Week ending Saturday, May 11 2024
The Internet Last Week
RSA conference
LACNIC 41
Geomagnetic storm effects
https://www.spaceweather.gov/news/geomagnetic-storming-likely-persist-weekend
https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/
East Africa subsea cable disruptions
#RSA2024 #LACNIC41 #GeomagneticStorm #SubseaCable
Other Notable Events
ITNOG 8
Equinix DC BGP session disruptions
Google Cloud australia-southeast1 disruption
https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/5feV12qHeQoD3VdD8byK
Ukraine Internet disruption
Gaza Internet disruption
Tallahassee Florida weather Internet effects
Pakistan Internet disruptions
Yukon Canada wildfire Internet effects
North Carolina weather Internet effects
Chrome 124.0.6367.201 update
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
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