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Amazon’s AWS outage knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline
It felt like half of the internet was dealing with a hangover from the morning of October 19 to the early hours of October 20. A severe Amazon Web Services outage took out many, many websites, apps, games and other services that rely on Amazon’s cloud division to stay up and running. That included a long list of popular software…
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UK regulator fines 4chan for ignoring Online Safety Act demands
Ofcom has slapped 4chan with a £20,000 ($26,700) fine for failing to comply with the internet and telecommunications regulator’s request for information under the UK’s Online Safety Act of 2023. The regulator has released an update for 11 of the investigations it opened after the first of its online safety codes became enforceable in March this year. Apparently, 4chan has…
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Prime Day Lego deals include up to 56 percent off Star Wars and Super Mario sets
October Prime Day is here, and Amazon is awash with discounts to consider. Amazon uses October Prime Day to kickstart the holiday shopping season — even if you haven’t even thought about the holidays yet, you should give the latest Prime Day Lego deals a look. A number of Lego sets from the Super Mario and Star Wars collections are…
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Alphabet will pay $22 million to settle President Trump’s YouTube lawsuit
Alphabet President Donald Trump $22 million as part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against the company over the suspension of various YouTube accounts following the January 6 riot at the US capital, as first reported by the . The suit includes other plaintiffs whose YouTube channels were banned that will split an additional $2.5 million in…
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The LCD Steam Deck is 20 percent off right now
Steam’s seasonal sales are usually the peak moments to add new software to your library, but right now, Valve is offering a notable hardware discount. The starter model is currently on sale for 20 percent off its usual $399 price tag. That means you can snag yourself the gaming handheld with an LCD screen and 256GB of storage for $319.…
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Video of ‘Meta Ray-Ban Display’ glasses surfaces ahead of Connect
Meta’s smart glasses plans were already one of the worst kept secrets, as there have been more than a year of leaks and reports about its work to add a heads-up display to the product. Now, just days before their unveiling at Connect, a promotional video of the new frames seems to have leaked. The video, reported and reposted by…
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Judge rejects Anthropic’s record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement for AI copyright lawsuit
Judge William Alsup has rejected the record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement Anthropic has agreed to for a piracy lawsuit filed by writers. According to Bloomberg Law, the federal judge is concerned that the class lawyers struck a deal that will be forced “down the throat of authors.” Alsup reportedly felt misled by the deal and said it was “nowhere close to…
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Google says reports of a major Gmail security issue are ‘entirely false’
Google is officially debunking a series of reports that claimed Gmail has been hit with a “major” security issue in recent days. “We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and effective,” the company said in a somewhat unusual statement. “Several inaccurate claims surfaced recently that incorrectly stated that we issued a broad warning to all Gmail…
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US Attorneys General tell AI companies they ‘will be held accountable’ for child safety failures
The US Attorneys General of 44 jurisdictions have signed a letter [PDF] addressed to the Chief Executive Officers of multiple AI companies, urging them to protect children “from exploitation by predatory artificial intelligence products.” In the letter, the AGs singled out Meta and said its policies “provide an instructive opportunity to candidly convey [their] concerns.” Specifically, they mentioned a recent…
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Trump’s administration may look to buy a stake in Intel
Intel has had some recent struggles in delivering results for its shareholders, but the company could soon be answering to an additional boss. The current administration is reportedly in talks to have the US government acquire a stake in the chipmaker. Bloomberg first reported the news without specifics about the size or value of the potential share the government wants…
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