Dec 12th 2021
This Week in Tech 853
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Leo Laporte
Worst 0-day in a decade, Amazon outage, Assange extradition, Birds Aren't Real
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Worst 0-day in a decade, Amazon outage, Assange extradition, Birds Aren't Real
- Six dead, no hope of more survivors after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse.
- Log4Shell: RCE 0-day exploit found in log4j2, a popular Java logging package.
- An Amazon server outage caused problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and deliveries.
- Amazon Outage Disrupts Lives, Surprising People About Their Cloud Dependency.
- Instagram's CEO faces senators accusing his company of harming some young users.
- Instagram will bring back a chronological feed in 2022.
- The US wins appeal over the extradition of WikiLeaks founder
- Inside Tim Cook’s Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities.
- Apple’s Empty Threat? Silence Over iPhone Ad Workarounds Sows Confusion.
- All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan.
- Mercedes-Benz gets the world’s first approval for an automated driving system.
- A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars.
- Tesla Cybertruck with updated design spotted on test track.
- ‘No easy solution’ for Tesla Cybertruck’s comically large windshield wiper, Elon Musk says.
- Kickstarter Will Move Its Crowdfunding Platform to Blockchain.
- I want to go back!' Michael Strahan can't get enough of space after Blue Origin launch.
- TCL stops selling Google TV lineup over software & performance issues, updates coming soon.
- Amazon is shutting down the web ranking site Alexa.com.
- Grand Theft Auto video game ban proposed by Illinois State Rep. Marcus Evans.
- Italy fines Amazon €1.13B for abusing market dominance.
- Jessica Rosenworcel was confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC.
- New FDA-approved eye drops could replace reading glasses for millions: "It's definitely a life-changer".
- Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.
- Ex-Apple Engineer Cher Scarlett No Longer Withdrawing U.S. Labor Agency Complaint Against Apple.
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Links
- Instagram's CEO faces senators accusing his company of harming some young users
- Instagram will bring back a chronological feed in 2022
- Log4Shell: RCE 0-day exploit found in log4j2, a popular Java logging package
- US wins appeal over extradition of WikiLeaks founder | TechCrunch
- Inside Tim Cook’s Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities
- Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory. - The New York Times
- Mercedes-Benz gets world’s first approval for automated driving system | Ars Technica
- Kickstarter Will Move Its Crowdfunding Platform to Blockchain
- A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars
- An Amazon server outage caused problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and deliveries
- Amazon Outage Disrupts Lives, Surprising People About Their Cloud Dependency
- I want to go back!' Michael Strahan can't get enough of space after Blue Origin launch
- Apple’s Empty Threat? Silence Over iPhone Ad Workarounds Sows Confusion
- All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan
- Ex-Apple Engineer Cher Scarlett No Longer Withdrawing U.S. Labor Agency Complaint Against Apple
- TCL stops selling Google TV lineup over software & performance issues, updates coming soon
- Italy fines Amazon €1.13B for abusing market dominance
- Amazon is shutting down web ranking site Alexa.com
- Six dead, no hope of more survivors after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse
- Grand Theft Auto video game ban proposed by Illinois State Rep. Marcus Evans
- Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC
- New FDA-approved eye drops could replace reading glasses for millions: "It's definitely a life changer"