Linus and the crew kick off this WAN Show by unpacking Amazon AWS’s massive DNS outage that brought a slew of services (think Twitch, Pokémon GO and more) to a grinding halt. They then shift gears to Valve’s CS2 update that saw the company’s market cap nosedive, ponder whether Chinese investors are playing puppet masters, and riff on why you’re better off buying real knives than virtual ones. After that, they marvel at the idea of jet engines powering data centers, size up Samsung’s AI-heavy Galaxy XR headset (and debate if smart glasses have legs), and even touch on the wild world of neural interfaces.
Beyond the big headlines, the team tosses in some lighter tech chaos: SuperBox devices that soft-lock, OpenAI’s Atlas vs. Microsoft’s Mico showdown, YouTube’s new AI likeness detector, and PhoneArena’s nostalgic coffee-table book of iconic phones. They also share a bizarre police-vs-Doritos tale, gush over PRIMA’s vision-restoring implant, gripe about Microsoft’s 30% Xbox margin demand, and pepper the episode with LTT Store updates, travel tales, game nerd-outs, and plenty of off-the-wall banter.
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