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Tue. 10/05 – The Great Facebook Outage

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About that Facebook outage yesterday… A Google moonshot project has a surprise profit. But only because its propping up other Alphabet bets. And then, it’s review day. What you can expect if you download Android 12. What you can expect if you download Windows 11. And what you’ll get if you buy one of those Microsoft Surface Laptop Studios.
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PSA: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp went down for 6+ hours; here’s why [U] (9to5Mac)

Gone in Minutes, Out for Hours: Outage Shakes Facebook (NYTimes)

Google’s AI unit DeepMind makes first-ever profit (Financial Times)

ANDROID 12 REVIEW: IT’S MOSTLY ABOUT THE LOOKS (The Verge)

WINDOWS 11 REVIEW: A FAMILIAR HOME THAT’S STILL BEING RENOVATED (The Verge)

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Studio Does It All (Gizmodo)

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