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Meta had a rough start to the weekend. Beginning just before ten AM Eastern time, users across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger began reporting widespread outages. The number of complaints climbed steadily through the morning, affecting millions of users globally — a reminder of just how much of daily communication now runs through a single company's infrastructure.
Shifting from disruption to accountability, a federal appeals court has upheld the criminal conviction of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on fraud and conspiracy charges. The panel rejected his argument that the original trial was unfair, closing what many had hoped would be an escape route. It marks another firm legal chapter in one of crypto's most consequential collapses.
And on the hardware front, AMD's EXPO Ultra-Low Latency memory support is rolling out through BIOS updates across a wide range of six-hundred-series motherboards. The update tightens memory subtimings on compatible kits, with vendors reporting frame rate gains of up to four percent in gaming workloads — modest on paper, but meaningful for enthusiasts chasing every last edge.
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