### Issue 1845 - Monday 15th May, 2023

## In Today's Issue

- Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter
- Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on iPhone 14 now available in Australia
- Have you seen Larry Page lately? The US Virgin Islands wants to know where he is
- New TLDs with same letters as file extensions could cause computing havoc, or not, I don't know
- Cheap Crucial SATA SSDs, Edifier monitor speakers, Bluetti portable powerstation, die cut stickers, Monkey Island games, genuine Apple iPhone accessories, Boost pre-paid SIM, Synology NAS, Apple TV, Apple gift cards, 10th-gen iPad, 86" Blaupunkt TV

## The News

### Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter

It's confirmed, Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter. She was the boss of ad sales at NBCUniversal, probably a good pick for a company that is in desperate need of advertisers to stay solvent. She will also be responsible for Musk's pipe dream of turning Twitter into a WeChat-esque "everything app" (aka X) that he's been dreaming of since the PayPal days. Elon's conspiracy theory following mates/bootlickers are cranky because Linda has a role in the World Economic Forum and supports various diversity programs - all red flags to a certain type of person that thought Elon was their messiah. God speed Linda, I hope you get paid well for this.

### Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on iPhone 14 now available in Australia

Apple has made the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on the iPhone 14 available to Australia and New Zealand. It works in areas without cell signal by contacting satellites directly via a very low bandwidth data connection. If you do find yourself up shit creek without a paddle, you dial 000 and when the phone realises there's no signal, presents you with an "Emergency Text via Satellite" button that lets you report your situation via satellite to an Apple-run (or at least contracted) service that relays text messages between you and emergency services like the SES/ambulance/police, etc. Gizmodo Australia has a nice article with photos of what the feature looks like in action. The chances of me being in an area with no phone coverage is virtually zero, but I like the peace of mind.

### Have you seen Larry Page lately? The US Virgin Islands wants to know where he is

Where the fuck is Larry Page? You know, the co-founder of Google. Where is he? I ask because the U.S. Virgin Islands can't find him anywhere in the world and wants to serve him papers relating to its legal action against JPMorgan, who the Virgin Islands reckons "facilitated and directly benefited from Epstein's sex trafficking of underage girls prior to 2019, when the billionaire was found dead of an apparent suicide in a New York prison cell". Dunno what exactly the Virgin Islands are claiming Larry Page was involved in, but they want a peek at communications and payments between Page and Epstein as far back as 2002. If I was Larry Page, I too would fuck off with my billions and never be seen in public again. Even if I didn't visit pedophile island with a pedophile, I would still do that.

## Something I Saw On The Internet

### New TLDs with same letters as file extensions could cause computing havoc, or not, I don't know

You can get .zip and .mov domain names now. This blog post reckons its gonna be a shitshow because now when a website or app sees something.zip, is it going to ignore it as a ZIP archive, or is it going to turn it into a hyperlink to http://something.zip, that could potentially have malware on it that the user clicks on and their computer explodes? This blog post reckons its no big deal because who is typing in filenames in the year of our lord 2023? I couldn't give a rats arse, I'm too old for this shit.

## Bargains

- Crucial MX500 2TB SATA SSD - $169 from PCByte
- Crucial MX500 1TB SATA SSD - $82 from Amazon
- Edifier MR4 powered monitor speakers - $134.99 from Amazon
- Bluetti EB3A portable power station - $399 from Caravan RV Camping
- 10x custom 76mm die cut stickers - $1.25 from Sticker Mule
- The Curse of Monkey Island or Escape From Monkey Island for PC - $2.08 each from Fanatical
- Shitloads of genuine Apple iPhone cases and other genuine Apple iPhone accessories are half price at Catch
- Boost $200 140GB 365-day pre-paid SIM - $165.90 from OzTechBiz
- Synology DS923+ 4-bay NAS - $811.39 from Shallothead's eBay store
- Apple TV 4K Wi-Fi 64GB (3rd Gen 2022) - $179.99 + delivery from JW Computers (or get Officeworks to price beat down to $170.05)
- 20x Flybuys points on Apple gift cards at Coles this week
- 2022/10th-gen iPad 64GB wi-fi (pink) - $634.95 from Amazon (can also do an Officeworks price beat if you can find it in stock)
- Blaupunkt 86" 4K TV - $949.50 + delivery from Catch

## Image Of The Day

ISS038-E-019276 (21 Dec. 2013) --- Inside the U.S. lab Destiny, this photograph provides an overall view of the robotic workstation for controlling the International Space Station's remote manipulator system or Canadarm2. Astronaut Koichi Wakata, who represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, spent most of the work day supporting the Dec 21 spacewalk of NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins. It was the first of two spacewalks designed to change out a faulty water pump on the orbital outpost. (NASA)

## The End

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