Thu. 05/25 – Even Presidential Candidates Suffer From Twitter Glitches

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The whole Twitter Space presidential announce did not go well. Microsoft says Chinese hackers have burrowed into critical US infrastructure. Sony has a handheld gaming device, but a true descendent of the PlayStation Vita it is not. Quite. Has AI allowed a paralyzed man to walk again? And the world’s newest unicorn is maybe the most delightful interesting raise of the year. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast Links: Twitter glitches plague Ron DeSantis’ much-hyped presidential announcement with Elon Musk (CNBC) Microsoft warns that China hackers attacked U.S. infrastructure (CNBC) Chinese Malware Hits Systems on Guam. Is Taiwan the Real Target? (NYTimes) OpenAI warns over split with Europe as regulation advances (Financial Times) Sony’s new Q handheld is official: 8-inch screen, streams PS5 games (The Verge) Apple Plans to Turn Locked iPhones Into Smart Displays With iOS 17 (Bloomberg) A Paralyzed Man Can Walk Naturally Again With Brain and Spine Implants (NYTimes) Indonesian agritech firm eFishery hits unicorn status with $108m series D (TechInAsia) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Name Ride Home for Thursday, May 25th, 2023. I'm Brian McCullough
0:08.4	today. The whole Twitter Space Presidential announced did not go so well.
0:13.2	Microsoft says Chinese hackers have burrowed into critical US infrastructure.
0:17.3	Sony has a handheld gaming device, but not a true descendant of the PlayStation Vita, has AI allowed a paralyzed man to walk
0:25.3	again and the world's newest unicorn is maybe the most delightful interesting
0:28.7	rays of the year. Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech. You might have heard about this or even listen to it as I did
0:37.6	but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign announced on Twitter spaces yesterday suffered from crashes, feedback
0:46.2	glitches, and audio failures.
0:48.4	It wasn't flawlessly executed, shall we say? Quoting CMBC.
0:53.7	Servers are straining somewhat.
0:55.3	Elon Musk, Twitter's owner was heard saying
0:57.4	on the app's live audio stream,
0:59.1	where he and DeSantis were supposed to have a conversation
1:01.8	that included the governor's first verbal announcement of his White House bid.
1:06.0	Musk's comment came in between crashes, feedback glitches, and audio failures that prevented the conversation on Twitter's spaces feature
1:14.2	from beginning for around 25 minutes past its scheduled 6 p.m. Eastern time start time.
1:19.2	Musk and investor David Sachs, an ally of both men, started a new Twitter
1:24.2	spaces webcast after the original one failed. But technical issues popped up
1:28.1	in that stream too, including in the middle of Desantis's remarks. Desantis had filed federal paperwork earlier in the day,
1:35.2	putting him officially in the running
1:36.7	for the Republican presidential nomination.
1:38.8	His campaign has also released a video
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