Meta’s Internal Strife and PlayStation Network Outage

Explore the internal culture war at Meta as it battles leaks and employee unrest amidst looming layoffs. Meanwhile, the PlayStation Network faces a major outage, affecting millions of gamers worldwide. Plus, delve into DeepMind's AI surpassing International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalists and Google's controversial removal of cultural events from its calendar. Join us for an in-depth look at these pivotal tech industry stories and their broader implications.

Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/608933/meta-war-with-leakers-bosworth
https://www.theverge.com/news/608946/playstation-network-down-outage
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/deepmind-claims-its-ai-performs-better-than-international-mathematical-olympiad-gold-medalists/
https://www.theverge.com/news/608858/google-calendar-missing-events-holidays

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:36) Meta goes to war with leakers
(00:04:06) PlayStation Network is down
(00:06:49) DeepMind claims its AI performs better than International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalists
(00:09:46) Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’