that Microsoft left the pricing 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:59.120 up to Asus who apparently have more insight into what people want. There you 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 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:09.760 handhelds. And how does ASUS know what gamers want more than the gaming console 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:13.519 company? Actually, this is Xbox. Uh that that makes sense. Despite their 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:18.640 cluelessness though, Bond reiterated that Xbox is committed to making nextG 00:03:16.239 --> 00:03:22.959 hardware, which he confirmed is in development. However, former corporate 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:27.760 VP of Xbox and former president of Blizzard, Mike Ibara thinks they uh they 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:31.920 shouldn't bother. In a tweet, Ibara wrote that only a would continue 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:37.519 to make console hardware when the games all go or will go third party. Ibara 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:42.319 also went after the this is an Xbox ad campaign, saying that whoever came up 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:48.720 with that clearly doesn't play games. I mean, imagine an RPG where any item with 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:51.280 a blade is just called sword. How am I 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:56.159 supposed to determine the power level? Simple. Just use our sponsor UG Green 00:03:53.920 --> 00:04:00.159 and their Mag Flow magnetic power bank. 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Apparently, the aircraft was too high up at the time of impact to 00:05:13.520 --> 00:05:21.440 have been hit by a bird of earthly origin anyway. And while hail and an 00:05:19.520 --> 00:05:26.560 unregistered weather balloon are being bandied about as possible culprits, 00:05:23.840 --> 00:05:30.240 space debris and meteorites are also being suggested. Wait, we So, we still 00:05:28.479 --> 00:05:33.840 have just no idea. They haven't Have they looked at the plane yet? 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:37.280 >> I'm pretty sure they think it's the weather balloon. 00:05:34.880 --> 00:05:41.919 >> Don't tell them that. So, this is how the invasion kicks off with the Xenos 00:05:39.919 --> 00:05:45.680 throwing their interstellar garbage at our passenger planes. We could be 00:05:43.919 --> 00:05:50.000 talking about alien technology here, folks. And that's what makes it tech 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:54.880 news. Sure, thousands of NSA and US government 00:05:53.039 --> 00:06:00.560 officials have had their personal data stolen by a group of hackers. The same 00:05:57.520 --> 00:06:03.759 group recently doxed hundreds of DHS, 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:06.240 ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials. Apparently, 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:10.000 the data comes from the nearly 1 billion Salesforce records stolen earlier this 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:14.240 year, and the group says they have data on more than 22,000 government 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:18.240 officials. Previously, Salesforce told its clients it would not pay a ransom on 00:06:16.479 --> 00:06:21.680 the data, so it's everyone else's problem now. And it appears the hacker 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:26.240 group is looking to do business elsewhere. However, upon the alleged 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:30.560 doxing of an NSA official, the group's server was taken offline. Maybe they've 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:35.759 pissed off the US government. Or maybe they got taken down along with Fortnite 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:40.560 and Snapchat and all the other important things. China has accused the US of 00:06:38.400 --> 00:06:45.520 carrying out cyber attacks against their national time center, potentially 00:06:42.960 --> 00:06:49.039 shattering the fabric of reality itself. Now, that might sound like the US is 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:53.919 attacking the hyperbolic time chamber from Dragon Ball Z or something, but the 00:06:50.960 --> 00:06:58.319 time center dictates China's standard time and is crucial for communications, 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:01.759 finance, transportation, power, and defense services throughout the country. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:05.520 You know, things that need time. Although the US embassy has not 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:09.759 addressed China's allegations, China claims this is part of a years'sl long 00:07:07.599 --> 00:07:15.919 set of cyber attacks that saw US agencies use 42 types of special cyber 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:20.720 attack weapons which forced China to experience the horror of daylight 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:25.199 savings time. Why do we still anyway? But the US better look out or China 00:07:22.880 --> 00:07:31.520 might send an army of dancing unitry robots that'll sache their way to 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:35.680 vengeance. It is a little terrifying. Microsoft is 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:41.840 denying any links between its data center complex in Kerataro, Mexico, and 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:45.680 local water shortages, power outages, and illnesses. While Microsoft claims 00:07:44.080 --> 00:07:50.000 they prioritize the needs of the community there, and Mexico's National 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:55.360 Power Company attributes power outages to stray animals and lightning strikes, 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:59.840 reports of issues have escalated in the last year since the data center opened. 00:07:57.919 --> 00:08:03.919 Even if the data center isn't directly responsible for these issues, it seems 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:08.080 the Kerataro region might not be the best spot for a data center anyway 00:08:05.919 --> 00:08:12.960 because of the regular droughts it experiences and lack of power 00:08:10.479 --> 00:08:16.720 infrastructure, things you've we've said that you need. Some data centers have 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:21.919 even resorted to running on gas generators. Sure, Microsoft's statements 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 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:31.440 blame the only other obvious offender that's left. El Chupaca Cabra. They 00:08:29.039 --> 00:08:36.399 never proved it wasn't real. Coler, the HomeGoods company has revealed the 00:08:33.760 --> 00:08:41.200 Dakota, a little camera that attaches to your toilet bowl and snaps pictures of 00:08:38.640 --> 00:08:45.839 what's going on in there. The images of your bowl business will get scanned to 00:08:43.599 --> 00:08:51.200 tell you about your hydration level and gut health. Okay. Don't worry, though. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:55.360 The sensors are pointed down. Your data is end to end encrypted and Coler 00:08:53.440 --> 00:09:00.560 promises that with the Dakota privacy comes first, which really does feel like 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:04.880 it needs to be stated about a camera that close to your wrinkle star. And 00:09:02.640 --> 00:09:08.480 hey, why don't you get your wrinkle star back here for more tech news on 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 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. 00:09:14.640 --> 00:09:19.480 And you might ask, Riley, what does that mean?