This Week in Tech 853: Make It Cozy - a podcast by TWiT

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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.


Host: Leo Laporte


Guests: Shira Lazar, Alex Kantrowitz, and Carolina Milanesi


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