Amazon’s cloud services hit by hours-long global outage
By Agencies and published by CNA A GLOBAL outage hit Amazon’s cloud services for several hours on Monday (Oct. 20), the subsidiary of the US tech giant said, disrupting many websites and services, including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat and Duolingo. The maintenance site for Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it took some […]
Read MoreChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon
By Reuters and published by CNA San Francisco – Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. But after learning about the ChatGPT artificial intelligence programme, Schickler figured an opportunity had landed in his lap. “The idea of writing a book finally seemed possible,” […]
Read MoreAmazon changes app logo that ‘resembles Adolf Hitler’
By Cristina Criddle, BBC AMAZON has quickly changed its main shopping-app logo, after commentators said the recent redesign made it look like Adolf Hitler. Launched in January, the icon depicts a strip of blue tape over an Amazon “smile” logo. But some observers said it resembled a toothbrush moustache, associated with the Nazi dictator. […]
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