
Everyday Tech - Facebook Had A Really Bad Day
10/11/21 • 51 min
This week on Everyday Tech:
- How a routine event brought down Facebook...
- How Telegram gained 70,000,000 users in one day...
- Google trolls Bing about Bing searches for Google
- YouTube TV and NBC Universal build a temporary bridge to nowhere...
- and You can now buy a keyboard that just copies and pastes.
'All of this happened very fast': How a routine event brought everything down at Facebook | ZDNet
Telegram gains 70M new users in just one day after Facebook outage
Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge
Google is about to turn on two-factor authentication by default for millions of users
Netflix launches "Play Something" for Android users
YouTube Music will launch free background listening starting in Canada
Blue Origin is officially sending William Shatner to space
Amazon Prime members can now send gifts with just a phone number or email address
Google says Bing users search for Google more than anything else
YouTube TV and NBCUniversal agree to 'short' extension to avoid channels disappearing
Pixel phones can automatically record and upload video in an emergency
FCC considers new rules to stop scammers from hijacking your cell phone
Facebook will now let you make group chats across Instagram and Messenger
You can now buy a keyboard that only copies and pastes
Alphabet's laser-Internet system has sent 700TB of data with 99.9% uptime
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This week on Everyday Tech:
- How a routine event brought down Facebook...
- How Telegram gained 70,000,000 users in one day...
- Google trolls Bing about Bing searches for Google
- YouTube TV and NBC Universal build a temporary bridge to nowhere...
- and You can now buy a keyboard that just copies and pastes.
'All of this happened very fast': How a routine event brought everything down at Facebook | ZDNet
Telegram gains 70M new users in just one day after Facebook outage
Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge
Google is about to turn on two-factor authentication by default for millions of users
Netflix launches "Play Something" for Android users
YouTube Music will launch free background listening starting in Canada
Blue Origin is officially sending William Shatner to space
Amazon Prime members can now send gifts with just a phone number or email address
Google says Bing users search for Google more than anything else
YouTube TV and NBCUniversal agree to 'short' extension to avoid channels disappearing
Pixel phones can automatically record and upload video in an emergency
FCC considers new rules to stop scammers from hijacking your cell phone
Facebook will now let you make group chats across Instagram and Messenger
You can now buy a keyboard that only copies and pastes
Alphabet's laser-Internet system has sent 700TB of data with 99.9% uptime
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Australia’s Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People’s Facebook Comments
- Microsoft's Windows store is now open to third-party app stores
- Roblox and music publishers settle $200 million copyright lawsuit
Roblox and music publishers settle $200 million copyright lawsuit | Engadget
Microsoft's Windows store is now open to third-party app stores | Engadget
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Android 6 and up will start stripping unused apps' permissions
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- The US Copyright Office just struck a blow for the right to repair
- Spotify expects to have over 400M users by the end of the year
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LAST WEEK:
- Instagram's outages were so bad the app will now alert users when the service goes down
- Apple is appealing the Epic Games ruling it originally called a 'resounding victory'
- 'All of this happened very fast': How a routine event brought everything down at Facebook | ZDNet
- Telegram gains 70M new users in just one day after Facebook outage
- Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge
- Google is about to turn on two-factor authentication by default for millions of users
- Netflix launches "Play Something" for Android users
- YouTube Music will launch free background listening starting in Canada
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