TL;DR

Linus and Luke kick off this week’s WAN Show by unpacking Amazon Web Services’ massive DNS outage that took down everything from Twitch to Steam’s Big Picture mode, sharing hilarious outages and remembering past AWS mishaps like the Pokémon GO launch. They then move on to CS2’s rocky market debut in China, debate whether jet engines belong in data centers, and test-drive Samsung’s AI-powered Galaxy XR headset—complete with a side quest about whether smart glasses will ever catch on.

Other hot takes include OpenAI’s Atlas vs. Microsoft’s Mico, YouTube’s new tool for spotting AI deepfakes, a wild police incident where AI mistook Doritos for a weapon, and Microsoft demanding a 30% cut from Xbox game revenue. Along the way, they hit up topics from LTT Store updates and China fab tours to neural interfaces, vision-restoring implants, and the ever-present rabbit hole of gaming gear, furry mascots, and Linus’s most embarrassing tech fails.

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