WAN Show October 24, 2025: TL;DR

Amazon’s AWS went down thanks to a pesky DNS issue, knocking out everything from Twitch streams to Steam’s Big Picture mode and reminding us of past outages (Pokémon GO, NCIX deals). Linus and Luke also chat about CS2’s recent update wiping $3 billion off Valve’s market cap (Chinese investors, market manipulation?), the wild idea of jet engines powering data centers, and Samsung’s Galaxy XR AI headset alongside the long-game prospects for smart glasses and neural interfaces.

Beyond the headlines, they laugh over SuperBox devices that soft-lock on discount, sift through OpenAI’s Atlas vs Microsoft’s Mico, test YouTube’s new AI-video detection, marvel at a student swarmed because Doritos looked like a weapon, and salute a tiny implant that can restore vision. Oh, and Microsoft’s demanding a 30% margin from Xbox developers spurs plenty of debate—all wrapped up in the usual LTT antics, Q&A, and absurd banter.

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