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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    Oh good, the SEC is also aware of the CrowdStrike problem.

    That should just about cover the various federal agencies looking into this global problem, right? Even if it took them...12 hours to mention it, although maybe their systems were down too?

    According to 404 Media, the list of directly impacted agencies included the Treasury and the Department of Energy.

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    Richard Lawler
    Even the Mercedes F1 team had CrowdStrike problems today.

    A bad time to get hit with the Blue Screen of Death is probably when you’re preparing for a practice session ahead of the Hungarian GP, especially when the problem has been caused by a team sponsor. But the Mercedes F1 team’s trackside engineering director, Andrew Shovlin, told reporters they were back up after updating affected PCs.

    The impact in FP1 was minimal, if not nil. So, it created a bit of work, but we’re back where we need to be now.

     A Mercedes team member, whose shirt bears the logo of team sponsor Crowdstrike, looks on as Windows error screens are seen on their pitwall prior to practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary
    Windows error screens on the Mercedes pitwall prior to practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary.
    Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images
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    Richard Lawler
    So, what’s going on with the CrowdStrike outage and Microsoft Windows PCs?

    The Verge senior editor Tom Warren can explain. Follow our story stream for all of the latest updates about this situation causing Blue Screen of Death errors on computers worldwide.

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    Richard Lawler
    The massive CrowdStrike outage might be affecting 911 in some places.

    At least, according to the FCC.

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    Richard Lawler
    Comcast will have high bitrate, low latency 4K feeds of the Olympics.

    NBCUniversal owner Comcast announced tweaks it’s adding for the Paris Olympics on X1, like a customizable home screen and an “enhanced” 4K feed for the USA Network’s 24/7 broadcast sent over cable to X1 boxes.

    ...enhanced 4K brings together 4K video delivered over Comcast’s network at its highest bitrate, Dolby Vision® for life-like picture quality, Dolby Atmos immersive audio, and ultra-low latency

    A support page explains, “Enhanced 4K will be available on XG1v4 (low latency feed) and Hi-Fi on Xi6 (30 Mbps and low latency).”

    Disclosure: Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, is also an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.

    Simulated TV screen with a split showing higher quality “enhanced” 4K on one side
    Comcast 4K vs. enhanced 4K, delivered over the managed network as a cable channel.
    Image: Comcast
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    Richard Lawler
    Figma adds new investors to the fold at a $12.5 billion valuation.

    That’s less than the $20 billion Adobe offered for the design platform company nearly two years ago, but investors buying in the secondary share sale included Coatue Management, General Catalyst Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and Eddy Cue.

    Figma left the Adobe deal with a $1 billion breakup fee, which, along with a big redesign, is part of why CEO Dylan Field remains optimistic.

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    Richard Lawler
    Tuesday morning boom over New York may have been a “daylight fireball” meteor

    After people in NYC reported a large boom at around 11:17AM that some attributed to military weapons tests, NASA Meteor Watch reports it was actually a meteor. With more reports collected from eyewitnesses, its latest update says the space rock’s path took it west over New Jersey at 38,000 miles per hour.

    Map of New York City with arrow showing the estimated path of the meteor moving west.
    Image: NASA Meteor Watch (Facebook)
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    Richard Lawler
    The pizza part sounds pretty cool.

    I wasn’t expecting to read a dystopian fic about not-so-distant future office culture in our comments, but what other response could you have to a story about an HR company that wanted to treat AI bots like humans?