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, Carolina Milanesi This Week in Tech episode 853 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/853 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more.

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