🤖 Welcome Everyone — Tech LinkedIn: XR, Atlas, and Butt-Breathing Science (Yes, Really)

 

So today’s intro was supposed to feature a big Rube Goldberg machine… until it self-destructed. 😅 But that’s kind of perfect, because chaos fits right in with this week’s tech news — where Samsung enters mixed reality, OpenAI launches a browser with ChatGPT inside, Amazon flirts with full automation, and Japan’s scientists discover a new way to… breathe.

Let’s get into it. 👇

🥽 Samsung Galaxy XR: The Next Step Into Mixed Reality

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy XR, its much-anticipated mixed reality headset, powered by the new Android XR operating system. This OS, introduced by Google last December, is designed to power an open, scalable XR ecosystem — think of it as Android for your face.

Starting at $1,800, the Galaxy XR costs roughly half the price of an Apple Vision Pro (unless you’re browsing eBay’s digital graveyard 🪦).

Under the hood:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2 chip

• Micro-OLED display

• Full hand and eye tracking

• A UI that looks… eerily familiar 👀 (hello, Vision Pro)

• Deep integration with Google Gemini, enabling AI-powered multitasking

And for those not ready to dive headfirst into the metaverse, Samsung also confirmed it’s developing smart glasses in partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, aiming to compete with Meta’s Ray-Ban smart eyewear.

Whether you want to enter the metaverse or just forget what sunlight looks like, Samsung’s got you covered — literally. 😎

🌐 OpenAI Launches Atlas: A ChatGPT-Powered Web Browser

OpenAI has unveiled Atlas, a new web browser with ChatGPT built directly inside. Designed to learn from your searches and chats (with your permission), Atlas aims to become a personalized digital assistant that can shop, plan, and automate tasks.

If the idea of an AI learning your browsing habits sounds creepy, don’t worry — memory is optional. You can toggle incognito mode so Atlas “forgets” your secrets… though it might forget your favorite cat memes too. 🐈

“Atlas will pause before accessing sensitive sites — like your bank account or your weird fanfic forum — to make sure you’re watching.”

However, security researchers at Brave Software found that hidden text in images can trick AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet into visiting hacker-controlled websites. So, putting your browsing in the hands of a gullible Greek Titan might not be the safest bet. ⚡

⚙️ Amazon’s Robot Revolution & The AWS Outage Aftermath

The effects of Monday’s AWS outage are still being felt, with some Slack users stuck in calls (their worst nightmare) and Eight Sleep smart-bed owners unable to adjust their beds’ temperatures — turning their nights into human rotisserie sessions. 🥵

Amazon has since added an “Outage Mode” to those beds — though, honestly, maybe that should’ve been standard from the start.

Meanwhile, leaked internal documents reported by The New York Times reveal that Amazon plans to replace 600,000 human workers with robots by 2033.

• 75% of operations could be automated

• 160,000 U.S. jobs may disappear by 2027

An Amazon spokesperson countered that this holiday season they’ll still hire 250,000 humans — who may or may not go on permanent holiday afterward. 🎅🤖

🧠 U.S.-Made Nvidia Chips (Sort Of)

In a win for domestic manufacturing, TSMC produced the first Nvidia Blackwell GPU wafer on U.S. soil 🇺🇸.

But there’s a catch — each wafer must still fly back to Taiwan for packaging, where the company performs high-precision bonding and memory stacking. Until those facilities exist in Arizona, “Made in America” GPUs will keep earning frequent-flyer miles. ✈️

🎭 YouTube’s Deepfake Detection Tool

YouTube is rolling out AI likeness detection, a new feature that helps creators fight deepfakes. By scanning a quick selfie, YouTube’s AI can compare your face and voice to uploaded videos to detect impersonations.

If it finds a match, it can flag, label, or block the fake content automatically.
Of course, this also means Google now has an even more detailed map of your face — for “security,” of course. 😬

💬 When AI Gets the News Wrong

A study by the European Broadcasting Union and the BBC found that 45% of AI assistant answers about current events contained major factual errors.

For instance, Google Gemini incorrectly claimed that the UK’s NHS doesn’t recommend vaping to quit smoking — which it actually does. The takeaway? AI is becoming a major news source for Gen Z, but accuracy remains… foggy. 💨

👁️‍🗨️ The Bionic Eye That Helps the Blind Read Again

A breakthrough from Science Corporation (building on tech from Pixium Vision) has restored partial sight to patients with severe macular degeneration.

The system combines:

• A rice-sized microchip implanted under the retina

• A pair of smart glasses that record visual input

The glasses send infrared signals to the chip, which converts them into interpretable visual data. In recent trials, over 80% of participants could recognize letters and small words again. 🦾

At this rate, we’ll need implants just to unsee half the stuff on the internet.

🍑 Science Breakthrough of the Week: “Butt Breathing”

Japanese researchers have taken “thinking outside the box” to a new level with enteral ventilation via anus (EVA) — aka butt breathing. 🧬

After winning an Ig Nobel Prize, scientists showed that mammals can absorb oxygen through the lower intestine when it’s filled with an oxygenated liquid. The next step? Testing whether it works in humans.

Twenty-seven brave volunteers were asked to, well, clench and hold — and aside from some bloating, everyone survived.

Maybe Taco Bell was just ahead of its time. 🌮💨

🧩 Wrapping Up: Chaos, Comedy, and Curiosity

From Samsung’s XR ambitions to OpenAI’s AI browser and, yes, humanity’s new “backup breathing system,” the world of tech continues to prove that innovation doesn’t stop — even when it’s weird.

So, take a deep (normal) breath and join us again next time for more Tech LinkedIn, where the absurd and the amazing collide every week.

💻 Welcome Everyone — Tech LinkedIn: Chaos, Clouds, and Cyberstorms in the Tech World

 

Welcome to Tech LinkedIn, where we dive into the latest tech news shaking up the digital universe 🌐. This week, the internet went haywire — from a massive Amazon Web Services outage to leaked government data, cyberattacks, and even a toilet camera that claims to know your hydration level. Yeah… things got weird.

Let’s unpack it all. 👇

⚠️ The Great Amazon Web Services Outage: When a Third of the Internet Went Dark

The internet plunged into chaos after a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage left millions offline. Banks, airlines, Reddit, Facebook, and even Fortnite were affected, causing widespread disruption.

Users couldn’t access their funds, book flights, or even explain themselves under those suspicious Reddit comments. AWS — which powers roughly one-third of the global internet — reported the issue originated from a DNS failure in North Virginia.

Although Amazon says the issue has been mitigated, lingering errors continue to frustrate users. Analysts estimate the outage could cost hundreds of billions of dollars in financial damages.

“Think of all those unposted thirst traps lost to tears and rain.” 💔

📱 Meta’s Hidden Study on Social Media’s Impact on Teens

New research from inside Meta (Facebook’s parent company) reveals troubling findings: teens who reported feeling worse about their bodies after using Instagram were shown three times more content focusing on sexualized body parts — like chests, thighs, and buttocks.

The internal study, reported by Reuters, exposes how Meta’s algorithms may amplify harmful body-image content for vulnerable users. Instead of calling it “teen sensitive content,” Meta renamed it “people disagree content,” in one of the most baffling rebrands ever.

Because apparently, “disagree” sounds better than “emotionally damaging.” 🤦‍♀️

Meta insists it’s working to address the issue — giving parents more control and tightening AI chat restrictions after its virtual assistants reportedly flirted with… everything that moves.

🎮 Xbox, ASUS, and the $1,000 Handheld Controversy

Xbox President Sarah Bond told Variety that the high price of the ROG Ally X handheld was entirely ASUS’s decision, not Microsoft’s. The device launched at nearly $1,000, sparking outrage among gamers who — shockingly — don’t want to pay console-level prices for portable gaming.

Former Xbox VP and Blizzard President Mike Ybarra criticized the company’s hardware strategy, arguing that consoles are becoming obsolete in a third-party future.

“Only an idiot would keep making hardware when all games go cross-platform.” – Mike Ybarra, via Twitter/X

Still, Xbox confirmed that next-gen hardware is in development, meaning Microsoft isn’t done fighting in the console wars just yet. 🕹️

🚀 Cyber Chaos: Hackers, Space Debris, and China’s Time Attack

It’s been a rough week for tech security (and apparently, the sky).

• A United Airlines flight suffered a shattered windshield above Utah, possibly due to space debris or — if you believe the memes — alien probes 🛸.

• A hacker group leaked data from 22,000+ U.S. government officials, stolen from Salesforce’s 1 billion records breach earlier this year.

• And China accused the U.S. of cyberattacking its National Time Center, which maintains the nation’s official time. Beijing claims America used 42 types of cyberweapons to interfere — a move that could “shatter the fabric of reality itself.”

Or maybe it’s just daylight savings time again. 🕒

Either way, global cyber tensions are heating up, proving that data and time are now the most valuable assets on Earth.

⚡ Microsoft Faces Scrutiny Over Mexico Data Center

Microsoft is denying allegations that its new Querétaro, Mexico data center caused local water shortages, power outages, and illnesses.

Residents blame the facility’s massive energy and water consumption, but Microsoft insists it’s prioritizing community needs. Meanwhile, Mexico’s National Power Company blames lightning strikes and… stray animals.

Still, critics say Querétaro’s droughts and fragile power grid make it a poor choice for a hyperscale data center.

“They said they didn’t do it — so I guess we’ll blame El Chupacabra.” 👹

🚽 The Smart Toilet Camera Nobody Asked For

In possibly the weirdest tech reveal of the year, Kohler introduced the Dakota, a small smart camera that attaches to your toilet bowl to analyze your, well… bowel business.

The Dakota uses sensors to scan waste for hydration and gut health and promises that your “data is end-to-end encrypted.” Kohler even clarified that “privacy comes first.”

Because if any product ever needed to say that, it’s definitely one that looks up at you from the toilet. 💩🔒

🧠 Quick Bits: Because the Scientists Are Counting on Us

From billion-dollar outages to bathroom biometrics, it’s clear that technology is evolving faster than our sanity can handle. But hey — that’s why we’re here: to absorb the chaos and make sense of it (or at least laugh through it).

Stay tuned for the next edition of Tech LinkedIn, where we explore what’s new, weird, and sometimes terrifying in the tech world.

🌍 Welcome Everyone — It’s Going Strong: Bill Gates Calls for a New Approach to Climate and AI

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has just published a powerful new essay on climate ahead of COP30.
His message is clear: it’s time for the climate community to shift its strategy.

Instead of focusing only on numbers — degrees or tons of CO₂ — Gates argues that progress should be measured by the real impact on human lives.

🌱 A Fresh Angle on the Fight Against Climate Change

In his essay, Gates urges leaders to rethink their priorities. Too often, he says, we obsess over abstract targets instead of looking at how climate action improves people’s daily lives — from health and food security to clean energy and safety.

“We need to measure climate success not in degrees Celsius, but in lives improved.”

This human-centered view marks a major shift from traditional climate strategies. Gates encourages governments and companies to invest in innovation that reduces human suffering — such as climate-resilient agriculture, affordable clean energy, and smarter infrastructure.

🤖 Artificial Intelligence: Bubble or Long-Term Revolution?

In an exclusive interview, Gates was asked whether he believes we’re in an AI bubble.
His take? Not exactly.

He compares it to the dot-com boom — where many companies failed, but the Internet still changed the world forever.

“AI is the biggest technical thing in my lifetime. Its influence is hard to overstate.”

From personalized medicine to AI-powered tutoring and drug design, Gates says the potential is enormous. Still, he warns that many companies spending billions on AI infrastructure — chips, data centers, and energy — might not survive the next wave of innovation.

Some will thrive 💡, others will burn out 🔥.

⚡ Energy: The Hidden Core of the Tech Revolution

A key issue Gates highlights is the massive energy demand of AI data centers.
Communities near these sites often worry that new projects will raise their electricity bills or strain local power grids.

To solve this, Gates suggests turning to next-generation nuclear reactors (TerraPower) — small, efficient systems that can supply stable, clean power without burdening residents.

“We can’t drive up people’s energy costs. We need to build where the economics and public support are strong.”

This idea blends industrial realism with environmental responsibility — a balance crucial to sustaining the digital age ⚙️🌱.

💼 Governments, Innovation, and the Need for Predictability

Gates also weighed in on industrial policy and the U.S. government’s growing involvement in sectors like microchips and rare earth minerals.

His main concern? Unpredictable policies.
Tech companies, he argues, need long-term stability to make big investments.

“When you build a factory, you need to know what the rules will be for the next 20 years — not just this year.”

He warns against governments favoring companies they partly own or changing industrial rules too often.
For true progress, policies must be clear, consistent, and fair — encouraging innovation without distorting competition.

🚀 In Summary: A Message of Balance and Realism

Between the climate crisis, the AI revolution, and the global energy transition, Bill Gates delivers a message of optimistic realism:

• Innovation must stay human-focused 💬

• Policies should remain stable and predictable 🧭

• AI and clean energy are the twin engines of the next great transformation ⚡🤖