Everyday Tech

Everyday Tech - Facebook Had A Really Bad Day


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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

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