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A single DNS race condition brought Amazon's cloud empire to its knees
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Fault in DynamoDB system cascaded through AWS services, knocking major sites offline for hours

Norway has effectively achieved its 2025 goal of 100% electric new car sales

This zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE starting from the front cover of the first issue (top left) to the last page of the final edition (bottom right)

In the 1970s, the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation may have spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetence

Nepal’s government has lifted its ban on 26 prominent social media apps and messaging services after at least 19 people were killed and more than 200 injured in clashes on Monday

Because Nvidia became one of the most valuable companies in the world, there are now two books explaining its rise and extolling the genius of Jensen Huang, Tae Kim's The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the making of a tech giant, and Steven Witt's The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

1910: The Year the Modern World Lost Its Mind

South Korean military is witnessing a significant transformation as its size has decreased by 20% over the past six years. This reduction is predominantly attributed to a continuing decline in the male population, raising concerns about national defense capabilities

Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think

Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options

I’ve had it with Microsoft
The company is deceptively raising prices on existing customers to fund its AI spending

Linux breaks a new record for US market share as people presumably flee Windows for its open-source rival

The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history

If people understand what large language models are and are not; what they can and cannot do; what work, interactions, and parts of life they should—and should not—replace, they may be spared its worst consequences

ProSiebenSat.1 has lined up defence advisers, including Morgan Stanley, after receiving a takeover bid from its largest investor MFE-MediaForEurope, the TV group controlled by Italy's Berlusconi family

it even retains the classic space western anime’s opening theme, “Tank!”

maxilla’s Charles Chung, who was previously one of the 3DCG staff for Magic: The Gathering’s Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty anime trailer, directed the “Cowboy Bebop x Magic: The Gathering Opening Homage Trailer” and was also its compositing director. The character designs are from illustrator and designer Apapico, while Jujutsu Kaisen‘s Eiko Matsushima was the video’s color designer. aeonium is the animaton production studio.

The trailer can’t be embedded, so you’ll have to watch it over on YouTube.

"We see a large number of countries where the rule of law continues to decline,
most notably in Italy, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary,
of course. The reason behind this is because the EU is not strong enough in its responses to rule of law decline"

I think of AI as alternative intelligence – and its capacity to be ‘other’ is just what the human race needs

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