Inside the global computer crash | The Vergecast

Today on the flagship podcast of configuration changes:

The Verge's Tom Warren joins the show to to talk about the story and legacy of the CrowdStrike crash.

Then we talk with The Verge's Victoria Song and Zombies, Run creator Adrian Hon about making exercising fun without making it competitive and awful.

Finally, we answer a hotline question about handheld gadgets for new parents — because there's a lot of time to kill when there's a baby around.

Further reading:
CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage: https://www.theverge.com/24201803/cro...

Major Windows BSOD issue hits banks, airlines, and TV broadcasters: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24...

What is CrowdStrike, and what happened?: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24...

CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/20/24...

CrowdStrike outage: Photos, videos, and tales of IT workers fixing BSODs: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/21/24...

Zombies, Run: https://zrx.app/zombies

Adrian Hon’s Substack: https://adrianhon.substack.com/

Finally, the Apple Watch will let you rest: https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/13/24...

This walking app let me whack my co-workers with a baseball bat: https://www.theverge.com/24167330/sto...

Ignore your fitness tracker and walk to Mordor instead: https://www.theverge.com/24065451/fan...

Backbone One review: the best mobile gaming controller yet: https://www.theverge.com/21525741/bac...

Handheld consoles are the future of gaming: https://www.theverge.com/23948529/nin...

Holedown: https://holedown.com/

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and pre-vacation preparations
02:58 President Biden Drops Out
03:31 Global computer outage explained
04:30 Interview with Tom Warren on the outage
06:34 CrowdStrike's role in the outage
14:59 Fixing the outage
26:45 The fragility of modern infrastructure
32:37 Fitness and the super chill exercise system
35:11 The concept of Zombies Run
35:52 Interview with Adrian Hon
50:09 Personal experiences with fitness apps
01:08:05 The Vergecast Hotline

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