The big tech outage caused by a single software update that even my mom is texting me about. The new mini AI models are bring prices down as we hoped. How Netflix completely righted its ship. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Major Windows BSOD issue takes banks, airlines, and broadcasters offline (The Verge)
Global IT Collapse Puts Cyber Firm CrowdStrike in Spotlight (Bloomberg)
Samsung halts Galaxy Buds 3 Pro shipments over quality issues (The Verge)
OpenAI debuts mini version of its most powerful model yet (CNBC)
OpenAI's 4o-mini brings big brains on a budget. (Ben's Bites)
Netflix Q2 Profits Surge 44% to $2.15 Billion As Streamer Adds 8 Million Subscribers (The Wrap)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

A One-Man Telemundo on TikTok (NYTimes)
Pooping on the Moon Is a Messy Business (Wired)

Interesting Raise Story About San Francisco Compute Co. (Bloomberg)

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