On this crisp October morning, it feels like half of the internet is dealing with a hangover. 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 includes a long list of popular software like Venmo, Snapchat, Canva and Fortnite. Even Amazon’s own assistant Alexa has been stuttering, and if you’re wondering why the internet seems to be against you today — you’re not imagining it. As of 1:15PM ET today (October 20), it appears the outage has not been resolved. Multiple…
Author: Emily Carter
Bed bugs: the nightmare of any city dweller, frequent traveller, and now Google employee. The team at the company’s Chelsea campus were notified on Sunday that a possible bed bug infestation had been discovered in the building and were told to remain at home so the location could be treated. As if working over the weekend wasn’t enough of a bummer. Fortunately, exterminators collected their bug bounty, and employees were allowed to return to the building on Monday morning. Google told employees to file a report if they had symptoms of bed bug bites or saw evidence of bed bugs…
by Audrey Dutton ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Three women become choked up as they deliver news in a video posted to social media. “We did it, everybody,” says Leslie Manookian, the woman in the middle. She is a driving force in a campaign that has chipped away at the foundations of modern public health in Idaho. The group had just gotten lawmakers to pass what she called the first true “medical freedom” bill…
by Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Join us Nov. 5 for a virtual discussion about our yearlong investigation into Russell Vought. Register now. On the second day of the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video set to the classic song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult. The star of that video, which quickly went viral, was Russell Vought, the president’s top budget adviser. More than that, Vought is the architect of Trump’s broader plan to…
Cathedral São Paulo adalah salah satu kota terbesar di dunia, terkenal dengan kehidupan urban yang padat dan aktivitas ekonomi yang dinamis. Namun, di tengah hiruk-pikuk kota ini, berdiri sebuah mahakarya yang menenangkan hati sekaligus memukau mata—Cathedral São Paulo. Katedral ini bukan hanya tempat ibadah, tetapi juga simbol sejarah dan budaya Brasil yang kaya. Dalam artikel ini, kita akan menjelajahi berbagai aspek yang membuat Cathedral São Paulo begitu istimewa, mulai dari sejarah, arsitektur, hingga wikipedia peran sosialnya. Sejarah Cathedral São Paulo Cathedral São Paulo memiliki sejarah panjang yang mencerminkan perjalanan kota São Paulo itu sendiri. Katedral ini dibangun pada awal abad…
Picture this: you’re gathered around the table with your closest friends. The playlist is just right, the snacks and drinks hit every note—salty, crunchy, sweet, and fresh—and your hands are busy curating imagery and words that give shape to your dream life. It’s the embodiment of everything a vision board party should be: grounded, creative, and full of connection. Vision boarding is a deeply personal practice—but it comes alive through community and accountability. That’s why bringing it to life as a gathering is such a powerful ritual. Whether you’re celebrating a new year, birthday season, or another fresh chapter (a…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared Sunday that the nation was at the beginning of a new artificial-intelligence-powered “industrial revolution,” praising President Donald Trump’s tariffs and desire to “reindustrialize the United States.” Nvidia, the world’s leading maker of semiconductors and a titan in the AI space, announced last week that in partnership with semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), it had made the first Blackwell wafer in the United States. The wafer is the base material for one of the organization’s historically advanced AI chips. “This last week was a historic week,” Huang said on “The Sunday Briefing.” “We manufactured the…
Paige Miltenberger always knew she’d grow up to work on cars. She’s been restoring old cars with her dad and grandfather since she was a kid. But as a young woman in St. Louis, she wasn’t finding the training she needed to fix up the classics. “My technical high school that I went to, it was all new stuff and just general automotive stuff,” Miltenberger said. “And it wasn’t that niche category of classic cars that I knew I wanted to work on.” Enter McPherson College, the only college in the country that offers a bachelor’s degree in automotive restoration.…
Demand for private jets is surging, with Honeywell projecting a record-setting number of new business jet deliveries over the next decade despite ongoing macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty. Honeywell, whose most visible divisions are industrial technologies and aerospace, recently published its 34th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook, which estimated that there will be 8,500 new business jet deliveries worth $283 billion, the highest total in the 34-year history of its aviation outlook, over the next 10 years with an average annual growth rate of 3%. Heath Patrick, president of Americas aftermarket at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, credited the combination of recent economic…
Violent video games have found themselves in the crosshairs of politicians yet again, but this time with Mexico’s government. Earlier this week, Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approved a comprehensive financial package that includes an eight percent tax on video games with mature content. As first reported by Insider Gaming, the proposed tax covers games that have a C or D rating under Mexico’s video game age classification system, which is similar to ESRB in the US. The C rating is for players who are at least 18 years old and allows for extreme violence, bloodshed and moderate graphic sexual content,…